All stories by AMULYA GANGULI
What we now can expect from Modi
Rediff.com24 May 2019'As long as a Hindu rashtra is not formalised, one can live in hope,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Modi should praise Rajiv for boosting BJP
Rediff.com11 May 2019'But for Rajiv's bloopers, the Hindutva campaign would not have got off the ground,' Amulya Ganguli points out.
Did Sonia scuttle Priyanka's Varanasi venture?
Rediff.com1 May 2019The head of the Congress's first family has never been an astute politician, points out Amulya Ganguli.
Is Candidate Pragya a curse for the BJP?
Rediff.com23 Apr 2019'The supernatural always trumps the natural,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
Rahul's solo, lonely, crusade against Modi
Rediff.com20 Mar 2019'There is little doubt that his exertions are among the reasons why Narendra Damodardas Modi routinely lambastes the dynasty at nearly all his rallies, suggesting that he regards the Congress's First Family as a bigger threat than any other political formation,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
BJP's self-goal in Bengal and north east
Rediff.com6 Feb 2019'After a longish time being on the defensive on the Muslim issue, Mamata found in the Centre's surgical strike just the kind of battle in which she specialises -- hand-to-hand combat.' 'Having routed the once formidable Marxists by her trademark, no-holds-barred belligerence, she is now ready to employ the same tactics against the BJP,' predicts Amulya Ganguli.
You are right, Anupamji...
Rediff.com26 Dec 2018'What is there to worry about, he has asked, when there is so much freedom in the country?' 'Freedom can never be adequate, as Kher seems to think.' 'Its presence should be so pervasive that all citizens will feel secure and expect justice to be done if anything untoward happens,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
Without DeMo, Congress would have lost
Rediff.com13 Dec 2018'It is almost certain that in the absence of note-bandi, the party would have lost in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh,' points out Amulya Ganguli.
Satyapal Malik: 1st governor to let the cat out of the bag!
Rediff.com28 Nov 2018'His revelation about what went on behind the scenes make it abundantly clear that the BJP must have indulged in similar tactics in Goa, Manipur and Meghalaya where it formed a government even though it did not have a majority,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Name changes: BJP's revenge on Muslims
Rediff.com12 Nov 2018'What the Hinduisation of Muslim names by the BJP suggests is that the party's anti-Muslim outlook matches the virulence of almost any other far right outfit such as the Ku Klux Klan,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
What is the RSS's Maan ki Baat on #MeToo?
Rediff.com16 Oct 2018'For the RSS, which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of plain living and high thinking, to be as quiet as a mouse suggests that it, too, is playing a political game like its political wing, the BJP,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
Are BJP and RSS no longer on the same page?
Rediff.com19 Sep 2018'It is obvious that the RSS's desire to gatecrash into the gated establishment which has generally been seen as the redoubt of the liberal intelligentsia is putting it at odds with the BJP which is less tolerant of the mentor's freshly-minted open-mindedness,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
Let's admit it, there's something unacceptable about homosexuality
Rediff.com12 Sep 2018'Homosexuality is the new 'abnormal',' proclaims Amulya Ganguli.
What landmark can the BJP rename after Naipaul?
Rediff.com19 Aug 2018'Will the BJP now replace a Muslim name for a street or a railway junction with Naipaul's name?' 'It is the least the party can do for its sole Nobel Prize-winning admirer,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Why Modi didn't like an Indian's hug
Rediff.com23 Jul 2018'From now on, every time Modi takes a foreign dignitary in his arms, the Indians will remember how he was taken aback when an Indian indulged in hugplomacy,' says Amulya Ganguli.
What Nehru would have made of the Burari deaths?
Rediff.com9 Jul 2018'It isn't likely that he would have observed a 'strategic silence' on a sensitive and controversial issue, as is done today by the powers-that-be lest an observation lets the cat out of the bag about the ruling dispensation's mindset,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Why has the BJP left Sushma Swaraj to fend for herself?
Rediff.com4 Jul 2018'For the Hindutva lobby, there is cause for worry.'
'No more than 43 per cent of the people who were asked by Sushma Swaraj to say whom they supported stood by the trolls.' 'As many as 57 per cent do not approve of the minister's traducers,' says Amulya Ganguli.
How Pranab played it safe in Nagpur
Rediff.com9 Jun 2018'Was there an element of orchestration between Mukherjee and Mohan Bhagwat about their speeches to the effect that the former would leave out any reference to Muslims while the RSS chief will not talk about a Hindu rashtra?' asks Amulya Ganguli.
Bharat Ki Baat: What a Surreal Event!
Rediff.com5 May 2018'From the evidently pre-selected questions to the promotional slides on a screen redolent of the official audio-visual department, the choreography was palpably intended to present the prime minister in as good a light as possible in a 'safe' environment insulated from uncomfortable questions,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Is This The India We Want?
Rediff.com20 Apr 2018'The involvement of policemen in either committing the crime or shielding the accused in Kathua and Unna points to a crumbling civil and moral order,' says Amulya Ganguli.