Articles by Ranjit Bhushan
The Mayawati enigma deepens
Why would a heavyweight politician in today’s world of shifting tactical alliances, decide to go solo? Speculations abound but no one can quite say for sure.
Published on Mar 13, 2024 05:22 PM IST
A true mental education will prepare man for higher life: Saint of Pondicherry
Commemorating Women’s Day on March 8 with the Mother’s writings on education.
Updated on Mar 08, 2024 05:20 PM IST
Opposition-ruled states, Rahul Gandhi bet big on elusive caste surveys
With a burgeoning caste-neutral middle class and so-called Hindu consolidation, these surveys could be last ditch efforts to derail BJP Lok Sabha aspirations.
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 03:19 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2024: How will Muslims vote?
In popular analyses, Muslims are treated as a homogeneous voting bloc. In reality, they are as divided on economic and class lines as any other bloc.
Updated on Mar 07, 2024 01:14 PM IST
Recalling Songs of Spring that Sprang forth from Sarojini Naidu
Commemorating the Nightingale’s 145th birth anniversary and 75th year of passing into history
Published on Mar 02, 2024 02:45 PM IST
Even SP has wilted under the Hindutva wave, says party leader
When the political discourse centres only around the BJP’s ability to `show Muslims their place’, the country has taken a dangerous turn, says Saleem Sherwani.
Published on Feb 23, 2024 08:23 PM IST
BJP and the fine art of weaving poll alliances
Estranged allies, Congress chums of Rahul Gandhi, opposition leaders in general, caste leaders in remote locations, all are on BJP's poll-time radar.
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 03:18 PM IST
201-year-old letter that redefined Indian education
Recalling Raja Rammohun Roy’s contributions when Goddess Saraswati is being invoked on Basant Panchmi.
Published on Feb 14, 2024 12:46 PM IST
BJP govt 'white paper' on UPA economy pure politics: Key Manmohan Singh aide
Sanjaya Baru, former media advisor to then PM Manmohan Singh, says UPA government presided over a period where the Indian economy grew by 8–9%.
Updated on Feb 11, 2024 11:30 AM IST
Charan Singh’s clarion call in 1946 changed agriculture in North India
Noted political scientist Paul Brass identified him as the principal spokesman of the middle peasantry of India.
Published on Feb 10, 2024 04:51 PM IST
Indian Navy’s anti-piracy steps gain momentum
India's top priority remains protection of its lucrative trade and petroleum routes that come through northern Arabian Sea and western Indian Ocean.
Updated on Feb 09, 2024 04:29 PM IST
India-Taliban thaw on Afghanistan: What really is happening?
From dire forebodings in 2021 when the Taliban came to power to 2024, New Delhi has come a long way in Kabul.
Published on Feb 05, 2024 10:54 AM IST
Budget 2024 underscores the challenges in higher education
To acquire global status, Indian students need loans and while the Finance Minister’s focus on the youth is redeeming, the same cannot be said about credit.
Published on Feb 01, 2024 08:50 PM IST
Modi govt woos ‘labhartis’ in Budget, continues with bucking up delivery system
With not much room to announce in the interim budget, the finance minister reaffirms that India is on the path of reforms.
Published on Feb 01, 2024 05:37 PM IST
Triptych of Maharana Pratap of Mewar: Culture, agriculture, and natural wealth
He was not merely a just ruler and a great fighter but the custodian of his territory’s natural wealth
Updated on Feb 01, 2024 03:31 AM IST
Gandhi-Bose disagreement was based on mutual self-respect
Gandhi's name will be written in golden letters in history, said Netaji in 1943 broadcast. This came four years after their disagreement at Tripuri Congress.
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 08:25 AM IST
Kalkaji temple mishap is the latest in a series of deathtraps for pilgrims
The collapse of an elevated platform at a religious congregation in Delhi on Sunday represents a larger and deeper malaise.
Published on Jan 29, 2024 03:45 PM IST
On Republic Day, recalling the voyage of India’s National Anthem
The journey of the epic song began on 27 December 1911 when 'Jana Gana Mana' was sung at the Kolkata Session of Indian National Congress
Published on Jan 26, 2024 01:44 PM IST
Francois Gautier, the original Hindutva warrior, feels vindicated after Ayodhya
Only Narendra Modi could have constructed the Ayodhya temple, says Francois Gautier.
Updated on Jan 25, 2024 11:53 PM IST
Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary: How Netaji roused INA soldiers
Subhash Chandra Bose's 127th birth anniversary is good time to remember the INA as well as his epochal speeches.
Published on Jan 23, 2024 08:28 PM IST
In the EVM debate, stalemate between civil society and government
Voting machines is a ‘live’ issue, says former SC Judge Lokur, as civil society ploughs a lonely furrow
Published on Jan 22, 2024 04:39 PM IST
India watches BRICS’ new members warily because of Chinese influence
New Delhi, Beijing eye piece of the Global South as well as divergences on the spread of Chinese renminbi
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 05:07 PM IST
Conservative Islamic elements backed by China caused Maldives crisis: Ex-envoy
Muizzu is a close confidant of famously anti-Indian and pro-China President, Abdullah Yameen, says Dnyaneshwar Mulay.
Published on Jan 12, 2024 08:30 AM IST
What the Bangladesh elections and PM Sheikh Hasina’s victory mean for India
China has moved big into Bangladesh, but from India’s perspective, Sheikh Hasina has shown sensitivity to New Delhi’s security concerns.
Updated on Jan 08, 2024 09:45 AM IST
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