Nagarjuna Rao

The great Indian vendetta fest

‘Political vendetta’ has become the go-to excuse for the politically cornered. So overused now, it might as well be part of every party’s standard template. Every knock is a conspiracy Every time the law takes a step in the direction of a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader, K Chandrashekar Rao and K Taraka Rama Rao…

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Shariat before Constitution?

How a Jharkhand minister’s casual communalism mirrors a deeper and dangerous mindset When Jharkhand minister Hafizul Ansari declared with unsettling ease that for Muslims, ‘Shariat comes first, Constitution later’, he wasn’t merely expressing a personal belief. He was, in essence, renouncing the very oath he took when he assumed public office. A minister in a…

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Why President’s Rule beckons in Bengal

As Mamataland simmers again under the heat of street protests, stone-pelting, and spontaneous burning of state property, the question arises, almost with a sense of weary inevitability: Has the time come to impose President’s Rule? This week’s eruption in Murshidabad over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which left at least three dead and many more…

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Sibling rivalry — divided by politics, united on prime time

One defends the Gandhis with near-religious zeal. The other champion, Modi, with smiling conviction. The Poonawalla brothers – once inseparable – now stand on opposite ends of India’s ideological spectrum and are rarely on speaking terms. Their paths have dramatically diverged, leading to a public and personal estrangement that mirrors the deep ideological divides within…

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