The death of 31-year-old Twisha Sharma in Bhopal is not merely another “domestic dispute gone wrong.” It is a chilling reminder that India’s dowry monster is not dead. It has simply become more sophisticated, more protected, and in many cases, more powerful than the law itself. Twisha Sharma, a former model and MBA graduate from…
There is a difference between political criticism and political gutter-speech. Sadly, some Opposition leaders in India seem determined to erase that line. The latest abusive and unprintable remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Ajendra Singh Lodhi are not merely “political statements.” They are a disgrace to parliamentary democracy and an insult to civilized…
Perhaps state BJP president N. Ramchander Rao was right when he described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on May 10 as a “festival” moment for Telangana. He may well have a point. With the Prime Minister set to unveil infrastructure projects worth several thousand crores, along with the inauguration of AIIMS at Bhongir, the visit…
If political reinvention were as easy as changing a party’s nameplate, every fallen outfit would be reborn overnight. Kalvakuntla Kavitha seems to believe precisely that. Her reported attempt to float a “Telangana Rashtra Sena” — a cosmetic rehash of the old Telangana Rashtra Samiti — is not political innovation. It is desperation dressed up as…
Alekya Pratap Prime Minister Narendra Modi is absolutely right—India’s women will not forget, and they will certainly not forgive. As a woman and a committed karyakarta of the BJP, I unequivocally endorse every word spoken by the Prime Minister in response to the astonishing display of hypocrisy and irresponsibility by the Congress-led Opposition in the…
Alekya Pratap At a time when India stands on the cusp of a transformative leap towards gender equality in politics, the Opposition’s resistance to proposed amendments in the Women’s Reservation framework raises uncomfortable questions. Is it not a fact that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, aimed at ensuring 33% representation for women in Parliament and…
India’s democracy has long prided itself on scale, diversity, and resilience. Yet, beneath this grand narrative lies a persistent imbalance—one that has quietly shaped governance for decades. Representation, the very backbone of democracy, has often been uneven, exclusionary, and outdated. Today, however, a set of structural reforms promises not just correction, but a decisive reset….
There is a subtle but unmistakable shift underway in India’s governance architecture—one that does not always scream for headlines, but steadily reshapes the nation’s institutional ethos. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the rise of women from the margins to the mainstream of governance is no longer symbolic—it is structural, deliberate, and deeply political in the…
The silence in the Telangana budget is deafening—and for nearly 1.45 crore women across the state, it is nothing short of betrayal. When A. Revanth Reddy and the Indian National Congress stormed into power, it wasn’t just an electoral victory—it was a carefully scripted promise of transformation. At the heart of that promise stood women….
When the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 8, 2015, it was designed with a simple but powerful idea: democratise credit and give India’s smallest entrepreneurs a chance to grow. Nearly a decade later, the scheme has evolved into one of the largest micro-credit initiatives in the…
