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Smruti Koppikar
Smruti Koppikar is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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With reservations for powerful Marathas, BJP hopes to consolidate hold on Maharashtra. Can it?
If the saffron party is to grow, it must add Marathas to its base of urban traders and upper caste voters.
Smruti Koppikar
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Chhath politics in Mumbai has changed – Raj Thackeray’s stance on North Indians is the biggest sign
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief is set to attend an Uttar Bharatiya event in the city next month.
Smruti Koppikar
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Agitation for Maratha reservations will entrench caste identities in a once-progressive state
It is also a trial by fire for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Smruti Koppikar
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Underlying Maharashtra’s Dalit protests, a tangle of old caste struggles and new Hindutva assertion
Can Chief Minister Fadnavis rein in his ideological colleagues to stop polarisation in the state?
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In charts: Six challenges India faced in 1947 – and how it has fared in battling them
It’s clear that the nation has yet to build the ‘noble mansion’ that Jawaharlal Nehru dreamed of.
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Modi claims India achieved little in 60 years. These seven charts prove why he’s wrong
The country’s relative progress since 1947 is not a fake story.
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Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Maharashtra civic polls: BJP sweeps state, giving Devendra Fadnavis the last laugh
Saffron party wins eight of ten municipal bodies. In Mumbai, the Shiv Sena comes out ahead – but just barely, while the Congress falls far behind.
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Residents of Mumbai’s poorest slums know polls won’t change a thing for them – but they vote in hope
Elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, India’s richest civic body, will be held on Tuesday.
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Give us homes, give us schools, give us gardens, say residents of Mumbai’s poorest slums
The fortunes of M-East ward depend on the benevolence and imagination of the municipal corporation, which is due for elections on February 21.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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In Mumbai’s poorest slums, water and sanitation carry a steep price tag – sometimes death
Seven people have died over the past three months while lining up to use the toilet.
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‘Shah Rukh won’t shake my hands, see how they smell’: The stench of despair from Mumbai’s underbelly
With the civic body elections round the corner, M-East ward, the poorest part of the city, is back in focus.
Smruti Koppikar
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Teaser for 2019: Why Maharashtra's civic elections are significant in a year of big-ticket contests
While all eyes are on the Assembly elections in the country, the stakes are high in this state for political parties as well as citizens.
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The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May