May 22, 2014, Thursday
Modi's future success will depend on his ability to manage three risks: inflation, alienation of the Muslim community and ...
May 21, 2014, Wednesday
The difference in the seats won by BJP in Hindi and non-Hindi states is the highest in India's electoral history
May 20, 2014, Tuesday
The Left parties, a key victim of the current system, are the first to raise afresh the demand for a shift to proportional ...
May 19, 2014, Monday
The money spent on vote-seeking should not be reckoned a cost, but merely a costless transfer from electoral candidates to the ...
May 18, 2014, Sunday
Narendra Modi should take advantage of his party's majority to shrink the size of the Cabinet
May 17, 2014, Saturday
Dominant parties such as the BSP and Samajwadi Party were swept aside, while Mayawati's BSP was deserted
May 17, 2014, Saturday
India has been held back for half a century by the Congress' socialist model of economic development. Mr Modi can remove these ...
May 16, 2014, Friday
For two-thirds of a century, the Congress has occupied pole position in Indian politics. That has now changed; the party has ...
May 16, 2014, Friday
The severe inflation of the last five years affected everyone. That explains the sheer scale of the BJP win. The rest is addabazi
May 16, 2014, Friday
India is in the middle of the biggest migration in human history. Tens of millions of young people have headed out of villages ...
May 16, 2014, Friday
This is the youth bulge of North India; those too young to remember 1984, or even 1991 in some cases. India's history has finally ...
May 14, 2014, Wednesday
B R Ambedkar's fears about personality cults in politics and money power in elections seem to be coming true
May 13, 2014, Tuesday
The new government would do well to concentrate on framing its own agenda for action, instead of looking back to review decisions ...
May 13, 2014, Tuesday
Conversations at a rally in eastern Uttar Pradesh show how Narendra Modi is attempting to tilt this heartland in favour of the
May 12, 2014, Monday
Going by its track record, the super prime time show this evening will be a bad trailer of the actual show on Friday
May 11, 2014, Sunday
The unsurprising descent of India's most successful government
May 10, 2014, Saturday
The party is stuck in a grim situation - one generation of leaders is dying, but the second doesn't seem to be ready yet
May 10, 2014, Saturday
Indian pre-poll surveys have had a mixed track record in forecasting seat shares of parties in the general elections. While those ...
May 09, 2014, Friday
Memories can be short, so here is a reminder of how these elections have shaped up. In June last year the Bharatiya Janata Party ...
May 09, 2014, Friday
Arun Jaitley, who developed a strong bias in favour of reform and rectification when he was jailed during the Emergency, is one ...
