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An election-eve gambit

An election-eve gambit

The government’s intentions are not honest or bonafide. Win or lose the battle in the Lok Sabha, the BJP will take the issue of women’s...

12.04.2026 10

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

An election-eve gambit

An election-eve gambit

The two Houses of Parliament were adjourned on April 2, 2026 after completion of the financial business of the Budget session. It was the right time...

12.04.2026 10

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

An election-eve gambit

An election-eve gambit

The government’s intentions are not honest or bonafide. Win or lose the battle in the Lok Sabha, the BJP will take the issue of women’s...

12.04.2026 10

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

An election-eve gambit

An election-eve gambit
12.04.2026 10

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

April showdown: Ideologies clash as key states head to high-stakes polls

I do not know which planets will confluence or which planet will be retrograde but, looking at the political scene in India, I can say ‘we live in...

05.04.2026 20

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

The interesting times of April

The electoral battle in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal will be between the Left-of-centre and the Right-of-centre political formations. The...

05.04.2026 10

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

The interesting times of April

05.04.2026 10

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram writes: Millions of citizen non-voters!

22.03.2026 10

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram writes: Millions of citizen non-voters!

22.03.2026 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

Who will stop the War that began with Iran?

The consequences of the ill-conceived war against Iran that was started by the United States and Israel on February 28 are worldwide and far reaching....

15.03.2026 40

Mathrubhumi English

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He who started war must stop

15.03.2026 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

He who started war must stop

15.03.2026 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

India bends to world’s policeman

08.03.2026 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

Israel–US war on Iran leaves India a silent spectator

Another war has broken out. Israel is the provocateur. The United States is the executioner. Israel has convinced President Donald Trump that Iran...

08.03.2026 30

Mathrubhumi English

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India bends to world’s policeman

08.03.2026 30

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

Brace for a roller-coaster ride as India caught in the crossfire

President Donald Trump was apoplectic in his reaction to the judgment of the US Supreme Court striking down the ‘reciprocal’ tariffs that he had...

01.03.2026 20

Mathrubhumi English

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Brace for a roller-coaster ride

01.03.2026 20

Indian Express

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Aye for AI, but some fear too

22.02.2026 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

Aye for AI, but some fear too

22.02.2026 20

Indian Express

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Aye for AI, but some fear too

22.02.2026 100

Indian Express

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US audacity, not reciprocity

15.02.2026 10

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

US audacity, not reciprocity

15.02.2026 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

US-India joint statement raises questions on reciprocity and fairness

It is a kite.., it is a bird.., it is an airplane. ‘What is it?’ is the apt question for the joint statement issued by the governments of the...

15.02.2026 30

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Survey useful, Budget lazy

After Budget 2026-27 was presented on a Sunday, government spokespersons, editorial writers, commentators and journalists used the word ‘cautious’...

10.02.2026 20

The Financial Express

P Chidambaram

Chidambaram’s Take: When the Survey speaks, Budget goes silent

After Budget 2026-27 was presented on a Sunday, government spokespersons, editorial writers, commentators and journalists used the word ‘cautious’...

09.02.2026 20

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram writes: A critique Survey useful, Budget lazy

09.02.2026 30

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

‘No reforms in 2025, six prescriptions for 2026’: What Panagariya is really telling the Govt

It is no secret that Professor Arvind Panagariya is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s favourite economist. He is the resident friend, philosopher and...

26.01.2026 40

Mathrubhumi English

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Heed favourite economist’s advice

26.01.2026 60

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

Heed favourite economist’s advice

25.01.2026 40

Indian Express

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Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: No unemployment in India!

There is a deluge of good news. Retail inflation is at 1.33 per cent. The GDP growth for 2025-26 has been estimated at 7.4 per cent. I think we must...

20.01.2026 20

The Financial Express

P Chidambaram

Trump’s Greenland push needs a pushback from Europe

20.01.2026 30

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

Punjab’s AAP govt should stop hounding the messenger

20.01.2026 30

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

Three Cheers: Vacancies everywhere, employment nowhere

There is a deluge of good news. Retail inflation is at 1.33 per cent. The GDP growth for 2025-26 has been estimated at 7.4 per cent. I think we must...

19.01.2026 30

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

No unemployment in India!

19.01.2026 100

Indian Express

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Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: A new sheriff in town

Two hundred years after the Monroe Doctrine was declared by the 5th President of the United States, and despite the widespread doubt about its power...

13.01.2026 30

The Financial Express

P Chidambaram

A new Sheriff rides in: Trump, Venezuela and the return of Imperialism

Two hundred years after the Monroe Doctrine was declared by the 5th President of the United States, and despite the widespread doubt about its power...

12.01.2026 30

Mathrubhumi English

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A new sheriff in town

12.01.2026 30

Indian Express

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Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Indian word of the year 2025

An obvious candidate is Sindoor. According to the National Investigation Agency, the terror attack in Pahalgam was perpetrated by three Pakistani...

05.01.2026 20

The Financial Express

P Chidambaram

Indian word of the year 2025: A shameful verdict - HATE

What is your enduring memory of the year, 2025? What is the word that will capture that memory? What is the word that impacted most people in India? ...

05.01.2026 20

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

Indian word of the year 2025

04.01.2026 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: The second killing of Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948. The RSS vehemently denied that its ideology and propaganda motivated the assassin. The RSS...

22.12.2025 20

The Financial Express

P Chidambaram

Erasing Gandhi twice; How scrapping MGNREGS betrays his legacy

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948. The RSS vehemently denied that its ideology and propaganda motivated the assassin. The RSS...

22.12.2025 20

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Distortion of history, disdain for future

History is like the commons. Any one can enter the commons and write or re-write history — until the myths are blown by subsequent research and...

15.12.2025 30

The Financial Express

P Chidambaram

Chidambaram’s Take: When History is bent and Future ignored

History is like the commons. Any one can enter the commons and write or re-write history — until the myths are blown by subsequent research and...

15.12.2025 20

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

Chidambaram’s View: Parliament’s doors shut on debate

The irony was not lost on anyone. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his ‘customary’ pre-session remarks on December 1, 2025, urged members of...

08.12.2025 20

Mathrubhumi English

P Chidambaram

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Appeal to reason in an unreasonable age

01.12.2025 10

The Financial Express

P Chidambaram

A Democracy held hostage by assent | Chidambaram’s view

Article 168 of the Constitution of India begins with the words “For every State there shall be a Legislature which shall consist of the Governor”...

01.12.2025 20

Mathrubhumi English

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Appeal to reason in an unreasonable age

30.11.2025 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram

COP 30 moves needle on climate finance, but not on bringing temperatures down

23.11.2025 20

Indian Express

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How to raise a boy: Raising a boy is not about protecting the world from him or him from the world

23.11.2025 20

Indian Express

P Chidambaram