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How Many Have Fallen?
The BJP Controls The Game After Balakot As The Opposition Loses The Narrative And Bonds Loosen.
'It's A Shame 21 Million Women Can't Vote'
The turnout of women voters will likely be more than that of men in the 2019 general election and yet 21 million women will not have their names on the rolls. Opposition unity will be decisive and alliances will make or break every state. These and other such revelations fill The Verdict (Penguin Random House), the forthcoming book by election experts Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala. The authors spoke to Satish Padmanabhan on what makes the 2019 polls the biggest and most important. Excerpts:
Roses Smell Sweet, So Do They
The Afghan national cricket team warmly embraces its ‘home’ bases in India.
A For AAPlause, B For Boos
Delhi government fixed a broken state schooling system, but glitches remain.
Time's Filter: Made For Each Other
They are the faces that launch a thousand products. Some are famous now; some are forever touched by the magic of old ads.
India Should Stop Looking At China Through The Pakistan Prism
At one point, India must stop regarding China solely through its staunch support of Pakistan
The Job Boom On Paper
The MSME sector has just about started to recover, but a new report claims that things have been well.
Through A Film Of Red
The unbearable pressures of an India-Pakistan clash.
Rahul Gandhi: "Power Is Poison, But You Can't Run Away From It"
It’s been a long, gruelling campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.
A Lull After The Storm
CM Naveen Patnaik’s ‘zero casualty’ hype was blown away as Cyclone Fani left a trail of tragedies.
In Saffron Stacks, Stocks & Stakes
The run-up to 2019 was peppered with much discontent, many agitations. Come D-Day, the voter’s message is all’s well with the BJP and its governance
Last Action Heroes?
A generation gets left behind. You may not see most of these veteran leaders fight another election.
Modimatic
The Narendra Modi and Amit Shah arithmetic proved the Opposition calculus on widespread anti-BJP discontent wrong, and how!
Sarkar's Checkmate
THE mandate was swift and decisive.
Can't Find My Way Home
Two years after its implementation, has RERA lived up to its promise of reforming the real estate industry?
Face Of Radicalism
Musa was the ‘last’ of ISISinspired militants in Kashmir.
A Sect Split At The Top
A succession battle is on for Dawoodi Bohra leadership.
A Unique Partnership Of Narendra Modi And Amit Shah
Theirs is a unique partnership that successfully ground down the anti-BJP narratives around demonetisation, farm distress and job flight, getting people across sections to vote for Modi. And Amit Shah’s realpolitik may now enable the PM to build an inclusive image.
The Blocks That Built Modi 2.0
The Modi-Shah orchestra was backed by a battle-ready party system, clinical electoral strategy. It rendered the Opposition out of tune.
Bling Baba's Offline Army
With Gurmeet Singh in jail, Dera Sacha Sauda followers unsure of which party to support.
The Bhakt's Overseas Call
In election season, hundreds of NRIs descend on India to push for Modi’s second term.
Walking Into The Light
Kamalahaasan sails singly into the Lok Sabha scrum. Actor politicians are a fading lot in TN.
Cradle Rocks The Hand
By waving the promise of NYAY, the minimum income scheme for the poor, at the electorate, the Congress tries to take the wind out of the BJP’s sails—swollen so recently with muscular nationalism in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack and the following air strikes into Pakistan. Outlook does a ground check in politically crucial states to see how the Congress—faltering in forging alliances, flogging the old chestnut of Rafale and faced with the negligible impact of super-weapon Priyanka Gandhi Vadra—has navigated the pre-poll scrimmage.
Bankrolled Carrier
SBI’s takeover of Jet’s operations is unprecedented in India. But will it give wings to the ailing airlines?
Clean Sheets And Flowers For Barrels
The world over, outliers are capturing political power, breaching bastions with populist siege techniques
El Nino, A Western Bugaboo
Two international agencies predict ‘dry’ monsoon; state agencies say too early to call
Stalin 2.0 Settles In
A sense of security as party leader slid in gradually, after Karunanidhi. Meet the transformed Stalin.
Raga Wayanad
RAHUL Gandhi’s decision to contest from Kerala’s Wayanad has opened up a whole thick rainforest of debates.
Everybody Loves R.A.W. Material
A past rarity in Bollywood, the spy thriller has arrived in times of hyper-nationalism
They Haven't Sold Their Soul
The Taaras coalition is changing women’s lives by giving voice to the most marginalised