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Aakshi Magazine Delhi
APRIL 2014
APRIL 2014
Cover Story and Featured Stories
The elections in India’s most populous state will not be fought over roads and development, but over a perceived and manufactured threat to the sovereignty of the majority
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
Can the BJP’s electoral strategy provide the winning formula to beat the regional parties in Uttar Pradesh?
Walter Andersen & Allison Berland Kaul Delhi
The division of the Muslim voting block and the aftermath of the Muzaffarnagar riots have strengthened the BJP in Western UP, but the region still baffles poll predictors
Sadiq Naqvi Rampur/Sambhal/Moradabad/Bijnor
Dissension in the party, and a fast-diminishing vote share for the BJP have put Rajnath Singh’s Lucknow prospects under a cloud
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow
If Modi succeeds in redefining the Backward castes discourse in Uttar Pradesh, it might hugely alter the electoral outcome in the coming Lok Sabha polls
AK Verma Kanpur
This backward region is likely to be split on polarizing lines between Modi and Mulayam
Farzand Ahmed Lucknow
Yogendra Yadav, the psephologist-turned-politician hasn’t lost any of his glibness while dodging crucial questions, or even resorting to contradictions when the heat is turned on him
Sadiq Naqvi & Souzeina S Mushtaq Mewat
Jaded by the empty promises of the Congress and BJP, Muslims are looking to the debutant AAP for solutions
Souzeina S Mushtaq Delhi
Everyday issues faced by people occupy a prominent place in the party’s manifesto for the millennium city and its surroundings
Souzeina S Mushtaq Gurgaon
Face to Face: Zoya Hasan
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
The recent referendum in Crimea which showed voters wanted to join Russia was a serious blow to Ukraine, says Mykola Riabchuk. Excerpts from an exclusive interview with Hardnews
Mehru Jaffer Lucknow
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I first met Khushwant Singh in 1979. This was the time when I could not wait to make Delhi my destination, or maybe move to Mumbai, the Mecca of all opportunities.
I had had enough of the city of my birth!
I ’ve been searching very hard, but I haven’t caught sight of the alleged Modi wave yet. Which is why I still don’t have a clue just who India’s next Prime Minister will be.
I was curious when my old friend, the Nepali journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, proposed the topic “To be Desi or Southasian” for a talk that another journalist friend, AseemChhabra from India, was setting up for him in New York.
Chhabra roped in a Pakistani, me, to moderate the session. Held at Columbia University under the aegis of the South Asian Journalists Association, the discussion was attended by an eclectic group of students and retired professors.
As a rule of thumb, I rarely ever accept the dubious explanations from Western outposts on current world occurrences.
In 2009, the Americans openly said they wanted Montek Singh Ahluwalia as finance minister instead of Pranab Mukherjee
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi