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Opposition should go back to drawing board, reimagine politics, rewire machine

Opposition should go back to drawing board, reimagine politics, rewire machine

The outcome was not a simple reflection of popular will. The BJP’s victory was curated by the central government and the EC. The BJP was in shambles...

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Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav writes: In the West Bengal election, SIR and the anatomy of exclusion

Yogendra Yadav writes: In the West Bengal election, SIR and the anatomy of exclusion
28.04.2026 20

Indian Express

Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav writes: In the West Bengal election, SIR and the anatomy of exclusion

Yogendra Yadav writes: In the West Bengal election, SIR and the anatomy of exclusion
28.04.2026 20

Indian Express

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Yogendra Yadav on delimitation: What India needs is a new compact that isn't based on dominance

21.04.2026 20

Indian Express

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Yogendra Yadav on delimitation: What India needs is a new compact that isn't based on dominance

21.04.2026 10

Indian Express

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Yogendra Yadav on delimitation: What India needs is a new compact that isn't based on dominance

The question is not whether ‘one person, one vote’ is a valid principle. The real question is whether this is the only valid principle relevant to...

21.04.2026 10

Indian Express

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The subterfuge of women’s reservation

The suspense has finally been laid to rest. The ‘revolutionary’ step we were primed to expect, ostensibly to empower India’s women, was suddenly...

18.04.2026 20

National Herald

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Rush to implement women's reservation serves a political project that depends on early delimitation

The strategy is to wrong-foot the Opposition into seeming to be opposing the women’s cause, thereby gaining a narrative advantage in the ongoing...

14.04.2026 10

Indian Express

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Rush to implement women's reservation serves a political project that depends on early delimitation

14.04.2026 10

Indian Express

Yogendra Yadav

SIR is a test case for electoral democracy. SC order on Bengal can affect its course

08.04.2026 10

Indian Express

Yogendra Yadav

SIR is a test case for electoral democracy. SC order on Bengal can affect its course

08.04.2026 10

Indian Express

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Yogendra Yadav writes: Census is opportunity to correct injustice towards Denotified, Nomadic Tribes

Cutting across governments and parties, the Indian state has stubbornly refused to acknowledge these communities. Some of them are listed as Scheduled...

01.04.2026 20

Indian Express

Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav writes: Census is opportunity to correct injustice towards Denotified, Nomadic Tribes

Cutting across governments and parties, the Indian state has stubbornly refused to acknowledge these communities. Some of them are listed as Scheduled...

31.03.2026 10

Indian Express

Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav writes: Census is opportunity to correct injustice towards Denotified, Nomadic Tribes

Cutting across governments and parties, the Indian state has stubbornly refused to acknowledge these communities. Some of them are listed as Scheduled...

31.03.2026 20

Indian Express

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The deafening silence of ‘Vishwaguru’ India

Whatever else he may be, this wasn’t the prime minister of a self-styled ‘Vishwaguru’ nation. Not the man who claims India’s drumbeat echoes...

29.03.2026 20

National Herald

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UGC needs reform. But the new higher education bill is not the answer

24.03.2026 20

Indian Express

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How to undermine elections, Assam style

Sir, I can tell you this with 200 per cent certainty. The election announcement won’t come before 14 March. And let me add this—whatever happens...

21.03.2026 30

National Herald

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The move to impeach CEC Gyanesh Kumar, though symbolic, matters

The more serious point about his ‘misconduct’ is his partisanship. All you need to recall is his press conference on ‘vote chori’ where he...

17.03.2026 10

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The move to impeach CEC Gyanesh Kumar, though symbolic, matters

17.03.2026 20

Indian Express

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Why is it taboo to discuss corruption in the judiciary?

At first glance, the whole episode looked like a storm in a teacup. But if you look a little more closely, the uproar over a brief reference to...

14.03.2026 30

National Herald

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America's gerrymandering comes to India. In Assam, it skews playing field before assembly poll begins

04.03.2026 40

Indian Express

Yogendra Yadav

America's gerrymandering comes to India. In Assam, it skews playing field before assembly poll begins

04.03.2026 50

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Yogendra Yadav writes: To reclaim the Indian republic, we need a shared language and humility

17.02.2026 60

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Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav writes: To reclaim the Indian republic, we need a shared language and humility

17.02.2026 60

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Socialism and the Indian Republic

In the first essay of this series on the swadharma or inner life of the Indian Republic, we reflected on sarva dharma sambhava or secularism. We now...

15.02.2026 30

National Herald

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Himanta Biswa Sarma video is hate speech, Delete is no answer

11.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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It’s a truce, but T20 row leaves behind questions

11.02.2026 20

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Jimmy Lai’s sentence, China’s chilling message

11.02.2026 20

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In which Kanzi learns to play make-believe

11.02.2026 10

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A Lakshman rekha protects the agriculturist

11.02.2026 10

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India-US trade deal seals farmers’ slide — provider to poor relative

11.02.2026 40

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Remember Manipur? It’s a lot more complex than you realise

08.02.2026 40

National Herald

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The story behind the surrender

08.02.2026 20

National Herald

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How the India–US trade deal will deepen the farm crisis tomorrow

08.02.2026 20

National Herald

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How deep does Indian secularism run?

01.02.2026 30

National Herald

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India-Bangladesh ties are precarious. Dial down, let the Bangladesh XI play India

27.01.2026 10

Indian Express

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‘Bhajan clubbing’ is here. Is it a cultural shift?

27.01.2026 10

Indian Express

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In Trump’s crackdown on migration, ICE has disturbing impunity

27.01.2026 10

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Yogendra Yadav writes | Let’s recover the lost meanings of ganarajya to face the political challenge of our time

27.01.2026 10

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No dining, no wining

21.01.2026 20

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For pest-hit farms, science is surest antidote

21.01.2026 40

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40 years ago January 20, 1986: Pakistan’s doublespeak

21.01.2026 30

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BJP’s new president should listen to voices across the aisle

21.01.2026 20

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Yogendra Yadav writes: Reading India’s political mood at the World Book Fair

21.01.2026 20

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Fear of Tehran’s regime is receding in Iran

14.01.2026 30

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Some dogs can learn more words. But all dogs are man’s best friend

14.01.2026 30

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Iran’s street is speaking, do not hijack the voice

14.01.2026 30

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Amid uncertainty, the US Fed holds the fort. Don’t breach it

14.01.2026 60

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Yogendra Yadav writes: In the age of reels, a literary renaissance that connects children to their roots

14.01.2026 30

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Indore’s paradox: ‘Clean’ city, dirty water

10.01.2026 10

National Herald

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