BJP’s Odia Pride Campaign in Odisha: Strategy and Success
HIghlighting Odia pride and incompetence of Naveen Patnaik and BJD to resist non-Odia bureaucrats from ruling the state, Narendra Modi led BJP to victory
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Elections and Foreign Policy – A tightrope walk?
2024 election season saw the BJP highlighting Indian leadership of the G20, success of Operation Ganga, evacuation of Indians from war-torn Ukraine with the Opposition criticizing the incumbent on the stand-off in Galwan as well as the alleged occupation of around 2000 sq km of Indian territory by China (a claim disputed by the current government).
From Hero to Meme: How Social Media Shapes Political Images in India
Memes and social media have become crucial in political discourse. The article talks on Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi’s perceptions.
Sinking Public Discourse in the Indian Election 2024
Problem lies in simplifying complex issues into binary oppositions, marginalizing moderate voices, and employing charged language to stifle nuanced discussion.
Silent Waters: Religion, Gender and Nationality during Partition
The film Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) portrays how the gender subjugation forms as the undercurrent for the political partition of India and Pakistan into two nations by the British.
Congress Mukt Bharat or Gandhi Mukt Bharat: A dilemma
Gandhi family should closely observe the newness of Indian politics without grappling with the long electoral history of their family members.
Women’s Reservation System in Bangladesh: A Review of On Ground Policy
Political Representation is integral to bring structural changes in the way the society is governed. Opportunities to women in politics promotes gender equality and makes way for more just and equal society based on policies and practices that cater to the needs of underprivileged women.
A Post-Modernist critique of Post-Modernism
In an attempt to criticize post-modernism, one ends up realizing that they in fact have become post-modernists themselves.
The politics of fashion
What is ‘fashion’? Who gets to decide what is ‘fashion’? How does politics play out in choosing one over the other?
Jai Prakash Narayan: The light that never fades
Narayan passed on at his home in Patna on 8th October 1979, from the impacts of diabetes and heart disease
Tomb of Sand – Painting the trivial from a palette of extraordinary colors
“Tomb of Sand” gives us a genuine, realistic resolution in the author’s distinctive manner, in contrast to most novels that purport to have a realistic touch with fantasy-like endings
Indian Navy gearing up for shifting defense dynamics in the world?
Inching towards the revival of India’s forgotten service: Is the Indian Navy gearing up for shifting defense dynamics in the world?
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