All stories by AMULYA GANGULI
Nervous Amitbhai and cats, dogs, snakes etc
Rediff.com7 Apr 2018'Amit A Shah's sharp vilification can be interpreted as a sign of nervousness in the saffron camp,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Yogi's defeat will have stunning effect on the BJP
Rediff.com15 Mar 2018'For the BJP to lose this virtual pocket borough of the saffron brotherhood demonstrates how resolutely the people of Gorakhpur have turned against the party,' says Amulya Ganguli.
How Malayali Marxism hurt Manik Sarkar
Rediff.com3 Mar 2018'Manik Sarkar may have been able to hang on if he hadn't been a follower of the CPI-M's all-time hardliner Prakash Karat,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
What you won't hear on Mann Ki Baat
Rediff.com2 Feb 2018'Modi maintains what has been called a 'strategic silence' on controversial topics,' points out Amulya Ganguli.
Modi shouldn't have outsourced his apology
Rediff.com31 Dec 2017'His prestige would have been enhanced by a show of mea culpa and not diminished,' says Amulya Ganguli
Why is this man still a governor?
Rediff.com22 Dec 2017On Thursday, December 14, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy tweeted: 'Jihadis have killed, maimed, brutalised tens of thousands of innocent people all across the world. And you ask me about a man killed in Rajasthan and then tell me not to do whataboutery!' It was not the first time that Roy's statements have provoked controversy. Should Tathagata Roy even be a governor, asks Amulya Ganguli.
Gujarat Verdict: It's Rahul vs Modi in 2019
Rediff.com18 Dec 2017'It will not be a battle of unequals as it may have been thought a few months ago, but one on more or less a level playing field.' 'The Gujarat outcome cannot but breathe new life into the Congress for having almost succeeded in bearding the lion in its den,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Is the Taj safe?
Rediff.com10 Dec 2017'Given the growing animus against the Mughals in the Sangh Parivar, only a brave person will be ready to bet that no harm will ever be done by Hindutva storm-troopers to the Taj,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Hadiya's case: What if there was no Supreme Court!
Rediff.com29 Nov 2017'Mercifully, the Supreme Court is currently playing the role of the elderly wise to prevent wrong-doing,' says Amulya Ganguli.
The Rohingyas are not ISIS
Rediff.com28 Oct 2017'If India adopts a punitive and unforgiving stance against the Rohingyas, it will be courting disgrace,' says Amulya Ganguli.
How Rahul can upstage Modi
Rediff.com26 Sep 2017'Even if Rahul doesn't emerge with flying colours -- at least initially -- during the jousts with the media, he will at least be posing a kind of challenge which will not be to Modi's liking,' feels Amulya Ganguli.
Is UGC the new caged parrot?
Rediff.com15 Sep 2017'"Life-changing" clearly denotes an exceptionally high level of regard for Narendra D Modi.' 'One has to find out if the UGC used such an adulatory term for any other speaker, whether from politics or from academe,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Can these ministers bring elusive 'achhe din'?
Rediff.com3 Sep 2017'The reshuffle was expected to show some sign about the BJP's awareness of the looming difficulties.'
'But there is no certainty that the new inductees will be able to breathe life into the government,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Doklam standoff: It is NOT China's time to fight India
Rediff.com22 Aug 2017Beijing should remember the advice of its celebrated military strategist Sun Tzu: 'Fight not unless the position is critical.'
Who's the real 'Chatur Baniya'?
Rediff.com19 Aug 2017'Even if the BJP's hope of a Congress-mukt Bharat is realised, it will still have to contend with Mr Gandhi's god-like status in the foreseeable future,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Nitish Kumar has said ta-ta to his national dreams
Rediff.com27 Jul 2017'He was No 2 to Laloo Prasad in the last government and he will be No 2 in the new one as well, not to Sushil Modi, but to the other Modi in Delhi.' 'In the process, Nitish Kumar will have to forget any role which he may have secretly entertained about playing a larger role on the national stage,' says Amulya Ganguli.
The BJP's Naam Hatao Campaign
Rediff.com19 Jul 2017'Modi has become confident enough not only to look forward to a second term in 2019, but also to celebrate the 75th year of India's Independence in 2022.' 'It will be in the fitness of things if the vestiges of the past are swept away and the country is reminded that the 1,200 years of 'slavery' under the Muslims and the British were a bad dream.' 'And what better way to achieve this objective than by rubbing out the names of the invaders?' says Amulya Ganguli.
Will R N Kovind, too, sign on the dotted line?
Rediff.com21 Jun 2017'In a party run by 'two-and-a half men', Kovind fits the bill perfectly because, unlike the BJP's previous choice for the Presidency, A P J Abdul Kalam, he is unlikely to return a bill as Kalam did with the office of profit legislation,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
Will the BJP make India Veg?
Rediff.com2 Jun 2017'The BJP and RSS may realise it is much easier for the ICHR to rewrite textbooks and for the ICSSR to float its bizarre interpretations on social themes than to keep people away from their favourite dishes.'
The President is wrong again on the Nehru-Gandhis
Rediff.com16 May 2017'His assessment is wide off the mark from what is expected to be history's final verdict -- which is that Indira was the most unacceptable of all prime ministers because she was the only one who tried to throttle Indian democracy,' says Amulya Ganguli.