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Bhavdeep Kang

Bhavdeep Kang is a freelance writer and author of Gurus: Stories of India's Leading Babas and Just Transferred: the Untold Story of Ashok Khemka. A journalist since 1986, she has written extensively on national politics.

- India
- January 01, 2022, 09:20 IST
UP Election is Not the Semifinal to 2024. It is More Important Than That
Uttar Pradesh election results could well throw up answers to the most intriguing political questions about the shape of things to come.
- India
- December 27, 2021, 11:37 IST
Punjab Polls: For Farm Leaders, It’s a Carpe Diem Moment. Seize the Day or Lose Political Clout
To justify the sacrifices of the last year, farmer leaders must show gains beyond the repeal of farm laws. What better way of demonstrating that the struggle continues than contesting elections?
- India
- November 20, 2021, 10:47 IST
By Risking Strong Leader Image, Modi Ensures BJP Not Burdened with ‘Anti-farmer’ Taint
But for the average farmer, it is a pyrrhic victory. They had nothing to lose from the Farm Laws, and so, have nothing to gain. Dismantling the MSP was never on the table.
- India
- August 16, 2021, 08:11 IST
Take-off Point for Atmanirbhar Bharat: PM Modi's I-Day Speech Was an Exercise in 'Vision'
At a time when the Opposition senses blood in the water, PM Modi appeared to make a conscious attempt to infuse optimism and and present the rosy vision of a vibrant nation on the cusp of a transformational moment.
- India
- July 08, 2021, 08:00 IST
Big and Bold: The Narendra Modi Cabinet Reshuffle Ticks All the Right Boxes
Goddess of Diversity has been appeased, with 11 women, 27 OBCs, 12 members of Scheduled Castes, eight of Scheduled Tribes in the most inclusive council of ministers so far.
- India
- May 02, 2021, 19:17 IST
BJP Needed ‘V’ for Vindication More than Victory in Bengal; Congress Faces Exodus Threat
The BJP will now be compelled into a closer coordination with the mother-ship and its cadres, who have suffered through the pandemic as much as anyone.
- India
- April 14, 2021, 12:13 IST
Has Assertion of Democratic Rights Failed Us in the Testing Times of Covid-19 Pandemic?
As the pandemic follows its cyclical course, restrictions earlier seen as reasonable and necessary have been dumped. In the end, we all are to blame.
- India
- March 12, 2021, 13:25 IST
Mamata or BJP, Who Will Win the 'Sacred Games' During Bengal Assembly Polls?
The CM finds herself in a ‘holier-than-thou’ contest with BJP, making the polls less about development, jobs than temple-hopping, coining religious slogans.
- India
- March 03, 2021, 11:44 IST
In Battle of Nerves, It Boils Down to Whether Hindu Hriday Samrat Can Trump Daughter of Bengal
The electoral strategies of the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are much the same: consolidating their respective religion-based votebanks while hoping to splinter their opponent’s.
- India
- February 23, 2021, 16:18 IST
Is AAP's Rural Adventure Going to Pay?
AAP's rural adventure is all the more curious, given the direct clash of interests between Kejriwal's urban constituency and rural audience.
- India
- December 29, 2020, 17:25 IST
Much Changed for India in Annus Horribilis 2020, but Its Rabble-Rousing Politics Didn’t
The country's annus horribilis draws to a close and 2021 dawns with the promise of sweeping reconfigurations.
- India
- December 21, 2020, 13:09 IST
As BJP Fails, PM Modi's Rakabganj Gurudwara Visit an Attempt to Build Direct Rapport with Punjab Voters
An influential section of Sikhs have always taken exception to the RSS' insistence on clubbing them with Hindus. Regardless, Modi is likely to stress the undeniable cultural links between the two communities.
- India
- December 13, 2020, 07:21 IST
Financial Woes, Economic Curbs & 2022 Polls: Why Amarinder Singh Has Little to Gain from Farmers' Stir
A quick and face-saving end to the imbroglio is in Punjab CM's interests, before new forces come into play, hijack the platform and alter the narrative. Nor can he allow dissidents within his own party to gain leverage from it.
- India
- December 03, 2020, 16:19 IST
MSP Bogey: Protests Don’t Represent Interests of Majority of Farmers, Govt Can’t Cave In
One can't but empathise with the farmers' fears of liberalisation and the government should attempt to bridge the 'trust deficit' with the agitating farmers.
- India
- November 11, 2020, 09:28 IST
NDA Victory in Bihar Indicates Electors Continue to Repose Faith in PM Modi & Nadda's Leadership
The headline of the day is the improved performance of the Left, which was not part of the mahagathbandhan in 2015. After decades of leading social movements and mobilizing youth, students and women, it used a leg-up from the RJD to parley its existing base into a respectable tally.

Bhavdeep Kang

Bhavdeep Kang

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