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Maya can’t dance

Submitted by Hardnews on March 14, 2009 - 17:20

Uttar Pradesh chief minister's angling for Third Front's PM candidate is quite premature

Sanjay Kapoor Delhi, Hardnews

Some one should tell Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mayawati, that she is not ready for the prime minister's job yet. Though she is desperately seeking to fill the top post after the elections.

She rules Uttar Pradesh, the country's most populous state. But, that has not given her either the experience or the skill to handle a position that would warrant nuanced understanding of politics, foreign affairs and economy.

Lucknow against crime-politics nexus

Submitted by Hardnews on March 5, 2009 - 17:33

Global Slowdown contributes to BSP's electoral loss

Submitted by Hardnews on March 2, 2009 - 18:47

Polling in 5 stages in UP, Bihar and West Bengal could influence the general elections result

The staggered election schedule shows that EC has made light of the harm fake news can do to the electoral outcome

Trial ‘by-elections’ put stamp of trust on Opposition’s grand alliance

The fact that the result follows the drub meted out to the BJP in Gorakhpur and Phulpur earlier this year means that the grand alliance stitched against the BJP by the Opposition has found takers

Caste violence: What actually happened in Kasganj?

According to the findings of a fact-finding team, the violence was perpetrated by fringe elements in collusion with the police and the administration played a partisan role, allowing the mob to run amok

Gorakhpur Tragedy: No country for children

The staggering number of deaths reported from Gorakhpur and Jamshedpur should be looked at against the larger backdrop of the failure of the public health system
Shalini Sharma Delhi

“Every cow needs to be protected! So perhaps one constable for every 10 cows!!”

In a conversation with Hardnews, Dr. Arvind Verma, talks about the complete disregard of the rule of law in India, the beef ban and the logistics of implementation

The Yogi and the cow

The nascent rule of the Hindutva firebrand has been marked by violent vigilantism and fetishising of the bovine species
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi

Racism: Walking the fault line

The recent attack on four Nigerians in Greater Noida has once again exposed the racism that pervades our society, from top to bottom. But it has uncovered another problem that’s bigger in magnitude: our refusal to accept our intolerance
Shalini Sharma Noida