Anand Kochukudy

Kerala has been able to recover from the devastating monsoon flood because people helped each other out, regardless of faith and creed.

KCR would hope that majority of the votes are cast on his account than the MLA in individual constituencies.

It’s up to Dhoni to work his way back into form, so he can rightfully claim his place in the team.

One can only hope the investigation doesn’t lose pace and the chargesheet is filed at the earliest for the trial to commence sooner than later

The Church and some powerful Bishops have thrown their considerable weight behind a man accused of raping a nun, forcing several politicians to toe their line.

The policy of appeasement and vote-bank politics applies equally to all political parties. Even the Marxists.

The double standards, delays and duress faced by victims of alleged sexual harassment within the CPI (M) in Kerala shows the party's real face.

The coach being a sidekick to the captain is not an ideal scenario.

What the Congress seems to need, more than anything, at this point is to have people with political acumen working for them in the social media cell.

The recent floods hitting Kerala also brought a deluge of divisiveness and communal spite. However, Kerala's people withstood both these angry tides.

It’s in the nature of politics to throw up surprises and leaders out of nowhere.

If 2014 was more about 'Vikas' than Hindutva, 2019 is likely to be a communally charged election with worse in store.

The party should have used his remarks to attack the BJP’s ideology.

The chief minister failed in taking his bureaucracy along and instilling confidence in them after the alleged assault on chief secretary Anshu Prakash.

The former president's speech was neither sharp, nor intended to rub his hosts the wrong way.

This result might also force the BJP for a rethink on advancing the general elections.

Opposition and others are still wondering how EVMs could malfunction because of heat at 7am when the temperature is less than 30 degrees.

Whether Congress can wrest back their bastion or CPI(M) manages to retain it or BJP pulls off a surprise win will be known only on May 31.

For the Opposition to succeed, it's imperative they come up with a positive agenda rather than launch a negative campaign against the prime minister.

For once, the Congress functioned like a well-oiled machine, operating seamlessly between Delhi and Bangalore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s grandstanding will come under a severe cloud with this episode that played out in full public view

The Supreme Court has asked BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to prove majority on May 19.

It was already rumoured that the governor had taken a decision to this effect much before it was finally confirmed.

A peek into the prime minister's campaign the last fortnight would throw up at least half-a-dozen falsehoods.

Apart from India Today-Axis MyIndia exit poll, all seem to have played it safe.

What might ultimately upset BJP's apple cart in favour of the Congress is the Lingayat vote.

While it’s one thing to be the Congress' PM candidate, it’s an entirely different proposition to emerge as an acceptable choice among regional satraps.

Institutional integrity is being compromised with alacrity and it would seem that a 'committed judiciary' is the next logical step.

The fact that the CPM general secretary put his job on the line to ensure the adoption of his draft reflects his maturity and resolve.

The Congress and its president have been worryingly silent over several recent instances of majority assertion.