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All work no leisure, makes life complicated; but capitalists won’t understand
First, it was the IT czar, Infosys’ Narayana Murthy who wanted employees to work for 70 hours a week so the Indian economy could be taken higher. Second, S N Subrahmanyan, L&T’s…
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Delhi polls: It is the voter, not parties, under test
Election dates for Delhi Assembly elections required to be held in February are yet to be announced, but the bruising battle for votes has already begun with the BJP’s tallest leader, Narendra…
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Debate in Parliament is becoming a letdown; public should rise against such ugly scenes
As a voter, I feel let down by our members of parliament (MPs). Recent times have shown how a citizen, whether he is responsible enough to vote or not, should also be…
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Give break to debate on Savarkar, Nehru; let’s focus on today: Uddhav Thackeray
Congress “should cease talking about Savarkar” and the Bharatiya Janata Party should end its litany of complaints about what Nehru did, said Uddhav Thackeray. It is perhaps the best advice anyone could…
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Maharashtra: Day one of governance–41 ministers without portfolios
It is unprecedented. The Maharashtra State Legislature had its first sitting in Nagpur today where all the 41 ministers including the two deputy chief ministers, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar occupied the…
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Delhi polls: AAP moves quick, mocks BJP, keeps Cong away
The dates are yet to be announced by the Election Commission of India for the contests for seats and supremacy in the Delhi Assembly, but the Aam Aadmi Party has already moved…
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Maharashtra and J&K: Story of two states, two models of capital shifts
All Jammu and Kashmir political parties want to revive the Darbar move, a biannual shuffling of the state capital between Srinagar and Jammu – the valley and the plains – but it…
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The ‘deputy’s’ is a political office, not constitutional; Maharashtra has two of them
When Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde were sworn in as ‘deputy chief ministers’ of Maharashtra, they were being sworn into positions that had no mention in the constitution. They were, as courts,…
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Ambedkar’s strength is his moral force, not politics; his ideas flourish among Dalits
Since 1957, today, December 6, Dalits flock to central Mumbai in their lakhs to pay obeisance to one of the greatest Indians, the late Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, the chairman of the drafting…
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Maharashtra: after days-long slugfest, ruling dispensation should get down to business
Now that a government with a monstrous majority is formed in Maharashtra after much grasping and gasping, it is time for it to settle down to the business of governance rather than…
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It is quiet in Maharashtra; just wait for December 5
It has been a week since the Bharatiya Janata Party pulled off a spectacular victory in Maharashtra, the Mahayuti of three major partners scored a landslide, especially as a pre-poll alliance, and…
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Maharashtra polls: Hold your breath till Saturday; you will know the outcome then
Each of the two alliances, one seeking to continue running the Maharashtra government, and another wanting to oust it, claimed they would form the government after the vote count of the Maharashtra…
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Maharashtra polls: The voter has his task cut out—no issues, only Hindutva
Decades ago, I had asked a senior politician why elections could not be fought on primary issues. In the conversation I listed, say a promise to provide clean drinking water to each…
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Maharashtra polls: BJP, the unity party, is not so united; dissensions are visible
Bharatiya Janata Party is thought to be a monolithic party, apart from claims of being the world’s largest party. It is a party where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bigger than the…
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Maharashtra polls: Pawar Vs Pawar — a lot at stake for both the leaders
One of the most watched constituencies in Maharashtra is Baramati, the Sharad Pawar bastion, nursed over decades and one of the most developed taluks in Maharashtra. It unfailingly voted either the senior…
