665 Articles by
Abhishek Banerjee
Abhishek Banerjee is a columnist and author.
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Goodbye, George Fernandes
I am no socialist, but yes I am capable of looking beyond that to appreciate a man with sincerely held beliefs. And a working moral compass.
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Padma Bhushan for Nambi Narayan, scientist whose life was destroyed by India’s ‘secular’ govts
Indian secularism finished Nambi Narayanan. It took India 20 more years to build the cryogenic engine Nambi Narayan was working on
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Priyanka Gandhi’s entry into politics seems like a skit where people dress up as politicians for laughs
For at least 10 years now, journalists, academics and intellectuals have been talking about the supposed charisma, intelligence and political acumen of Priyanka Gandhi
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‘EVM hacking’ drama : The invisible hand of the sore losers working in ‘personal capacity’
From EVM hacking rumours to Agusta Westland to Female Genital Mutilation, Congress invisible hand is always there, acting in a personal capacity
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Cursed by vultures: Will Opposition end Ayushman Bharat if it gets power at the Centre
It goes without saying that Ayushman Bharat, which covers 10 crore households and has over 50 crore potential beneficiaries, is the largest health scheme anywhere in the whole world.
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How Business Standard misused Google Trends data to show Rahul ahead of Modi
Only with a careful list of filters, I was finally able to get Rahul Gandhi to move ahead of Narendra Modi in Google Trends
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Akhilesh Yadav said he should have killed a man and NDTV Yuva Conclave audience applauded
What kind of politics do Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati represent?
Opinions
Congress promised quota for economically weaker sections in its 2014 and 2009 manifesto : Why the heartburn now?
While the Congress did “support” the Reservation Bill, you wouldn’t think that was the case from the manner in which they behaved over the last two days.
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Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh results were close enough to put role of opinion polls under scanner
It is time for the public to demand higher standards from opinion polls and the media in general
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Google Trends data shows that Indians hardly have any interest in Rahul Gandhi
Let’s see what Google Trends data tells us about public interest in PM Modi vs Rahul Gandhi. Here is the data for the last 7 days