Son of defence scientist, he grew up middle class, learned web development at a Bangalore cyber cafe, offering services online at 14.

The Congress’ defeat in the assembly elections was not only because of anti-incumbency but also due to the rise of a voting class that is moving from caste-based politics to aspiration-based lobbying

Manual scavengers protest against Inhuman treatment

‘The Nitish government has been busy appeasing RSS,’ says CPI-ML (Liberation) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya

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Congress must embrace an inclusive agenda based on the recognition that market-driven economic processes cannot deliver social opportunity or minimum needs to the poor. Imperative is public action and initiatives like NREGA, loan-waiver for farmers, and other pro-people social programmes

The Congress is confident of breaking new ground, but going it alone might be a risky venture on the ground

The bucolic settlement in Durban where Mahatma Gandhi began nurturing his long commitment to unrelenting humanism has finally been turned into a South African heritage site

Despite being pulled up by the Election Commission for distributing money among his votebank, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s election campaign in Bihar is going strong and his future seems assured

Will it be Manmohan Singh or some other leader who will sit across the table at the next summit? That’s what Vladimir Putin might be thinking