March 13, 2025

Why There’s no ‘Varavelpu’ from Bus Owners to Kerala Budget’s 10% Road Tax Cut Proposal

The Kerala government in its Budget 2025 has proposed to reduce the quarterly road tax for stage carriages by 10%, seemingly to promote public transport. Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal seen arriving to present the State Budget 2024-25 during […]
February 10, 2025

Jhaadu Loses Its Jaadu — Three Critical Factors Behind AAP’s Delhi Election Loss

Former CM Arvind Kejriwal lost to BJP’s Parvesh Sharma in New Delhi seat. The results of the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections have painted a grim picture for the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with party supremo Arvind Kejriwal conceding defeat […]
October 17, 2024

Is Congress Truly on the Path to Revival? Analysing Its Defeat in Haryana

Key Takeaways: The recently concluded Haryana Assembly election result marks the second major surprise in India’s political landscape this year. In the 18th Lok Sabha election when every pollster, pundit and news report predicted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) crossing […]
August 16, 2024

Has the conscience of Keralites died? On the death of a sanitation worker in Trivandrum 

Key Takeaways: The death of Joy, one of the three sanitation workers hired by the railway to unclog the Amayizhanjan Canal in Thiruvananthapuram, unveiled the inefficiency of the state in full light. Two days after Joy went missing, his decomposed […]
June 7, 2024

All is not lost for the BJP: Lotus Bloom in Kerala

While the BJP suffered an unexpected setback in the Hindi heartland, notably in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Haryana, they succeeded in making an inroad into the south Indian state of Kerala, where it failed miserably in opening an account […]
June 5, 2024

India General Election 2024: Key Takeaways and Way Ahead

The 2024 Lok Sabha Election was nothing short of a Bollywood film, filled with emotional dramas, exchange of strong rhetoric on both sides, and blame-gaming, among others. Shortly before the commencement of the general election, the opposition joined hands to […]