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Visual Story: How Close is the BJP to a Special Majority

The numbers you need to know ahead of the Monsoon Session of the Lok Sabha

10 hrs ago • Tushar Gupta

Why Regional Parties Should Be Voting For Delimitation

202 MPs from the regional parties will decide the fate of the 131st Amendment

Jun 17 • Tushar Gupta

Politics 101: Power is Power

The BJP has learned its lessons from the 2010s.

Jun 16 • Tushar Gupta

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Did The War In Hormuz Impact India's Global Trade?

The first quarter of the ongoing financial year has been about resilience.

Jun 15 • Tushar Gupta

What's Next For 42 Lame Ducks In The Lok Sabha

What happens when an MP loses power before they can lose their membership?

Jun 15 • Tushar Gupta

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Did Muslims Really Vote For The BJP In West Bengal?

May 5 • Tushar Gupta

What's Going On In The Aravalli Range, Really?

Dec 23, 2025 • Tushar Gupta

West Bengal Election Series: Predicting 42 of the 294 Seats

Apr 22 • Tushar Gupta

Why You Must Read: The Most Complex Machine On Earth

Jan 17 • Tushar Gupta

Five Economic Shocks In Six Years For Modi Government

The Government 12 years in power and their biggest achivement is fiscal prudence despite external shocks

Jun 10 • Tushar Gupta

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What Explains BJP's Ruthlessness Against The TMC

Double whammy for Mamata Banerjee, as she loses the mandate and now, her ministers

Jun 9

Contradictions, Confusion, and Congress

How did the INDI Bloc come apart in less than three years?

Jun 8 • Tushar Gupta

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The BJP Needs Its Version of CJP: Capitalist Janta Party

We need more capitalists, not cockroaches or termites.

Jun 7 • Tushar Gupta

Post-Bengal Win, Can BJP Get The 131st Passed In The Lok Sabha?

Six charts on a fractured Opposition, a Trinamool mutiny, and the long arithmetic between 293 and 361.

Jun 14 • Tushar Gupta

Schrodinger's Annamalai?

The focus should not be on being in the news, but on being in power

Jun 2 • Tushar Gupta

India's Gold Market Wants To Send Modi An Urgent Message

The Prime Minister's call to not buy gold is creating a new problem on the ground

May 30 • Tushar Gupta

FPIs Are Exiting India, But Who Are They, Really?

Hint: It's not who you think it is.

May 28 • Tushar Gupta

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Demography Is Destiny: Fix It Before It's Too Late

To solve the problem of demography, address the urban economics first

May 27 • Tushar Gupta

From Dharavi To Delhi Gymkhana Club

Everyone likes a subsidised product as long as someone else is paying for it

May 25 • Tushar Gupta

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A Guised Political Gimmick Gone Terribly Wrong

When a social media outfit affiliated to a political party exposed itself too quickly

May 23 • Tushar Gupta

Why A Gen Z Revolution Is Impossible in India?

Why India’s Elite Foolishly Undervalues the Youth’s True Potential and Prowess

May 22 • Tushar Gupta

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Forget Melody, It's ASML You Must Focus On

Another newscycle, another instance of missing the forest for the trees

May 21 • Tushar Gupta

Polity and Policy by Tushar Gupta