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Tavleen Singh
Tavleen Singh, a leading Columnist associated with The Indian Express. Find all Columns from Tavleen Singh here.
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Tavleen Singh writes: Timing spoiled Rahul’s US show… this is Modi’s moment in the sunPremium Story
June 18,2023 07:10:10 AM
Rahul Gandhi could not have chosen a worse moment to try and convince the Indian diaspora in America that he is a worthy alternative to Narendra Modi
Sun, Jun 18, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: We should not allow political leaders to get away with religious dog whistlesPremium Story
June 11,2023 07:15:08 AM
The Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, seems determined to tear apart the social fabric of Mumbai city in the hope of electoral gains next year.
Mon, Jun 12, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: PM Modi has failed to deliver on the right-wing economic agendaPremium Story
June 04,2023 07:35:18 AM
Modi's critics charge him rightly with centralising economic power in his own hands and taking personal credit for everything that has been built since he became prime minister.
Sun, Jun 04, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes on nine years of Modi government: Lessons for both sidesPremium Story
May 28,2023 07:30:47 AM
I believe it is time for Modi to acknowledge that the belligerent Hindutva that has spread on his watch has damaged the tenets of the Sanatan Dharma and not just the status of Indian Muslims.
Mon, May 29, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes on tax on foreign credit card transactions: Back to the worst of times?Premium Story
May 21,2023 07:25:38 AM
The only Indians who managed to travel abroad regularly were rich businessmen, politicians, and bureaucrats, and their progeny who went as students to some of the best universities in the world.
Sun, May 21, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: PM needs to ask himself if it is wise to spend weeks and months on campaign trailPremium Story
May 14,2023 06:48:37 AM
There is another message for the BJP from Karnataka. If the Prime Minister is the main candidate, then he will be personally blamed when defeat comes instead of victory.
Tue, May 16, 2023
Congress gets it wrong againPremium Story
May 07,2023 07:55:58 AM
All of this has happened because some idiotic advisor in Rahul Gandhi’s inner circle decided to insert a paragraph in the party’s manifesto that puts the Bajrang Dal in the same bracket as the Popular Front of India (PFI).
Sun, May 07, 2023
PM Modi’s inability to better India’s political culture is one of his biggest failuresPremium Story
April 30,2023 07:30:12 AM
Why has nobody advised Congress leaders to focus instead on the criminals that fill the ranks of the BJP? How can Modi promise a ‘new India’ when the worst people from that old India continue to thrive?
Mon, May 01, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Gangsterism instead of justicePremium Story
April 23,2023 07:50:07 AM
If ‘new’ India is going to become a country in which the rule of law is ground into the dust by bulldozers, then we must accept that this new India will not be called a democracy.
Sun, Apr 23, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Why Uttar Pradesh breeds so many criminals and gangstersPremium Story
April 16,2023 07:45:45 AM
If urban schools are bad, rural ones are worse. It is no surprise to come across villages in which there are twice as many private schools as government schools because people would rather pay for their children to get an education than let them pretend to be studying in a government school.
Sun, Apr 16, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Will anyone challenge Modi?Premium Story
April 09,2023 07:01:07 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: There is no challenger in sight. But Modi is not one to take things for granted, so he warned BJP workers last week that they better not become complacent.
Mon, Apr 10, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Truth is, there has never been any real support for Khalistan inside PunjabPremium Story
April 02,2023 07:50:05 AM
When Amritpal Singh is caught, which he will be, there must be a trial that is so transparent that we discover exactly where his political and financial support comes from.
Sun, Apr 02, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Rahul Gandhi may not be the most skillful politician, but it’s hard to see him as a criminalPremium Story
March 26,2023 06:20:41 AM
Meanwhile, the Budget got passed last week without debate because Parliament has not functioned in the hope that Rahul Gandhi will apologise for saying that Indian democracy is under threat.
Tue, Mar 28, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Rahul Gandhi wins this roundPremium Story
March 19,2023 06:55:10 AM
I am no admirer of Rahul Gandhi but concede that in the needless brouhaha about what he said and did not say on his foreign tour he has behaved with more dignity and maturity than the Prime Minister or the senior ministers he chose as his attack team.
Sun, Mar 19, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Lutyens Delhi remains as privileged as under Congress rule, only the inhabitants of bungalows have changedPremium Story
March 12,2023 07:00:51 AM
In nearly every shot of Rahul from London there is Sam Pitroda by his side. This is the man who when asked about the pogroms against the Sikhs said ‘hua to hua’.
Sun, Mar 12, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Democracies do not survive long unless there is an Opposition that can act as a curbPremium Story
March 05,2023 07:07:02 AM
Rahul Gandhi likes to dwell on the death of democracy in India but appears not to notice that one of the most important things in democracies is the ability to win elections.
Sun, Mar 05, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Why the rise of Amritpal Singh is extremely disturbingPremium Story
February 26,2023 07:15:08 AM
It is hard to say if Amritpal Singh would have garnered the support that he clearly has if the farmers movement had been better handled. What it is possible to say is that once more Punjab is seeing a ‘war against the Indian state’ led by a fanatical Sikh preacher.
Mon, Mar 20, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Brute state power is ugly and has no place in the ‘mother of democracy’Premium Story
February 19,2023 07:10:21 AM
The bulldozer policy started by Bulldozer Baba is totally different. It is brute use of state power and brutal crushing of the rule of law.
Mon, Feb 20, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: PM Modi has done more to ‘satisfy’ basic needs of ordinary Indians than any Congress prime ministerPremium Story
February 12,2023 07:20:52 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: As someone who blames socialism for most of our economic problems, I wish Modi had shown the courage to dump all the old welfare schemes that came up under Sonia’s ‘rights-based’ regime
Sun, Feb 12, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: The rules of democracyPremium Story
February 05,2023 07:20:17 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: Modi is deeply sensitive to criticism in the western media but appears to have not discovered that if journalists, dissidents, and students spend months in jail without trial, he will inevitably be seen as an autocrat.
Sun, Feb 05, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Modi’s futile battle with the mediaPremium Story
January 29,2023 07:20:11 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: A better strategy would have been for the Prime Minister’s office to ignore the documentary altogether or call a press conference and point out its flaws and falsehoods.
Sun, Jan 29, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Democracy and freedom are worth defending, these are India’s foundational valuesPremium Story
January 22,2023 07:10:18 AM
The message of this year’s World Economic Forum’s annual meeting is that times are bad and there are more bad times ahead. When the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, was asked if he had ever lived through a worse time for the world, he replied that he had not.
Sun, Jan 22, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Modi encouraged India to dream of becoming developed country, but we may not get there quicklyPremium Story
January 15,2023 07:20:14 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: There is a detail about developed countries that Modi appears not to have noticed. They do not plaster their streets, airports, and railway stations with pictures of political leaders.
Sun, Jan 15, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: A shifting political narrative — is BJP getting worried of Rahul Gandhi?Premium Story
January 08,2023 07:30:44 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: Could it be that there is growing concern in the highest echelons of the BJP about Rahul Gandhi emerging as a mature leader who can no longer be mocked and jeered at?
Sun, Jan 08, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Good riddance, 2022Premium Story
January 01,2023 07:33:42 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: From me on this first day of a New Year comes the prayer that 2023 becomes for India a year of healing. The battle is no longer between secularism and communalism but between hatred and harmony. India badly needs harmony right now.
Sun, Jan 01, 2023