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The Question is… What is the Price of Dissent in West Bengal?

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Chandrashekhar Azad Exclusive on Mayawati, Gen-Z Protest and Alliance Plan for UP Polls

In an exclusive interview with senior journalist Javed M Ansari, Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) chief Chandrashekhar Azad speaks on his equation with Mayawati, alliance prospects with SP and Congress, the recent Gen-Z protest, and why the media wrongly calls him ‘Raavan’

From Disinformation to Legal Battles: Amit Malviya's Tenure as BJP IT Cell Head

As the BJP’s organisational reshuffle brings Smriti Irani and Ram Madhav back into key positions while Amit Malviya exits, Manish Anand analyses Nitin Nabin’s strategy behind the political restructuring, while Aishwarya Varma examines Malviya’s tenure as the BJP’s IT Cell chief,

Khud-Mukhtaar: What Does It Really Mean to Be Independent?

What does it mean to be khud-mukhtaar?

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Are Upper Castes Turning Against BJP?

Is the BJP’s core social coalition showing its first major structural fractures? Political Editor Aditya Menon analyses whether upper-caste voters are beginning to turn away from the party.

The Question Is... What Was the Need to Pit the CJP Movement Against Ranchi Protests?

“Ranchi’s Jantar Mantar movement...”

Gumshuda: When What's Lost Isn't Just a Person

Most of us hear the word 'gumshuda' and think of a missing person.

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Bankipur By-Election: How BJP Lost Hold of 31 Years-old Political Fortress?

After 31 years, the BJP has lost the Bankipur Assembly seat in Bihar, one of its strongest political bastions, to Prashant Kishor, who was contesting his first-ever election. The defeat comes at a remarkable political moment: Bihar has its first BJP Chief Minister, the sitting MLA from Bankipur had become the BJP’s National President, and the NDA had recently recorded its biggest-ever electoral…

'Chanakya' Wins Patliputra: 4 Ways Prashant Kishor's Bankipur Win is a Big Deal

What does Prashant Kishor’s decisive victory in the Bankipur bypoll signal for Bihar’s shifting political landscape?

Gumnaam: The Urdu Word That Means More Than ‘Anonymous’

Listen now | What does it really mean to be gumnaam? Is being unknown always a misfortune, or can anonymity sometimes be its own kind of freedom?

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From Satire to the Streets: Tracking the Disinformation Around CJP-led Protests

If someone told you a couple of months ago that a satirical political page would lead to massive on-the-ground protests in Delhi and result in the resignation of a sitting minister, you would probably think it was a script for a dystopian comedy.