কর্নাটক নির্বাচনের ফলাফল দেখে কংগ্রেস এবং অন্যান্য বিজেপি-বিরোধী দল স্বাভাবিক ভাবেই উচ্ছ্বসিত। অনেকে বেশ কিছুটা এগিয়ে এমনও বলছেন, এ হল প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদীর একনায়কতন্ত্রের শেষের শুরু। এমন সিদ্ধান্তে পৌঁছনোর সময় হয়তো এখনও আসেনি। আগামী সাধারণ নির্বাচন এখনও অন্তত দশ মাস দূরে। তার মধ্যে অনেক কিছুই ঘটে যেতে পারে।তবুও কর্নাটক নির্বাচনের বিশেষ তাৎপর্য আছে। কারণ, এটা হল দক্ষিণ ভারতের প্রথম রাজ্য...
नई दिल्ली में सत्तारूढ़ शासन के प्रतिनिधियों ने पिछले कुछ महीनों में अहंकार से अंधे होकर एक के बाद एक कई बड़ी गलतियां की हैं। यहां पर इन गलतियों की एक छोटी सूची है जैसे कि बीबीसी डॉक्यूमेंट्री पर प्रतिबंध लगाना और फिर उस संस्थान में इनकम टैक्स अधिकारियों को भेजना; गौतम अडानी के कॉर्पोरेट समूह के कामकाज के बारे में उठाए गए आरोपों पर चुप्पी बनाए रखना; लोकसभा के रिकॉर्ड में राहुल गांधी के भाषण को...
Title: India Is Broken—And why it’s hard to fix: A People Betrayed, 1947 to TodayAuthor: Ashoka ModyPublisher: JuggernautPages: 512Price: ₹899For an academic and international civil servant to write a magnum opus that takes a broad sweep of India’s contemporary history and political economy, in a language that is understandable to the lay reader, is not an easy endeavour.When Professor Ashoka Mody...
The outcome of the elections to the Karnataka legislative assembly has predictably led to euphoria in the Congress and other political parties opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Some have gone to the extent of arguing that Saturday’s results signify the beginning of the end of the authoritarian rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It would be premature to jump to such a conclusion. The next...
During a heat wave in the Indian state of Haryana in 2022, the Adani Group supplied less power than it was contracted to and also diverted power away from Haryana to the state of Gujarat. This summer, Adani Power can officially supply less power to Haryana and get paid more for each unit, despite a Supreme Court judgment which said there is no justification for hiking tariffs. Here, we report on...
Gurugram/London/Bengaluru: In 2018, the Congress party had alleged that the Narendra Modi government had turned a blind eye to Jatin Mehta’s alleged misdemeanours, allowing him to leave India and delaying the filing of cases against him. It had asked whether the “protection” for him had anything to do with his “close relationship with an industrial house closest to Narendra Modi through marriage...