Floating down the hippie trail: This book tells the history of a heady time but lacks colour

In a new book, two historians try to unravel what attracted so many people to the counterculture and the journey from West to East.

Ajoy Bose

· Aug 26, 2018 · 08:30 am

Do or die? Mayawati works with whip in hand to revive her flagging political fortunes

The Bahujan Samaj Party chief effects an organisational shake up ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Ajoy Bose

· Jul 25, 2018 · 09:00 am

43 years later: ‘We have a nightmare which is worse than the Emergency,’ says Nayantara Sahgal

On the 43rd anniversary of the declaration of the Emergency by Indira Gandhi, an interview with her writer cousin, about parallels between then and now.

Ajoy Bose

· Jun 25, 2018 · 08:30 am

Tremors from Gorakhpur: A series of regional skirmishes in 2019 is the BJP’s worst nightmare

The party’s plan to convert 2019 polls into a presidential contest, with the towering figure of Modi dwarfing any alternative leader faces a threat.

Ajoy Bose

· Mar 15, 2018 · 07:45 am

Desperate times, desperate measures: Mayawati faces a compelling need to rebrand herself

Does the Bahujan Samaj Party chief’s decision to back Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh bye-polls signal a full-fledged shift in her politics?

Ajoy Bose

· Mar 06, 2018 · 08:00 am

When Indian parliamentarians saw a CIA plot in the Beatles’ stay at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram

Not everyone was happy about the Fab Four’s visit to India 50 years ago.

Ajoy Bose

· Feb 23, 2018 · 11:30 am

The demonetisation gambit has backfired for the BJP (and the old communal ploy hasn't worked)

The party's tentative election campaign has failed to rally more groups and communities under its banner in western Uttar Pradesh.

Ajoy Bose

· Feb 10, 2017 · 09:00 am

In Punjab, as the Akali edifice seems set to crumble, the main battle is between Congress and AAP

While Congress supporters are attracted to its administrative experience, AAP backers want to give the fledgling party a chance.

Ajoy Bose

· Feb 03, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Not just bluster: Unfazed Mayawati actually thinks the BJP has handed her a chance to play victim

'I pray to God that they take a couple of more decisions like demonetisation,' said the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, while accusing the BJP of vindictive politics

Ajoy Bose

· Dec 28, 2016 · 09:00 am

Yadav vs Yadav in Uttar Pradesh is father (once again) reminding son who's boss

By siding with his brother Shivpal over son Akhilesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav has reasserted his dominance over the Samajwadi Party

Ajoy Bose

· Sep 17, 2016 · 08:00 am

Why the Mehbooba flag fiasco is symbolic of the collapse of the state machinery in Kashmir

Legislators are running scared, the constabulary has deserted its posts – in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir, the state machinery is invisible.

Ajoy Bose

· Aug 16, 2016 · 09:00 am

As the slur on Mayawati feeds Dalit fury, the BJP also faces Thakur wrath

For the already smarting followers of Yogi Adityanath, the expulsion of a key Thakur leader adds insult to injury.

Ajoy Bose

· Jul 22, 2016 · 10:30 am