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Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Manipur burns, government fiddles

A dysfunctional Parliament, the collapse of a state government, unwillingness to use Article 356, ethnic cleansing, continuing violence — what…

July 30, 2023 06:00 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: To grow at 7.5% or not

Do we want India’s economy to grow at over 7.5% so that we may become a middle-income country or do…

July 23, 2023 04:20 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Equality, adversity and diversity

Equality is the desired norm, adversity is a harsh reality, diversity is a felt need. To balance the three, we…

July 16, 2023 04:45 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Reform (not uniform) personal laws

The Prime Minister has framed the issue in a manner permitting only a binary response — for or against the…

July 9, 2023 04:20 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Democracy discovered in America

According to an international digital rights organisation, Access Now, the world saw 187 shutdowns of the Internet in 2022. India…

July 2, 2023 04:15 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Incompetence, injury & insult

One engine in Manipur (state government) has run out of fuel; the other engine (central government) has decided to decouple…

Updated: June 25, 2023 06:30 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Modest man predicts modest growth

The present policymakers boast of Amritkaal, but no longer speak of 8-9% growth. They seem satisfied with 6% growth, 5%…

June 18, 2023 06:25 IST

‘Revelation that enormous pressure…’: Chidambaram’s dig at Ashwini Vaishnaw over Twitter row

Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed Ashwini Vaishnaw over revelations about how he runs his ministries on Tuesday. This comes after…

Updated: June 13, 2023 16:29 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram | Balasore: Man-made disaster

That India cannot afford or find a full-time minister to hold the Railway portfolio tells you the sad story of…

June 11, 2023 06:30 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Supremacy or democracy? Premium Story

The rapid descent into religion-based politics was witnessed in the just-concluded elections in Karnataka. A reference to the Bajrang Dal,…

Updated: May 14, 2023 09:37 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Which law, whose order? Premium Story

Recent events have given rise to the suspicion that the phrase ‘law and order’ may have been infused with perverse…

Updated: April 23, 2023 09:11 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Prosecutor, jury and judge Premium Story

As the population grew and new human settlements became imperative, the casualty was the water body.

Updated: April 16, 2023 09:46 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: The rhetoric and the reality Premium Story

The recent failure was its connivance with the government, when the government embarked upon the reckless adventure of demonetisation (2016).

Updated: April 9, 2023 09:47 IST

BJP-appointed governors trampling upon democracy, says P Chidambaram hitting out at R N Ravi

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Thursday said that a Governor has the option to give assent or withhold…

Updated: April 7, 2023 14:25 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Might and plight on display Premium Story

Just as ‘free speech’ is guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India, ‘liberty’ is guaranteed under Articles 19…

Updated: March 26, 2023 10:04 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: How to diminish parliamentary democracy

The US-based Freedom House downgraded India to a “partially free democracy”. V-Dem Institute of Sweden described India as an “electoral…

March 19, 2023 04:15 IST

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram, lipstick, numbers

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Putting lipstick on the numbers

In my view, neither the y-o-y quarterly estimate nor the sequential quarterly estimate of the growth rate reflects the true…

March 12, 2023 03:30 IST

‘Long live our anonymous democracy’: P Chidambaram on donations to BJP through electoral bonds

The RTI reply to The Indian Express mentioned that a total of 21,171 bonds have been purchased so far since…

March 7, 2023 16:06 IST

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