Sanjukta Basu

The PM tweets congratulating Kashmir, Ajit Doval sends videos of 'normal' life in the Valley and #KashmirWelcomesChange trends, all while Kashmiris face communications blackout.

Sanjay Sinh abandoning the Congress is a reason for cheer. The party must be purged of opportunistic old leaders with questionable backgrounds, to make way for fresh talent.

The episode goes beyond just caste conflict. It speaks of the deep-rooted insecurity in men and their urge to control a woman's womb.

Talented Kashmiri youth like Zaira Wasim are feeling alienated in a hostile, polarised atmosphere. Certain forces are exploiting the situation. This is the time for liberal India to speak up.

Yoga Day became all about Narendra Modi once again. It took a tweet by Rahul Gandhi to call this out. But Rahul needs to raise his voice on far more serious issues, and far more often.

If the medical profession is truly noble, then doctors cannot possibly be on strike and claim moral superiority.

While BJP's ideological worldview certainly does not encompass religious minorities, Congress need not be the overprotective parent for Indian Muslims either anymore.

The soul of India has changed, and secular values must die. Rahul Gandhi wanted to protect India from the potential damage Narendra Modi could do to its core. But India chose Modi instead.

What we needed after the interview was a strict critique and tough counter-questions. What we got instead were headlines speaking of PM Modi’s love for mangoes.

Opposition leaders should call out both leaders' statements and reassure anxious voters that it's not so easy to just take away people’s rights.

Priyanka Chaturvedi's timing just doesn’t add up with the narrative. If you are deeply upset with your party's treatment of you, you can always leave. But joining a rival party so swiftly shows more afoot.

Rajnath Singh says the BJP would strengthen sedition law against 'anti-nationals'. The Congress has promised to end the same law. These are two completely different ideas of India and our freedom.

Narendra Modi has painted the choices of this election in the starkest possible terms. But in fact, you need to know the history of India and its political diversity to make the best possible choice.

The fact is, Congress President Rahul Gandhi's NYAY announcement has the BJP gasping and the 'Shakti' dramatics were just that - dramatics.

Rahul Gandhi is on the steady path of a comeback. Talks of a ‘Modi wave’ are totally misguided. Here's why.

The BJP seems to be defensive about Rahul Gandhi's charges, and floundering at its social media management. The Congress is doing better online, but what about its grassroots presence?

With Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi raising some very real issues affecting the people, Modi's 'muscular nationalism' alone is not going to hold much water.

Young India is looking forward to a jeans and T-shirt-wearing political leader. The Congress also needs alliances of a bold new kind. The old guard must therefore make way for the new.

He's maintained a respectful silence over the appalling Pulwama attack, but it's time the Congress leader asked PM Modi some uncomfortable questions.

Rahul Gandhi walked alone, even as his party felt dejected and hopeless. And he didn't stop until his party workers and people were inspired to join him.

As Parliament wraps up its Budget Session and polls loom ahead, it's important to look under the rhetoric and see exactly where Modi has led people to.

Over the last two years, the RSS and BJP have made many attempts to demonise Mamata Banerjee as 'pro-Muslim' and themselves as 'emancipators' of upper-caste Bengalis. The result? So far, no good.

They were both instances of misogyny. So why does only one get highlighted and the other lost?

BJP is desperate to appropriate the legacy of leaders like Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel by pitting them against Nehru. That's how low its politics has gone.

The government's response to allegations of a Rafale scam is making it look flighty.

As things stand today, BJP's ‘Congress-mukt bharat’ mission is far from being over.

Corruption is a cancer in the nation's body, hard to diagnose, harder to treat and it eats away the nation's wealth.

The Congress president spoke of how the current government’s policies were fuelling violence and hampering India’s growth.

Comparisons are made of the oratorical skills of both. But Vajpayee valued truth, dissent, inclusion. Modi is the opposite, not the inheritor, of such talents.

Dalits are a mere vote bank for the party and the cynical politics of rejection and persuasion around them shows this.