Mani Shankar Aiyar

Karnataka Elections 2023 will prove if ‘gaali politics’ work as a game changer in polls

Karnataka Elections 2023: Do distasteful and repugnant remarks work as a contributory factor rather than serving as ‘game changer’? The Karnataka election outcome on 13 May will have a verdict on this aspect too

From sondesh to designer aam: Modi mania for the gourmand

From mangoes, to tea and now sweets -- PM-designate Narendra Modi sure seems to have covered all food groups this election season. Joyous BJP supporters have taken Modi mania to the next level by dedicating food to their new leader.

Why Congress should limit its political antics to BJP and not train guns on RSS

This dog-whistling by the Congress against the RSS has never bode well for the latter as matter-of-factly

On Lokpal, Anna asks for the moon. What’s wrong in that?

Team Anna is being advised to claim victory and call off its agitation. But its Last Stand will make the difference between a mediocre Lokpal and a truly meaningful one.

When Babur who hated India and Indians is a patriot and Vedic people who adored this land are aliens

Mani Shankar Aiyar praising Babur and Audrey Truschke humanising Aurangzeb manifest what ails Indian history and historiography

Why Congress fails to understand Hindutva

Attacking Hindutva is attacking the very foundation of the Sanatan Dharma and the institutions that emerge from its ideals

Article 370 scrapped: Voices of Jammu and Kashmir residents must be heard for idea of India to prevail, says Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh made his first remarks on the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir after paying homage to his cabinet colleague and former Congressman S Jaipal Reddy

Non-Gandhi can be Congress chief, but family must remain active in party, says Mani Shankar Aiyar

Aiyar said Rahul has given about a month to the party to find a replacement and there have been confabulations within the Congress over the issue

Mani Shankar Aiyar and 'neech' politics: Narendra Modi keeps getting served opportunities to attack Congress on a silver platter

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never had to try hard to launch attacks on the Opposition, chiefly the Congress. The opportunities get served to him on a silver platter. All he has to do is lift the velvet cover, and launch a counter-attack that boomerangs on the Congress — the barbs go back exactly where they had originated from.

Mani Shankar Aiyar's 'neech aadmi' 2.0 will hurt Congress, but extent of damage will only be known on 23 May

In his own wisdom, Mani Shankar Aiyar must have been very pleased while writing his piece in The Print and the attention his contentious Narendra Modi 'neech aadmi' 2.0 remark received