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A jubilant CPI(M) worker in front of the party headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on May 2, 2021.

Kerala Assembly Elections | How the Left Front bucked a decades-old trend in Kerala

Sandeep Shastri K.M. Sajad Ibrahim Vibha Attri R. Girish Kumar

Welfare measures, the Pinarayi factor and good governance helped the LDF overcome allegations of corruption

A health worker collects nasal swab samples from a man for a COVID -19 test at a mobile lab at Palakkad. File

CSDS-Lokniti Survey | Kerala

Kerala Assembly Elections | Votes for tackling the coronavirus

Women wait in a queue to vote in Palakkad. File

CSDS-Lokniti Survey | Kerala

Kerala Assembly Elections | Social demographics shaped the elections

Vibha Attri The LDF consolidated support among the social groups which generally vote for it.

CPI (M) and Congress symbols adorn a wall in Fort Kochi on March 20, 2021.

CSDS-Lokniti Survey | Kerala

Kerala Assembly Elections | Not ready for a third force

Vibha Attri There seems to be little desire for an alternative to the LDF and UDF

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A sector that needs to be nursed back to health

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The roots of the agricultural crisis run deep

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Pointing the finger at parliamentary scrutiny

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The right political moves in Telangana

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All is now fair in India’s ailing pedagogic spaces

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Thousand days of nutrition, and a billion dreams

The reality of an India at the crossroads

Faced with the perception of the country becoming a ‘diminishing democracy’, policymakers must take note of the drift

The dangers of misplaced optimism

The government’s economic recovery hype is off track and this is not a time for fiscal conservatism

In Stanford ranking, hope for Indian science

Its grading of scientists could provide much-needed impetus in the backdrop of the National Research Foundation plan

A ‘duet’ for India’s urban women

Public works could provide valuable support to the urban poor, especially if women get most of the jobs

There is nothing new about Trumpism

The strength of it can easily be located in the sum total of American civilisational weaknesses

A mirage sold as a panacea for the unorganised sector

The labour codes will only better India’s ‘ease of doing business’ ranking instead of improving conditions of employment

The many layers to agricultural discontent

The Farm Acts that are the focus of the farmers’ protest bear variously on the different strata of the farming community

Personal choices, the Constitution’s endurance

The Allahabad High Court verdict in ‘Salamat Ansari’ is a reminder of the Constitution’s most cherished values

In farmers’ protests, the core is procurement

Farmers of Punjab and Haryana need the MSP-procurement system, but the government needs it even more for the PDS

Behind China’s wolf warrior diplomacy

Xi Jinping is deepening a ‘Chinese Communist Party-state’ brand of nationalism for a domestic and global audience

Questionable data, little room for exuberance

Using the latest quarterly estimates to point to an economic rebound seems flawed; recovery is likely to remain modest

The pernicious idea of exclusive belonging

It erases the multiplicity and fluidity necessary for self-development and cultural growth

The perils of deregulated imperfect agrimarkets

The Farm Acts were legislative misadventures, while much more is needed to address the genuine fears of farmers

Clear the fog, draw up a clear vaccination policy

India’s COVID-19 control plan of actions can be the nucleus for building a much-needed public health infrastructure

Seasoned faces who could aid the return of America

In line with his agenda of restoring America’s place in the world, Biden is banking on Obama-era liberal internationalists

The global epidemic of alternative truths

Untroubled by factuality and diversity, privilege and power are fashioning public opinion in troubled democracies

Rein in the vaccine nationalism, the profiteering

The WTO has a role in getting pharma firms and countries to treat vaccines and life-saving medicines as a public good

A clear reading of the Ayurveda surgery move

India needs its Ayurveda graduates, including surgeons, to improve the common man’s access to decent health care

Refining trade union strategies to strike a chord

With labour law reforms set to change industrial relations, trade union responses must include social dialogue too

Jobs, exports and the trade pacts link

India needs to shed its exaggerated fears of trade agreements to create new jobs — the country’s biggest challenge

Say ‘no’ to corporate houses in Indian banking

The banking sector needs reform but the recommendation of corporate-owned banks is neither ‘big bang’ nor risk-free

The migrant worker as a ghost among citizens

A new publication contends that their lockdown misery was no anomaly but an effect of exclusion from full citizenship

Some of the COVID-19 mortality was avoidable

In India, the varying death rate across States during the pandemic points to the neglect of health in public policy

No Minister, the trade agreement pitch is flawed

Citing trade agreements for India’s below-potential growth appears to be a way to deflect blame for policy errors

In vaccine race last lap, the key steps for India

Linked to the government plan of supply from multiple sources is the need for a concise recipient prioritisation policy

India’s no to RCEP could still be a no

The circumstances under which New Delhi had distanced itself from the RCEP negotiations have hardly improved

India’s mask of economic liberalism is off

Trade protectionism seems to be the official policy, with the government following the path of its ideological leanings

A world in chaos and a moment of truth

Informational autocracy is the latest danger that threatens democracies

Amid a judicial slide, a flicker of hope on rights

It is reassuring that there is a signal from the Supreme Court about thinking and speaking about personal liberty

Decoding Biden’s presidency, for India and the world

His major preoccupation could be the difficult U.S. domestic agenda; India must revert to pluralist multi-alignment

Under Biden, security empathy, liberal antipathy

Earlier, India had the empathy of the liberals while there was some antipathy in the American security establishment

The right lessons from Pulwama and Balakot

The events of February 2019 need to be extricated from the electoral straitjacket and boastful political utterances

U.S. Progressives in the cross hairs

With the Trump problem out of the way, the Democrat establishment could turn on the Sanders’ wing of the party

Protect our Republic, my lords

The judiciary’s quick intervention in the Arnab Goswami case turns the spotlight on other serious cases that languish

Bihar’s result as a new phase in backward politics

The RJD’s performance, in vote share terms, points to an alteration of the traditional socio-political dynamics

Media regulation that is quite over the top

Bringing digital media under the I&B Ministry nips in the bud the promise of combative journalism

Like long COVID, there is long Trump

The rise of Donald Trump should have spurred a more honest national self-reflection in the U.S.

Trumpism still remains unvanquished

The U.S. President-elect has vowed to rebuild the middle class, but will have a hard time finding the middle ground

Myths and the reality of election forecasts

It is difficult to comment on the predictions of most Indian pollsters as they do not publish their methodology

In Bihar, the subdued narrative of the silent voter

It has been a decisive influence in the ongoing electoral outcome in the State, along with the primacy of material issues

Strengthening public health capacities in disasters

Disaster legislation can help in this as private sector services are not a dependable option in the Indian context

The real significance of the Biden win

Its impact on ties with New Delhi apart, it is more about whether it can re-energise India’s democratic values

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