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M.k. Venu

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In the Modi Years, Mangalsutras Have Been Transferred From the Poor to the Rich

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an utterly bizarre and bigoted claim that the Congress would redistribute the mangalsutras (gold chains) worn by...

25.04.2024 50

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Watch: The Missing Modi Wave as Livelihood Issues Dominate

National convenor of the Bharat Jodo Abhiyan Yogendra Yadav, who is on a 1,500-km tour of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Bihar, says there is a...

19.04.2024 30

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Will Modi Probe Loss-Making Firms Which Donated Electoral Bonds to BJP?

This piece was first published on  The India Cable  – a premium newsletter from The Wire & Galileo Ideas – and has been republished here. To...

06.04.2024 10

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Breaking Down India's Democracy

This piece was first published on  The India Cable  – a premium newsletter from The Wire & Galileo Ideas – and has been republished here. To...

30.03.2024 20

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SC Verdict Renders PM Modi's Anti-Corruption Plank Shaky Amid Electoral Bond Revelations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s big claim that no corruption charge has ever tarnished his government lies in tatters after the Supreme Court...

16.03.2024 10

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Sluggish Consumption Data Debunks PM Modi’s High GDP Growth Claims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi normally does not offer his comments on quarterly GDP data. In fact he prefers to stay away from saying much on the...

05.03.2024 10

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‘Quid-Pro-Quo’: How Revealing Electoral Bonds Will Clear Questions of 'Len-Den'

“The reason for political contributions by companies is as open as daylight. Even the learned Solicitor General did not deny during the course of...

19.02.2024 30

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Ignore the Spin, Incomes, Consumption and Private Investment Have Stagnated

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s shortest budget speech (56 minutes) was largely about reiterating the Modi government’s achievements over...

03.02.2024 10

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It May Be a Mistake to Dismiss China as Copy-Paste

Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan recently made a claim about China which can be challenged on facts. He says China has leadership...

22.12.2023 4

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Telangana, BJP, BRS and the Truth Behind the Conspiracy Theories

The Telangana assembly election abounds in conspiracy theories. And what’s noteworthy is they seem to carry more than a grain of truth in them. For...

27.11.2023 8

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A Satirist Calls Out the Calculus of the Horror of War. The Cost Must Count.

“So please tell us what is the new exchange rate for killings between Palestinians and Israelis,” asked Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef in the...

25.10.2023 7

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Will Voters Wait Hungrily for ‘Amrit Kaal’, or Will Food Inflation Decide the Elections?

This article was first published on The India Cable – a premium newsletter from The Wire & Galileo Ideas – and has been republished here. To...

16.09.2023 10

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