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Crucifying Rahul Gandhi: Why the fate of the Congress vice president is a symptom, not the disease

Crucifying Rahul Gandhi by Pragya Tiwari

Gone with the wind: Elections as observed from the tomb of Bahu Begum

Faizabad was once the centre of the kingdom of Awadh. The first Nawab of Awadh, Saadat Ali Khan, established it as the capital of his....

Meet the Candidate – Madhusudan Mistry – Congress, Baroda

Pragya Tiwari interviews Madhusudan Mistry, AICC

Elections 2014 in Gujarat through the lens of 2002: Saddam, Sohaib, Shahrukh, Yusuf

Saddam, Sohaib, Shahrukh and Yusuf fled their respective villages to survive gruesome violence in 2002. They now live and work in Ahmedabad.

Elections 2014 in Gujarat through the lens of 2002: Sons and murderers

Shantaben Lalchand works behind a makeshift table in an alcove in a narrow lane in Ahmedabad’s Chamanpura, .....

Elections 2014 in Gujarat through the lens of 2002: The face of a rioter

“I take my voter slip but I don’t cast my vote. I did not vote in 2004 or 2009. I have lost all faith in the system,” says Ashok Mochi.

Meet The Candidate – Gopinath Munde – BJP, Beed

Gopinath Munde interview by Pragya Tiwari

Meet The Candidate – Priya Dutt – Congress, Mumbai North West

Priya Dutt interview by Pragya Tiwari

Meet The Candidate – Supriya Sule – Nationalist Congress Party, Pune

Supriya Sule interview by Pragya Tiwari

What is the Modi wave and what does it mean for the Congress Party in Rajasthan?

On a placid, white, hot afternoon, a convoy of a 15 odd cars is cutting across narrow, dusty roads in the Ajmer District of Rajasthan.

Meet The Candidate – Sachin Pilot – Congress, Ajmer

Sachin Pilot interviewed by Pragya Tiwari

Meet The Candidate – Jaswant Singh, Independent, Barmer

Jaswant Singh interviewed by Pragya Tiwari

Meet The Candidate – Anjali Damania, AAP, Nagpur

Anjali Damania interviewed by Pragya Tiwari

In other generations, other massacres: Elections 2014 through the prism of 1984

“My father used to say, ‘I will continue to live where my sons were massacred’,” says Kawaljeet Singh, explaining why his family ....

Meet The Candidate – Shashi Tharoor – Congress, Thiruvananthapuram

Shashi Tharoor interview by Pragya Tiwari

Meet The Candidate – Sandeep Dixit, Congress, East Delhi

Sandeep Dixit interview by Pragya Tiwari

Meet The Candidate – Ashish Khetan, AAP, New Delhi

Ashish Khetan interviewed by Pragya Tiwari

Meet The Candidate – Chandan Mitra, BJP, Hooghly

Chandan Mitra interview by Pragya Tiwari

Meet The Candidate – Meera Sanyal, AAP, Mumbai South

Meera Sanyal interview by Pragya Tiwari

Primary Education

Behind the scenes at a Congress Primary – a one its kind experiment in Indian democracy As you go from South to the North-East of Delhi...