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 Mosoon Divorce
The PM, confident of Sonia Gandhi's support, is sitting pretty, aware that the genie he has unleashed could reshape India's secular politics. But the last word has not been said on how power politics is going to unveil in the wet months of July and August
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi

Destination Delhi: Fuel Station Bangalore?
The verdict in Karnataka might have as little to do with the result of a general election as the verdict in key northern states in 2003 had to do with the 2004 Lok Sabha elections
Jai Murg Mumbai hindutva, not so rosy
Despite the BJP doing well in assembly polls in seven states with 113 Lok Sabha seats at stake, and despite getting 30 per cent plus vote share in many states, there is nothing to indicate that the scales are favourably tilted towards the party in the coming parliamentary elections
Anil Verma Kanpur Bitter is Sweet
An enemy of an enemy is an ally. That's how arch-foes Congress and SP are singing the lullaby together, however jarring it may sound
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow The Man is the Message
There are conclusions you might actually agree with. The rider is that the book might tease out the chauvinistic angst of a reader, instead of mitigating it
Prasenjit Chowdhury Kolkata