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Sandip Ghose

Sandip Ghose

- Opinion
- December 09, 2022, 16:49 IST
Opinion | Modi Magic Makes All The Difference: Explaining Why BJP Won Gujarat And Lost Himachal
Without Narendra Modi, BJP is subject to the same old laws of diminishing return and anti-incumbency. That is the stark difference between Gujarat and other states that Himachal Pradesh demonstrated in a small but timely manner
- Opinion
- November 13, 2022, 14:46 IST
Right Foot Forward | Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Yatra Is A Photographer’s Delight, But Will It Deliver Electorally?
Congress leaders have been at pains to explain that the purpose of the Bharat Jodo Yatra is not to win elections
- Opinion
- November 04, 2022, 08:30 IST
Punjab's Burning Fields: Delhi Becomes Gas Chamber Again, Time for Aam Aadmi to Rise in Protest
Although the Delhi elite are very vocal on social media, they are not ready to come out on the streets to voice their angst. AAP still remains a darling of the liberal elite whose reservoir of activism is kept earmarked for the Modi government
- Opinion
- October 22, 2022, 16:52 IST
Opinion | If Kharge Experiment Fails, Congress May Eventually Have to 'Think Tomorrow, Think Tharoor'
Shashi Tharoor’s major contribution has been to demonstrate that elections are indeed possible. If the Kharge experiment does not work out, there will be clamour for another election in the not-so-distant future
- Opinion
- October 11, 2022, 17:14 IST
Opinion | Violence-Hit Bengal is a Ticking Islamist Bomb, But Mamata Banerjee Remains in Denial
A cursory look at the religious and ethnic composition of the state would indicate the change not only at the macro-level but within specific geographic pockets
- Opinion
- September 25, 2022, 11:12 IST
Right Foot Forward | Congress Presidential Polls: Farce or Soap Opera
The scheduled date of elections is less than a month away. But people are still left guessing as to how events will turn out in the end
- Opinion
- September 12, 2022, 11:42 IST
Right Foot Forward | Burberry Politics: Rahul Gandhi, Choose Your PR Managers Wisely, Clothes Mindfully
When Rahul Gandhi decides to sport a $500 Burberry T-shirt during his ‘Padyatra’, it cannot be dismissed as a matter of personal choice or simply ‘being himself’
- Opinion
- August 31, 2022, 16:53 IST
Right Foot Forward | From Inflation, Jobs to Deepening Religious Fault Lines: Red Flags for Modi Govt
India has managed to keep its head above water and performed better than most large economies of the world. But when prices pinch pockets or hurt household budgets, statistics and global benchmarks are of little consolation
- Opinion
- August 10, 2022, 14:13 IST
Right Foot Forward | It’s 1-0 for Nitish-Tejashwi, But Last Word Not Yet Out on Bihar
It is noteworthy that the reactions from other Prime Minister aspirants like Mamata Banerjee, KC Chandrasekhar Rao, and even Rahul Gandhi have been rather muted so far
- Opinion
- August 08, 2022, 09:33 IST
Right Foot Forward | BJP Needs Radical Solutions if it Doesn't Want a Washout in Bengal
Whether radical solutions come in the form of ‘setting’ or a ‘surgical strike’ should become clearer in the coming days
- Opinion
- July 30, 2022, 13:58 IST
Right Foot Forward | Congress is Beyond Redemption; Oppn Must Reinvent Itself to Take on BJP
The role of an effective Opposition is far too serious to be left to a party that is itself mired in existentialism
- Opinion
- July 20, 2022, 09:07 IST
Right Foot Forward | How Droupadi Murmu and Jagdeep Dhankhar Break the Old Template
The new President and Vice-President will be an integral part of Narendra Modi’s vision 3.0 that will unfold in the coming months
- Opinion
- March 24, 2022, 11:45 IST
Birbhum Violence: Youth Will Leave, 'Bhadralok' Will Disappear as West Bengal Witnesses a Bloody Decline
The massacre in Rampurhat is too gruesome for even the pro-establishment media to ignore. However, the element of shock has been understated because of similar incidents in the past.
- Opinion
- October 10, 2021, 13:58 IST
Air India's 'Ghar Wapsi' Moment and How Tatas Can Make the Carrier Fly High
The excitement at the news of the prodigal 'Maharaja' returning home brings, apart from a feeling of déjà vu, a sense of 'closure'.
- Opinion
- September 24, 2021, 12:53 IST
Beyond Vaccine Certificates, a Need to Convey to Britain Dangers of Antagonising India
Our approach to this seemingly petulant attitude of Britain cannot be applying balm or band-aid. We cannot ignore such provocations, albeit minor.

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