Turn Raj Bhawans into heritage museums or resorts
Every nation state rightly spends a lot on pomp and show, to celebrate itself and to showcase its identity. So, the tanks and tableaux rolling down the Rajpath on January 26 is a hair-raising...
View ArticleModi should have looked beyond Amit Shah
The Sangh Parivar or more specifically the BJP is yet to learn the art of symbolism in politics. What is normally dismissed as mere tokenism is not always an insincere attempt at inclusive politics....
View ArticleModi should save his govt from the far fringes of the Right
The apprehensions over a BJP victory in the 2014 polls among all those who did not really support the party was not about Narendra Modi becoming Prime Minister of India. It was all about the far...
View ArticleIs Modi just another brilliant speaker or a great doer?
The dark, closed-collar suit, the sombre air, the sleepy speech and the perfunctory Prime Ministerial performance was out. Instead a man in tricolour - saffron-green pagadi and white short-sleeved...
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