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MANDATE 2024
Caste returns to centre stage in the 2024 Lok Sabha election
Anand Mishra
Mandate 2024
How women voted
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Mandate 2024 — The Lede
Jan ki baat: How voters humbled Modi by rejecting authoritarianism and embracing inclusive politics
India voted emphatically for political, social, and economic inclusion, for a more consultative government, and for the sanctity of the Constitution.
Nirupama Subramanian
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Editor’s Note: Modi’s diminished mandate a rebuke to emperor’s robes and divine halo
Vaishna Roy
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How the SP-Congress alliance in Uttar Pradesh became a sponge that soaked in people’s discontent against BJP and Modi
Smita Gupta
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MANDATE 2024
TDP-JSP-BJP juggernaut heralds a major shift in Andhra Pradesh’s politics
Anti-incumbency, welfare promises, and sustained campaign strategies in addition to caste combinations won the day for the TDP-BJP-JSP alliance.
Ayesha Minhaz
Mandate 2024
Naveen Patnaik: The fall of a titan
Patnaik’s 24-year rule in Odisha as the head of the Biju Janata Dal government comes to an end as the party draws a blank in the Lok Sabha election.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Mandate 2024
UDF sweep and BJP’s historic gains compound CPI(M)‘s troubles in Kerala
Actor Suresh Gopi’s victory in Thrissur and NDA’s impressive performance point towards a significant shift in Kerala’s traditional bipolar politics.
M.G. Radhakrishnan
Mandate 2024
BJP retains upper hand in Assam but Congress finds its feet in the North-East once again
By winning both seats in Manipur and one each in Meghalaya and Nagaland, the Congress recorded an impressive resurgence in the region.
Sushanta Talukdar
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MANDATE 2024
How the DMK-led alliance has swept Tamil Nadu, thwarting BJP’s perception battle
It has won all 39 seats with its social justice plank anchored in secularism. While BJP’s vote share rose, AIADMK suffered its worst electoral defeat.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
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Art of resistance: Venice Biennale, 2024
At the 60th edition, works on politics, war, sexuality, identity, and anticolonial defiance converge to make a grand statement against oppression.
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Mandate 2024 — The Lede
Jan ki baat: How voters humbled Modi by rejecting authoritarianism and embracing inclusive politics
India voted emphatically for political, social, and economic inclusion, for a more consultative government, and for the sanctity of the Constitution.
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MANDATE 2024
Editor’s Note: Modi’s diminished mandate a rebuke to emperor’s robes and divine halo
The Lok Sabha election results show that voters have a message for Modi: Govern as elected PM, and not as Supreme Leader.
Vaishna Roy
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