March | 2018 | Anand Ranganathan

28 Mar 18

Exclusive: Swarajya Conversations With Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, senior fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Anand Ranganathan, scientist and author spoke with the Minister of Defence, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman for Swarajya Conversations. From the Nirav Modi scandal to the capital expenditure of the military, to the Rafale deal, to India’s nuclear doctrine and the BJP’s chances in the 2019 elections, Ms Sitharaman spoke on all of that and more.

15 Mar 18

The Agony, Ecstasy, And Futility Accompanying Indian Elections

Snapshot

People whose lives are generally untouched by election victories and defeats spend so much time invested in them. Why?

The euphoria on one hand, and anguish on the other, with which the result of the Gorakhpur bypoll has been received by the Indian commentariat, is proof if any was needed, that investment in elections goes much beyond the one made by the politicians who are fighting it.