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Modi’s Real Challenger

It is LK Advani—as circumstances conspire to give him yet another shot at India’s prime ministership

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17 Apr 2013 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
Lok Sabha Polls in Mind, Mulayam Praises the BJP

As its Muslim supporters gravitate towards the Congress, the SP looks to gain among saffron voters

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27 Mar 2013 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
Modi’s Fan Club in Uttar Pradesh

It is not a Sangh Parivar outfit, but crucial to its political plans

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24 Mar 2013 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
Land Grab in Ayodhya

In Ayodhya, which is one of the most lawless towns in India, disciples are killing their gurus to usurp precious temple land

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28 Feb 2013 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
From Hinduism to Hindutva at the Kumbh

Like 1989, the VHP has used the occasion to rouse communal sentiment, which the BJP hopes will work to its advantage in Uttar Pradesh

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13 Feb 2013 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
Congress Divided over Andhra Division

Senior leaders offer different arguments for and against Telengana, but remain worried about the irreparable damage done to the party in the state

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30 Jan 2013 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
Naga Sadhus on Hire

As akharas find it harder and harder to get new recruits, they are paying people to pose as Naga ascetics and swell their numbers for the duration of the Kumbh

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25 Jan 2013 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
Nitish set to junk BJP for 2014 polls

The continuing rise of Narendra Modi in the BJP is hampering Nitish’s calculations in Bihar

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12 Dec 2012 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
The Villain Nobody Knows

The Indian Civil Service officer who helped the Hindu Mahasabha lay claim to the Babri Masjid.

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6 Dec 2012
The Riot and the Rot

Faizabad saw a brazen attack on Muslims on 24 October. From what led to this carnage, it is clear that it was not spontaneous but orchestrated

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31 Oct 2012 | BY Dhirendra K Jha
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