How can the Congress party reinvent itself? In this article for the New Indian Express, Shankkar Aiyar looks at the importance of leadership and clarity of ideology for the success of political parties....

In this The New Indian Express article, Shankkar Aiyar examines the tactical and strategic undercurrents that has lead to the victory of the NDA in the Indian 2019 general elections....

The trouble with victory, rather a string of victories, is that it catalyses and nurtures hubris.

Define irony. Every government releases data on reduction of poverty, yet every government adds new schemes to reduce poverty. 

The debacle in the three states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh altered the political hues and the colours on the political map of India

Three key changes in how manifestos can be drafted to make for constructive debate

The debate on critical issues of governance is drowned in rhetoric of personification

The parade of lament by MPs, particularly of regional parties, during the no confidence motion debate, represents the slide of state capacity and the rise of sloth.

The larger question is whether the BJP-led NDA has leveraged its mandate and the historic majority to deliver what it lured voters with in its manifesto