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The Stained Floodplains

In the calm foothills of the Eastern Himalayas, there is a storm brewing between the BJP and the TMC. The voters are divided

Minimum Support Life

Politicians visiting Madhya Pradesh are making big promises to the people, but for the Adivasis, it's still about Jal, Jungle, Jameen

Divine Dividend

Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in the popular television series, Ramayan, flips the conventions of devotion on the campaign trail

Next Gen Bahujan

Nagina Lok Sabha constituency in Bijnor district has emerged as a key battleground for the future of Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh

Remains of a Riot

Can the 2024 Lok Sabha elections reverse the symbolic invisibilisation of Muslims from UP's socio-political arena?

The Elephant Can Remember

The Bahujan Samaj Party remains an enigma, but it has come up with a very smart game plan for the Lok Sabha elections

Deep Moats of the Dravidian Citadel

Will the BJP's desperate efforts to splinter the people along caste, religious, regional and linguistic fault lines bear fruit in Tamil Nadu's western districts?

The Propaganda Files

A recent spate of Hindi films distorts facts and creates imaginary villains. Century-old propaganda cinema has always relied on this tactic

Will Hindutva Survive After 2024?

The idealogy of Hindutva faces a challenge in staying relevant

A Terrific Tragicomedy

Paul Murray's The Bee Sting is a tender and extravagant sketch of apocalypse

Trapped in a Template

In the upcoming election, more than the Congress, the future of the Gandhi family is at stake

IDEOLOGY

Public opinion will never be devoid of ideology: but we shall destroy ourselves without philosophical courage

The Many Kerala Stories

How Kerala responded to the propaganda film The Kerala Story

Movies and a Mirage

Previously portrayed as a peaceful paradise, post-1990s Kashmir in Bollywood has become politicised

Lights, Cinema, Politics

FOR eight months before the 1983 state elections in undivided Andhra Pradesh, a modified green Chevrolet van would travel non-stop, except for the occasional pit stops and food breaks, across the state.

Cut, Copy, Paste

Representation of Muslim characters in Indian cinema has been limited—they are either terrorists or glorified individuals who have no substance other than fixed ideas of patriotism

The Spectre of Eisenstein

Cinema’s real potency to harness the power of enchantment might want to militate against its use as a servile, conformist propaganda vehicle

The Thalaiva Factor

At atime when Bollywood Is churning out propagandist narratives, south cinema, too, has Stories to tell

Just Not Understood

There have been concerted attempts to portray JNU In a certain way. The film JNU: Jahangir National University is just another product of the same propaganda machinery

Trapped!

It is time for Arvind Kejriwal to do some soul-searching

Hop, Skip, Slip

ON 12 February 1994, streets of Patna were jam-packed with people from the countryside.

Empowering Future Leaders, Igniting Change and Creating Positive Impact

Nooraine Fazal pioneering education reform and empowering youth

Keeping Father Alive

Trying to make sense of the permanent void, attempting to find answers to the many unanswered questions, and striving hard to keep his memories breathing—how am dealing with my father’s death

Shades of Appeasement

The Samajwadi Party founded by socialist leader Mulayam Singh Yadav assumed many shapes in several alliances, all aimed at furthering the interests of the backward classes

Ideological Backtrack

Mehbooba Mufti is yet to respond to the logic behind the PDP’s 2015 alliance with the BJP

The Political Aroma of Wazwan

At a rare feast organised for local journalists at the NC headquarters, Omar Abdullah was optimistic about the resurgence of political discourse in Jammu and Kashmir

The Burden of Legacy

Jagan Mohan Reddy promised to take his father YSR’s legacy forward. Has he managed to keep his word?

The Aadhar of Nation-building

The Co-founder of India’s pioneering IT services giant, architect and champion of transformative social initiatives, author, philanthropist and avid golfer - Nandan Nilekani is all this and more.

Hyderabad Blues

He may have won Telangana twice for fighting for its creation, but K Chandrashekar Rao's changing persona has cost him dearly

Southern Samrat

Stalin is reinventing Dravidian politics for the DMK