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Vandita Mishra
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Vandita Mishra writes: What about the school in Damoh? A question for the OppositionPremium Story
June 18, 2023 19:54 IST
In Madhya Pradesh, the Congress’s poll template sidesteps a besieged school
Sun, Jun 18, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: Kejriwal’s AAP vs Modi’s BJP — The intimate enemiesPremium Story
June 11, 2023 19:43 IST
Across their many differences — a polarising politics of Hindutva is central to the BJP’s self-definition while the AAP’s calling card is a sort of ideology-agnostic solutionism — the two parties have more in common than is let on by their currently picturesque hostilities
Sun, Jun 11, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: There’s a queue outside the new Parliament doorPremium Story
June 04, 2023 19:19 IST
From the Balasore train tragedy to the stonewalling of women wrestlers’ protests by the powerful — when it reconvenes, the House must let these issues in
Sun, Jun 04, 2023
In Karnataka, corruption has now become a constitutive part of governance: Dr Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi, social historianPremium Story
May 27, 2023 01:18 IST
Social historian and political commentator Dr Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi on takeaways from the Karnataka Assembly election results, why entrepreneurs have joined politics and how Hindutva was blunted.
Sun, May 28, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: Ringing in the new in Karnataka, a health warning in DelhiPremium Story
May 21, 2023 18:45 IST
Two stories, one message: The battle goes on, after the battle is over
Sun, May 21, 2023
How BJP defeated BJP and why Congress needs to do more to secure its hard-won victoryPremium Story
May 14, 2023 04:08 IST
There will be chatter in coming days about why the Congress won, and many are already pointing to a large-scale shift of the “Lingayat vote” from the BJP.
Sun, May 14, 2023
Double-engine party? With new faces, BJP eyes future — and a nod to high commandPremium Story
May 08, 2023 06:53 IST
The bringing in of younger candidates, while keeping the caste balance intact, is being seen in Karnataka not just as a party turning its face to the future, but also, and perhaps more, as a reordering of the power equations between the state unit and the central party.
Mon, May 08, 2023
Karnataka battle lines: many Hindutvas bump up against layers of caste
May 04, 2023 07:30 IST
Why Cong sticks its poll neck out to push for a ban on Bajrang Dal
Sat, May 13, 2023
Karnataka polls: BJP looks at Modi to defeat anti-incumbency, Congress hopes to ride itPremium Story
May 03, 2023 04:00 IST
Anti-incumbency, mainly centring on price rise and corruption, and encompassing farmers’ vulnerabilities, concerns on education and jobs, is a loud and assertive clamour in South Karnataka’s districts of Mandya, Tumakuru and Mysore.
Sat, May 13, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: When a don is shot dead under police escort on live TV in UPPremium Story
April 16, 2023 19:36 IST
The events of last week have resurrected difficult questions about rule of law, politics and impunity in the state
Sun, Apr 16, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: Opposition searches for a way out, but its homework is not donePremium Story
April 09, 2023 19:20 IST
For one, the “democracy/constitution under siege” argument needs to be framed in more imaginative ways, to connect it to the lifeworlds of ordinary people, instead of only describing the predicament of a few embattled players
Sun, Apr 09, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: Prime Minister Modi plays victim, a fugitive revives spectres of a bygone day in PunjabPremium Story
April 02, 2023 20:04 IST
Powerful PM talks of “supari” and “suraksha kavach”. Amritpal Singh drama features catchwords that have lost meaning
Sun, Apr 02, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: Rahul’s disqualification as MP is political and that’s where the problem begins — for RahulPremium Story
March 26, 2023 19:13 IST
For Congress and the Opposition, there is no ready-made halo to be picked up and worn. The hard labour of politics for framing the issue and taking it to the people remains to be done
Sun, Mar 26, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: Controversy over Rahul Gandhi and the crisis of ParliamentPremium Story
March 19, 2023 16:29 IST
Vandita Mishra writes: Yet again, the House is locked down, and politics plays outside
Sun, Mar 19, 2023
BJP bid to smear AAP fumbles but not many shedding tears for SisodiaPremium Story
March 19, 2023 07:21 IST
PM seen as custodian of ‘big things,’ Kejriwal as trusted one who delivers ‘suvidhaein’
Mon, Mar 20, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: PM Modi rides a chariot in Ahmedabad stadium, Manish Sisodia sends a hyperbolic message from jailPremium Story
March 12, 2023 19:33 IST
Vandita Mishra writes: In the run-up to 2024, there is more to the image and the message than their apparent excess
Sun, Mar 12, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes | Sisodia arrest, targeting of CPR: The state is thin skinned and strong armedPremium Story
March 05, 2023 18:48 IST
Vandita Mishra writes: That such a state is ubiquitous, across political lines, doesn't exonerate the BJP, which has taken the thin-skinnedness and strong-armedness to a new high, or low.
Sun, Mar 05, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: Two speeches in Parliament and a glimpse of 2024Premium Story
February 12, 2023 16:32 IST
Vandita Mishra writes: For Rahul, a focus on Modi can be a double edged sword. The Modi message gives no quarter to what and who has gone before
Mon, Feb 13, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes: What Mayawati’s silence on Sidheeque Kappan case saysPremium Story
February 05, 2023 19:12 IST
Her silence shows that among the reasons that hold back the BSP from growing into a larger version of itself, is its cramping of its own reach and stunting of its own ambition
Mon, Feb 06, 2023
Vandita Mishra writes | At the end of the Bharat Jodo YatraPremium Story
January 29, 2023 19:11 IST
Vandita Mishra writes: Rahul Gandhi is just beginning to twist and tweak his own script against an opponent who has done that expertly since 2002
Mon, Jan 30, 2023
Ahead of this Republic Day, Constitution is an unquiet presencePremium Story
January 22, 2023 18:55 IST
The contention around “basic structure” marks the judiciary’s re-assertion of its pre-eminent role as protector and interpreter of the constitutional pact. But at the other end of the face-off is an elected government that is unlikely to let matters rest here
Sun, Jan 22, 2023
Written and Unwritten: Listening to V-P Dhankhar and RSS chief BhagwatPremium Story
January 15, 2023 17:32 IST
Vandita Mishra writes: Dhankhar challenges basic structure; Bhagwat inaugurates a new round of the guessing game
Sun, Jan 15, 2023
Bharat Jodo Yatra and its moving imagesPremium Story
January 08, 2023 19:01 IST
Vandita Mishra writes: A problem the Yatra may face in reaching its intended destination is that even as Rahul Gandhi is moving, so is Narendra Modi
Tue, Jan 10, 2023
Coming up: A new and old yearPremium Story
January 01, 2023 18:41 IST
Vandita Mishra writes: For a glimpse of the old and new in 2023, listen to Rahul Gandhi in Delhi and Home Minister Amit Shah in Bengaluru
Sun, Jan 01, 2023
A prematurely locked up House, a political yatra that stops shortPremium Story
December 25, 2022 18:38 IST
Government is much more to blame than the Opposition for Parliament receding from public view. And yet, there are wider complicities
Mon, Dec 26, 2022