Bangladesh' No Criticism Of Attack On Salman Rushdie Strips The Writer Of The Right To Free Expression
The self-censorship and silence over the attack on Salman Rushdie for The Satanic Verses in Bangladeshi media and society is telling
Communist Parties In India: No 'Family Business' Please, We Are All Comrades!
Despite leading organisations for over two decades, leaders of Communist parties develop no right over the party. In fact, even general secretaries have been restrained, demoted and expelled.
Maharashtra's Dynasty Tug-of-wars: Power Struggle In Pawar Clan, Thackerays In A Legacy Bind
Maharashtra's two political dynasties—the Pawars and the Thackerays—face a determined and fierce contest from a powerful second rung, which could topple any succession plan.
Sangma, Khandu, Gogoi, Gamlin...: Dynastic Clouds Loom Over The Seven Sisters
Young leaders jump ship regularly, as every party tries to keep it in the family
After Mamata Banerjee Who? Whatever Happened To West Bengal CM's 50-Year Succession Plan!
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has always kept a set of leaders in her immediate next rank without allowing anyone to grow out of control
RJD's Dynast Tejashwi Is In, But Who Will Succeed Nitish Kumar In Bihar's JD-U?
Both RJD & JD-U have distilled the essence of their party supremos as their USP, leaving a leadership void
Negotiating With Nagas: A Tale With A Beginning, But No Seeming End
A brief history of the Naga separatist movement and demand for independence
When A Screenwriter Takes Her Chronic Pain To The Far End Of The World
'The only regret I have as a screenwriter is that I don’t get any time to mull over why I write, or what my writing is about.'
Dynasty, Larger Than Life Netas Deny Second Rung Politicians A Spot In The Sun
Dynasty-driven political parties in India have habitually shunned second rung leaders outside the family. Parties driven by individual personality and charisma too have stymied the growth of younger leaders, often at the cost of the political outfits they lead.
Discipline Smothers Dissent And Ambition In BJP, But Yogi Begins Ascent To The Top
The past shows that the BJP has several aces up its sleeve when it comes to leadership changes
Revamp Of Congress: Despite Desertion And Dissent, Party Workers Want Gandhis On The Top
Only time will tell if Congress, the Grand Old Party, can tackle its leadership crisis and rejuvenate ideologically, but young cadres suggest the Gandhi family remains relevant
Feminist, Feminine And Everything In Between At Bihar Museum's Exhibition 'Women and Deities'
Bihar Museum’s exhibition, Women and Deities, is a timely feminist intervention to ways of seeing the Hindu religion at a time when India is sinking in revanchism
Equine Diary: A Horse For Every Course
Vishavjeet Chaudhary, a barrister-at-law (Inner Temple), master of laws (Cambridge), writes about how he fell off a mare and then fell in love with horses