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A journo who covered Parliament for quite long and saw seven PMs from the Press Gallery

I wish to briefly introduce my erstwhile senior colleague in one of the leading English dailies in Hyderabad, Deccan Chronicle, who is not only a prolific writer, but also revered as an upright journalist holding professional ethics and morals. That’s P.A. Rama Rao. He sent me this article, and I consider it my privilege to…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

BJP’s New Nari Shakti

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s new national team under president Nitin Nabin is more than a routine organisational reshuffle. Read carefully, it is a political statement: the BJP is putting women, experienced political hands and organisationally tested leaders closer to the centre of decision-making as it prepares for the next electoral battles. The most striking feature…

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Proud ‘Dimagi Naxal’: Connecting the dots on Chidambaram’s remark

Politics often reveals more through the words chosen in a moment of confrontation than through carefully drafted speeches. When a former Union Home Minister publicly embraces a phrase that the Prime Minister uses to describe an ideological challenge to the State, the remark deserves more than a passing political response. It deserves scrutiny. That is…

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Karna’s boast and Arjuna’s wrath

Sanjaya said to Dhrutarastra: “At that moment, your ten sons advanced against Bhīmasena with the confidence of seasoned warriors. Yet their assault was short-lived. With ten irresistible shafts released in swift succession, Bhīma severed their heads and cast them lifeless upon the earth. Vṛkadhara, the brother of Karṇa, then challenged him with great audacity, but…

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Smriti Irani gets key UP Poll Role in BJP revamp

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday unveiled its new national team under party president Nitin Nabin, giving former Union minister Smriti Irani a significant organisational role as one of the party’s eight national general secretaries and assigning her charge of the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Irani’s appointment is among the most closely watched decisions…

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