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Shashi Shekhar

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ARTICLES BY SHASHI SHEKHAR

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting. (ANI Photo) (BJP)

Stakes are high in the contest for Purvanchal seats

3 min read . 27 May 2024

Election Commission of India data shows that only 66.14% of votes were cast in the first phase, and 66.71% in the second phase. Some blamed the excessive heat for the low voter turnout in the third phase, too, but that is far from reality. (AFP)

Election results are not tethered to voter turnout

3 min read . 12 May 2024

Nothing is impossible in a democracy. If Rajnarayan could defeat Indira Gandhi in 1977 and Smriti Irani could clean-bowl Rahul Gandhi in 2019, it is best not to say anything till the results are announced.

Loyalty that ends when polls are done and dusted

4 min read . 05 May 2024

The BJP has wisely balanced caste equations in the state. All its candidates intend to cross the river holding on to the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the most popular leader here, too.

Is Bihar casting its vote or voting back its castes?

4 min read . 29 Apr 2024

According to UN, if Bengaluru’s current water reserve drops by 40% by 2030, its existence will be jeopardized. The situation currently is so terrible that 6,900 of the 13,900 public borewells in the city have dried up. (Photo: PTI)

Deafening silence on climate issues at this election

3 min read . 22 Apr 2024

The common Indian has now been limited to being a voter. For many of them, the temptation of money, combined with caste, religion, region, and sect, serves as a lifeline. (Bloomberg)

Has ECI taken the colour off India’s poll campaigns?

3 min read . 14 Apr 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (HT)

HT Excl: Just 3% of ED probes related to people in politics: PM Narendra Modi

14 min read . 12 Apr 2024

A replica of Electronic Voting Machine at the Election Commission of India head office, in New Delhi. (PTI)

The season of Sun Tzu’s ‘deceptions’ is on in full swing

3 min read . 07 Apr 2024

By concretely implementing welfare policies, Modi has created a new class of beneficiaries. He has made considerable gains among women and young voters. (ANI)

This battle of the ballot is also one for fresh values

3 min read . 01 Apr 2024

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (centre). (X)

Is corruption but an excuse to wipe out opposition?

3 min read . 25 Mar 2024

It is natural to wonder what the more than 1,250 corporations that purchased electoral bonds totalling ₹12,155 crore between 12 April 2019 and 15 February 2024, really do. (Photo: AP)

Electoral bonds: Failed experiment in transparency?

3 min read . 18 Mar 2024

Congress has more than 650 MLAs around the country, and about 120 million voters supported it in the previous Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: PTI)

The Congress has to mend it ways to remain in the fray

3 min read . 04 Mar 2024

Farmers during a protest at Sambhu border near Ambala.

Farmers’ worries real, but they are not solely in pain

3 min read . 19 Feb 2024

Obviously, we have reached the season of the Lok Sabha elections, and many developments can be expected. (Photo: HT)

Election mode on, consensus to be a rare thing to find

3 min read . 11 Feb 2024

PM Narendra Modi at the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya's Ram Temple. (Photo: PTI)

Masks have to be shed, and mutual respect must win

3 min read . 04 Feb 2024

Many so-called thinkers predicted that 6 December would mark the beginning of the end of India’s Ganga-Jamni culture. (Photo: PTI)

India is paving its way toward a renaissance

3 min read . 28 Jan 2024

Ayodhya: Decoration at the ceremonial gateway leading to the newly-built Ram Temple on the eve of its 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony, in Ayodhya on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Ayodhya will be a shining example of uniting faiths

3 min read . 21 Jan 2024

Construction underway at Ram Temple in Ayodhya ahead of the consecration ceremony. (Photo: PTI)

Ayodhya is being swept by a fresh wave of euphoria

3 min read . 14 Jan 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Opposition yet to discover means for a fightback

3 min read . 07 Jan 2024

Certainly, the misinformed world requires some official system of facts and figures, for which the world’s leaders must reach a consensus. (HT_PRINT)

World of artifice gains strength as deepfakes, AI reign

3 min read . 01 Jan 2024