Prime Minister Takaichi is in India for her first visit since coming to power with an overwhelming majority earlier this year. No post-war Japanese prime minister has enjoyed a stronger lower-house mandate than she does today. India shared a close relationship with Shinzo Abe; now it’s time to build an equally consequential one with his…
Indian society has not bothered to study either the history or the philosophy of reservation. This ignorance has led to demands for reservation from every class, including the ruling class, which itself secured a 10 per cent reservation in government services. The concept of reservation in India is linked to the very process of making…
India’s immediate neighbours have witnessed a unique political phenomenon where the movements popularly called as ‘students’ or ‘Gen Z’ movement, led by youth have overthrown the ruling political establishments. These young citizens, appear to be the vanguards of democratic ethos and torchbearers of disenchantment by overthrowing the government. Though, these movements appear alike in Sri…
Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5. This week we are covering the US-Iran talks to end their war, the sudden kerfuffle between Ukraine and Poland, Ukraine’s increasing strikes on Russian-occupied Crimea, Keir Starmer’s resignation in UK, and the Fifa World Cup in the US doing pretty well. So, let’s get to it….
There is a question I keep returning to as someone young in politics: what is power actually for? In April 1950, a forty-eight-year-old minister in independent India’s first Cabinet answered it in the hardest way a person can. He resigned. No scandal had cornered him. No party had pushed him out. He had simply decided…
There is a question I keep returning to as someone young in politics: what is power actually for? In April 1950, a forty-eight-year-old minister in independent India’s first Cabinet answered it in the hardest way… Source link
The inevitable has happened. For months, critics derided him as Two Tier Starmer. Unable to manage or deflect his plunging popularity and facing a revolt from within his party, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, has finally resigned. In 2024, his Labour Party stormed to power with a massive two thirds majority in…
Now that more than 9 years of governance under the Yogi Government have passed in Uttar Pradesh, it is necessary to assess what Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath means to the people. What are the factors that distinguish him from previous chief ministers, and how has the foundation of public trust in him become so strong?…
Less than two months ago, many political observers would have said DMK’s greatest advantage was its alliance. Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), more often referred to as the ‘DMK-led alliance’, had all the makings of a cohesive team: parties that broadly agreed on leftist principles, and represented different sections and communities including dalits and Muslims. On…
Whether young Tamilians’ frenzy over Vijay will translate into votes isn’t the point. His rallies are a mirror to TN’s masculinity crisis. Crowds he’s drawing are proof that male-dominated parties just aren’t listening Joseph Vijay is not the first film star to enter Tamil politics. Very likely, he won’t be the last. What makes Vijay…
