Ranjit Bhushan

Independent journalist & former Nehru Fellow at Jamia Millia. Ex-Outlook, The Times of India, The Indian Express, the PTI, AP, Financial Chronicle & DNA

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Bihar, the last Hindi-speaking state to have resisted a whole sale BJP embrace, is now firmly on the saffron side, thanks to the Bihar election results earlier in November 2025. It is no small matter that BJP has managed a smooth transition, convincing Nitish to move to Delhi.

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Arvind Kejriwal may be out of the CBI's clutches, but the ED is still on his tail.

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One effective way to shed our colonial baggage and Macaulayan mindset would be for our politicians to move out of those fabulous bungalows designed by Edwin Lutyens in New Delhi, the quintessential upscale, picturesque, residential neighbourhood inhabited by India's VIPs.

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@RichKettle07 Quit!

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In a country, which holds more elections than anywhere, anti-pollution does not figure in any poll speech. The rich have their purifiers and multiple homes, the vast majority of the poor couldn't care less, leaving just the middle class grasping for clean but non-existent air!

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Will SIR make a difference to Bihar's poll results? If it does, the implications for its countrywide impact can be far reaching. India could well be heading for its most radical voter list revision ever.
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The attacks on the CJI and the judiciary are politically motivated. If judicial reform means reducing pendency, then government is the predominant and main litigant in Indian courts, responsible for roughly 50% of all pending cases. That has to be tackled. Rest is bagatelle.

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Wishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi many happy returns of the day.

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In a region where the threat of bombs, missiles and nukes are omnipresent, particularly after the recent Indo-Pak flare up, common citizens have very little protection.
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For those who have justifiably campaigned against the military industrial complex in the USA and Europe, there is one right round the corner here. https://t.co/VN20k3JS3z

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Notwithstanding the impending Indo-Pakistan ceasefire, India's principal gain appears to be shedding its own system of self-deterrence and inhibition as far as the nuclear threshold with its rival is concerned. https://t.co/OL9MXFXBL6

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In the wake of open hostilities between India and Pakistan, the historic Simla Agreement of 1972 is little better than a piece of paper now. https://t.co/AnUXknrJ4s

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The Pahalgam killings have given the Pakistani Army a new lease of life after losing face in the country, and its most important province, Punjab. Helping it along the way is some infantile Indian TV media coverage, which has all but announced a war.

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The IPL has rapidly ascended to become one of the richest leagues globally, generating $9.5 billion in revenue. But such wealth and glory do not come simple. They have spawned a host of fly-by-night-operators from unknown locations and offshore destinations.

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@Benarasiyaa Its a relatively small con by todays standards.

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Pandora's Box or a can of worms? Instead of two-member judges, subjects of national importance like the Places of Worship Act need wide-ranging constitutional benches to preside over potentially far reaching judgments, former Supreme Court judge, Jasti Chelameswar, told me

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While the Supreme Court has slammed bulldozer action, it remains to be seen how demolition rules are followed. After all, more than half of the country's buildings would be deemed illegal, if municipal rules are interpreted strictly by the book.

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Well, if India cannot hold state assembly elections due in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand simultaneously, what can be made out of conducting elections across 28 states and 8 union territories, as per the `one nation,one election' plank? Just asking.

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Atishi should be considered a very good choice, indeed. Educated and committed, with a family background steeped in academics, she has what it takes to pull the Delhi chief ministership out of the current morass. The very best.

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The proof of the pudding lies in the eating. Notwithstanding the five-year tussle over CAA and the noise over NRC, India's unwillingness to give asylum to Bangladeshi Hindus is intriguing to say the least. Instead a govt committee will `monitor' the situation in Bangladesh.