Yogi Adityanath who is the 'Gorakshpeethadhishwar' (head of the Gorakhpur-based 'Goraksha Peeth'), took the oath of office for Chief Minister of UP for the first time on March 19, 2017.
The Samajwadi Party had fought the assembly polls together with Jayant Chaudhary's RLD, Rajbhar's SBSP, Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) of Shivpal Yadav, Keshav Dev Maurya's Mahan Dal and the...
Local journalists, whose ground reports from the boondocks often get ‘picked up’ by mainstream media, lament lack of recognition and remuneration, especially during elections
Literature coming out of the state once celebrated communal harmony, but current political developments have exacerbated the paradox and dilemma of Hindi literati
Mooknayak, meaning hero or spokesperson of the mute, was the first newspaper launched by Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. Today, its heir apparent, The Mooknayak, carries on his legacy by reporting stories that mainstream media avoids.
Small, independent media platforms are becoming the voice of Muslims, away from the majoritarian narrative
Hindi Diwas: The silence of major writers suggests that the rightward shift of the Hindi heartland was inevitable.
Dozens of Dalit journalists have started their own YouTube channels and websites to become the voices of the community.
Journalists from regional, women-run media talk about the daily hurdles they face while covering issues concerning rural women that often go unreported
Founded in 2014 by award-winning journalist P. Sainath, PARI focuses on rural journalism that mainstream media usually ignores, including the farm crisis,...
Journeying through Uttar Pradesh in poll season and trying to make sense of the sounds and sights
The famous temple in Gorakhpur is widely seen as a ‘power centre’ but priests and all those associated with it insist they have nothing to do with politics.
The results of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls will depend on the stitching of electoral alliances with OBCs and poaching of their leaders. Other issues may be...
Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of crimes against women in 2020 in India, NCRB data show. For the record, there are only 43 women MLAs in the state...
In the Terai’s biggest district, different farming communities may have different reasons for their anger at the ruling BJP, but these appear to be...
When it comes to elections, people from Muzaffarnagar to Mirzapur carry an extraordinary smugness of being the kingmakers, the state which elects the next...
Muslim community doesn’t vote in a block. Rather, any perceived threat of their consolidation leads to a counter-consolidation among the majority community....
Emergence of smaller population groups to assert their claims over the political space has given birth to smaller regional parties, sometimes representing...
Idioms like ‘tempest in a teapot’ and ‘storm in the teacup’ gained a different connotation after Narendra Modi decided to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha...
Across UP’s hinterland, young YouTubers were busy scraping a living by recording campaign songs in record time for the assembly polls
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will chair the review meeting which will be attended by party's top state leaders. The party will chalk out its future plan and roadmap...
Poll Toll: Dealing With Death & Trauma Amid Elections
Banaras is the home of Shiva, and like everywhere else, he resides almost everywhere—from under a peepal tree to the big temples.
Following the victory of the Adityanath, saffron cadres were seen celebrating atop a bulldozer across Uttar Pradesh. And soon social media was flooded with...
Punjab witnessed a multi-cornered contest this time with Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, AAP and the coalition of Bharatiya Janata...
