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By Sushil Kutty Does AlphabetGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai, have a pronounced Harris bias? Kamala Harris of Indian-Jamaican origin is up against Republican former President Donald Trump, close pal of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But India-born Sundar Pichai is a left-leaning head honcho now charged with anti-Trumpism. This, as Indian-Americans across the USA have been […]

By Sushil Kutty Prominent voices in Pakistan have realized that diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan is a Pakistani pipedream. The multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to be held in Islamabad in October holds promise but Pakistanis know Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unbending. The setback to Modi in Lok Sabha elections 2024 hasn’t helped. […]

By Sushil Kutty Who benefits from blaming Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the BJP’s poor Lok Sabha polls performance in Uttar Pradesh? As things have moved, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is the dark horse though Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also talked about as somebody who gains from a downgraded Yogi. OBC […]

By Sushil Kutty Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is still to recover from defections of NCP (Ajit Pawar) leaders to the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) faction of Ajit Pawar’s uncle Sharad Pawar. Four Pune-based NCP (Ajit Pawar) leaders resigned and rejoined Sharad Pawar’s NCP and a week later the faction led by Ajit Pawar is […]

By Sushil Kutty Changing names is a national pursuit. Shopkeepers and restaurateurs have been routinely using certain namesakes for their businesses to make a killing during key seasons. At another level, the romantics have been faking monikers for the easy access it gave them into lonely hearts. That this pursuit has been called ‘Love Jihad’ […]

By Sushil Kutty Any lingering doubts on who is in control in Uttar Pradesh went out the window the minute Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath disregarded all opposition to the restrictions placed on eateries along Kanwar Yatra routes, including the objections from NDA allies JD-U and the RLD, and ordered that the advisory asking eateries along […]

By Sushil Kutty The architect of the abrogation of Article 370 is MIA, say the detractors of Amit Shah, the No.2 in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. Four Indian Army soldiers were killed in a terror attack in Doda on July 16, including an officer, and the Modi-led NDA government heavyweight is not to be heard […]

By Sushil Kutty The stage is decked for a massive political fight. NGO All India Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has taken upon itself the task of using everything in its quiver to compel the Supreme Court to overturn its verdict on maintenance to divorced Muslim women. The board met on Sunday and ruled that the […]

By Sushil Kutty BJP leader Narendra Modi in his first term as NDA Prime Minister of India shouldn’t have forgotten how to kowtow, and kowtow to whom? Why he went to Russia before kowtowing to the United States is a mistake. Why he went and hugged Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger mistake. Modi’s […]

By Sushil Kutty ‘No’, President Joe Biden is in no mood to step away from the race. Not for the sake of Vice President Kamala Harris nor for making the “Vice President Donald J Trump” gaffe. President Joe Biden mixed up names and titles at the Nato presser in Washington DC, where he answered tricky […]

By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent two days in Russia hugging and talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin amidst speculation that Modi has been asked by the United States to negotiate a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine; that Prime Minister Modi is the only world leader with the influence and clout to put […]

By Sushil Kutty A 2012 government note said that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha is the “Shadow Prime Minister of India”. Does Raebareli Congress MP Rahul Gandhi know he is the “Shadow Prime Minister of India”? Modi has been Rahul Gandhi’s target inside and outside Parliament ever since June 4. So […]

By Sushil Kutty The Telangana Rashtra Samithi, founded by former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, transformed to Bharat Rashtra Samithi, a change brought about because KCR wanted a national role for the party and the Prime Minister’s post for himself. KCR proved to be overambitious and BRS couldn’t make the cut in 2023. It […]

By Sushil Kutty “Joe and Jill went up the hill… For Joe to get a second term… Joe fell down and broke his crown… And Jill came tumbling after…” But no, President Joe Biden’s wife Dr Jill Biden isn’t ready to come “tumbling after”. On the contrary, Joe has Jill’s back and there is no […]

By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his reply to the motion of thanks to the President’s address to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after a day of holding forth in the Lok Sabha. The opposition sought to drown Modi’s voice in the din of constant sloganeering. The Prime Minister did not let the […]

By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi was slated to reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address at 4 pm on Tuesday. PM Modi must have spent the previous hours prepping for the reply which came nearly 24 hours after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi had set ablaze the Lok Sabha with […]

By Sushil Kutty The INDI-Alliance is fighting to stay united in Parliament, at least, matching wits with not just the treasury benches and the NDA government but also with the presiding officers of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, the Constitution held high, which is making everybody in the NDA nervous. In the Lok […]

By Sushil Kutty United States Vice President Kamala Harris admitted President Joe Biden could have won the CNN presidential debate on June 27. “Yes, there was a slow start,” she told a top CNN anchor. Yet Harris will not replace Biden on top of the Democratic ticket in case President Biden is persuaded to step […]

By Sushil Kutty President Droupadi Murmu must have known the moment she woke up that she would be mentioning “my government” again and again when she addresses the joint session of Parliament. It is another presidential chore — addressing joint sessions of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, reading out aloud the speech written […]

By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of Member of Parliament on June 24 days after he was sworn in as India’s Prime Minister for the third time. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party doesn’t have a majority but Modi heads the coalition NDA, a pre-poll arrangement which is the Modi government’s claim for […]

By Sushil Kutty Ajit Pawar’s waxing and waning is a matter of research. In the battle between two Pawars, Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar, Ajit is the loser. His clout in the Mahayuti has been waning. The Ajit Pawar-led NCP performed the worst among the Mahayuti in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, getting only one […]

By Sushil Kutty Raebareli will remain Gandhi family bastion so long as Rahul Gandhi is keen on continuing in politics. So long live Rahul Gandhi, long live the dynasty. That being said, Wayanad is the new go-to parliamentary constituency for the Gandhi family. Amethi lost its sheen for the family when Smriti Irani beat Rahul […]

By Sushil Kutty Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has five years to create a capital city out of Amaravati. This is because elections play funny games and one of them is dashing the hopes of sitting governments dreaming of continuity. Who knows Jagan Mohan Reddy might be back with a vengeance after five years […]