COVER STORY
The Modi hype is relentless. But some of our institutions of democracy are still fragile for us to risk a firebrand leader.
Outlook Magazine - 28 April 2014
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The former union telecom and communication minister, accused in the 2G multi-crore spectrum case, is optimistic of winning from the Nilgiris constituency in Tamil Nadu
NCP leader and Sharad Pawar's daughter on the prospects and challenges for her party
The senior BJP leader refused to discuss anything specifically about Kanpur
Mulayam's constituency gets uninterrupted power and water when the SP is in power, while Mayawati’s regime deprives it of electricity for hours each day.
The French political scientist on what a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ forebodes for India.
Is India without Congress really such a good idea? And is it that easy to wish away the party?
Is Jayalalitha making a pitch for prime minister this time? Take the party’s slogan ‘Tamil prathamar aagavendum...
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The former union telecom and communication minister, accused in the 2G multi-crore spectrum case, is optimistic of winning from the Nilgiris constituency in Tamil Nadu
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NCP leader and Sharad Pawar's daughter on the prospects and challenges for her party
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The senior BJP leader refused to discuss anything specifically about Kanpur
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Mulayam's constituency gets uninterrupted power and water when the SP is in power, while Mayawati’s regime deprives it of electricity for hours each day.
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The French political scientist on what a ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ forebodes for India.
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Is India without Congress really such a good idea? And is it that easy to wish away the party?
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Can Priyanka’s late burst of belligerence revive a spent Congress?
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Modi scapegoats Congress to push the larger Hindutva design
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Is Jayalalitha making a pitch for prime minister this time? Take the party’s slogan ‘Tamil prathamar aagavendum...
OTHER STORIES
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This BJP candidate doesn’t want the Modi wave to propel her
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The director of the critically acclaimed <i>Gandhi: My Father</i> talks about his upcoming socio-political satire, <i>Dekh Tamasha Dekh</i>
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It may sorely try your patience, but it does make eminent sense too.
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I felt I could do the unthinkable, i.e. vote BJP. Then just a week before polling date, the old Modi reappeared...
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The SC verdict has set transgenders ‘free’. It grants them a political role beyond symbolism.
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Elections were a media event then; now they’re just another bit of news
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The Dev Anand-led party was a well-intentioned flop
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In Dumka, Shibu Soren faces Babulal Marandi, and possible ruin
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Mumbai’s Gujaratis back Modi; its Marathis dither over three options
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The activist-politician on slum-dwellers and the contradictions in her party's stand on reservations
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The indefatigable Medha Patkar dons the Aam Aadmi Party cap to channelise electoral politics towards the many causes she espouses
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Bharathi Kannamma, 52, first transgender LS candidate
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With Azhagiri’s ouster, AIADMK men are having a free run
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In Telangana’s first polls, the heart says KCR, the head Congress
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The former President speaks on the two-party system, election funding, and the shrill campaign
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A large number of candidates—85 per cent in 2009—lose their deposits. So what’s the attraction to contest?
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What kind of <i>adadhiyo</i> (half shirt) does he wear now, tight over his 56-inch chest.
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More than being united against Modi, the Muslims in Moradabad, Bareilly, Rampur are divided over others
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Sitting MP ‘Spectrum’ Raja still the man to beat in the hills
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For political success, music is the mantra that Bapppi Lahiri chants
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Many paradigm changes have been at work since the 1950s. They will mark their imprint on Elections 2014.
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Ravi Singh quits Aleph and new books by Vaiju Naravane and Ranjit Hoskote
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Written like a ready reckoner of issues that should have mattered and set the agenda for this election
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This Q and A book allows Waheeda Rehman to show herpersonas—as actress, star, Everywoman, luminous beauty
