The people of West Bengal have delivered their verdict. In any functioning democracy, that verdict must be respected not selectively interpreted, emotionally resisted, or politically weaponised. If the reported trends and declared numbers indeed reflect a decisive rejection of the ruling dispensation, then the constitutional and moral obligation before outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is…
When a sitting Chief Minister trivialises a security breach involving twin blasts near a sensitive installation, it is not merely a lapse in judgment—it is a dereliction of constitutional duty. Bhagwant Mann has done precisely that. At a time when Punjab’s security architecture demands sobriety, clarity, and coordination, the Chief Minister chose deflection, dismissing the…
The dust has barely settled on the electoral victories, but governance does not afford the luxury of celebration. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the political mandate—especially in sensitive border states like West Bengal and Assam—must now translate into decisive administrative action. The next phase is not about winning elections; it is about securing India’s frontiers…
The electoral map of India has been redrawn with a decisive stroke—and at its epicentre lies a political earthquake that has shattered Mamata Banerjee’s long-standing dominance in West Bengal. What was once considered an impregnable fortress of the All India Trinamool Congress has now been breached—decisively and perhaps irreversibly. The Bharatiya Janata Party crossing the…
April’s record-breaking GST collection of ₹2.43 lakh crore—an 8.7% year-on-year surge—is not just a statistical milestone. It is a powerful signal that India’s tax architecture is stabilizing, formalizing, and delivering. For a system that was once dismissed by critics as overly complex and disruptive, this performance is a resounding rebuttal. At the heart of this…
When a sitting leader in Bangladesh’s Parliament publicly expresses fear of a “refugee crisis” if illegal immigrants are sent back from India, it is no longer just India’s internal political debate—it is an international admission of a festering problem. And more importantly, it is a damning exposure of what has been allowed, even encouraged, in…
Timing, in politics, is often everything. And the Centre’s decision to retain central armed police forces in West Bengal for 60 days after the Assembly elections is not just timely—it is, in many ways, a vindication of a position this e-papeer had already taken. In these very columns, we had argued that a token extension…
With the second phase of polling in West Bengal concluded, the familiar ritual has begun. Television studios are buzzing, graphics are flashing, and a clutch of pollsters—half a dozen at least—have rolled out their “exit poll” projections. For the uninitiated, exit polls are meant to capture the mood of voters immediately after they cast their…
The Calcutta High Court has done what constitutional institutions must in moments of political heat—stand firm, remain restrained, and uphold the larger democratic purpose. By refusing to interfere with the Election Commission of India’s decision to deploy 2,500 companies of central forces for the second phase of the West Bengal elections, the court has reinforced…
One of India’s sharpest tech minds, Sridhar Vembu, has articulated what many in the country’s strategic and technological circles have long believed—but hesitated to say so bluntly. Coming in the backdrop of a US President dismissively calling India a “hellhole,” his appeal to the Indian diaspora in the United States to “come back home” is…
