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Pawan Khera

Pawan Khera

Political Analyst working with the Indian National Congress

By Pawan Khera

Indian soldiers died due to Modi's weak Pakistan policy

As Gujarat CM, he had ridiculed the UPA for going soft on the neighbouring country. Now he finds himself in a corner with limited options.

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In Modi and Kejriwal's game of degrees, Indian voter's the biggest loser

Institutions have a sanctity that individuals cannot be allowed to tamper with, howsoever irresponsible the individuals are.

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Modi government bullying media over AgustaWestland won't work

By attacking each other, on the other hand, journalists are helping the political class in polarising them.

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BJP's non-stop attack shows it's still scared of the Gandhis

Why were there no page one stories on Amit Shah's Rs 3,875 rent for a sprawling eight-bedroom house in Lutyens' Delhi?

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Drought shaming IPL won't end Maharashtra's water crisis

Not only should the event be cancelled, the lawns of Raj Bhawan, Mahalakshmi Race Course and the rich must also face the dry spell.

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Arun Jaitley's proposal of taxing provident fund is a cruel joke

The honest taxpayer is left with no assured financial instrument to park his hard-earned salary.

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Modi is not only failing India but also his bhakts, Bharat Mata can't help

Those who voted for PM - the so-called Vikas Purush of the much touted 'Gujarat model' fame - are waiting for the promised Midas touch.

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Blame our media for Modi shaming India in UK

The shame India experienced in London is thanks to his inexplicable silence back home.

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Anupam Kher needs to stop misleading people

It is not India, but the government that is intolerant.

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Arun Jaitley's done a terrible job defending Modi's silence

The Union finance minister blames state governments for letting crimes happen but chooses to stay silent on who the criminals are.

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Dadri 'beef' lynching: Modi's silence is disturbing

Akhlaq's murder is neither an accident, nor non-political and certainly not a non-communal incident.

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Yakub hanging: Change the law, don't condemn death penalty

Do we have an alternative which has been proved to be a more effective deterrent?

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Why Gujarat's anti-terror bill marks the beginning of a totalitarian regime in India

Legitimate concerns have arisen over the bill's contentious provisions that create a visible power imbalance that leaves much room for misuse.

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Salman Khan is a lucky man. No one still cares about footpath dwellers

The media cannot be blamed for not highlighting the plight of the family of Nurullah Mehboob Sharif, who was killed in the accident.

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Rahul Gandhi is a rule breaker. He does not behave like a politician

Politics for Congress vice president is all about breaking away from the binary of power.

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Will Israel vote for ultra-nationalist rhetoric of Netanyahu?

One will have to see if the country chooses the basic issues of food prices and housing raised by the Zionist Union instead.

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Modi speech: Course correction or more political masking?

Despite the 'jaanta nahin hai, main kaun hoon?' culture of the city, Delhi prefers humility in its leaders.

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Delhi results: Congress failed to seize vacant space left by AAP

There was no consensus on the state leadership, lack of a robust campaign, confusion over the message.

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Delhi elections: Media should not be allowed to run opinion polls

To the common viewer, the demographic determinants and other local variants would neither be clear nor relevant.

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What the Modi-sized mirror told Modi after Obama left

Why are they all saying that the US president showed him the mirror in the Siri Fort auditorium? How did they know Barack Obama had gifted him a mirror?

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Pakistan terror boat: Government must answer questions, just as Opposition must ask them

It is becoming clear that the government acted in a deliberate hurry in concluding that the Pakistani boat was a part of a terrorist operation.

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Modi won 2014 because Congress lost it. Now it needs to reinvent itself

The Congress flag was hoisted at 24, Akbar Road this morning to mark the 130th anniversary of the grand old party – the Indian National Congress.

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Modi tsunami alert: Destruction and disaster ahead

The Prime Minister's inability to rein in the loud elements of Sangh Parivar increasingly gives the impression that this is not the case of inability but of complicity.

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Hard lessons for Modi

Why the politics of aspiration has its limits.

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