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Rahul Verma

ARTICLES BY RAHUL VERMA

The younger generation, men, higher-income and more educated cohorts, and those who show strong partisan leanings are also more likely to be active on social media in the first place. (Pixabay)

How social media fed politics and strained relations during 2024 polls

5 min read . 28 Oct 2024

Did the poll panel do well in conducting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in a free and fair manner? Nearly three in five respondents gave a positive assessment. (File Photo)

In charts: Making sense of urban India’s political faultlines

4 min read . 15 Oct 2024

Around 64% of respondents claimed to have voted consistently since becoming eligible to do so.

Indian politics is becoming increasingly partisan. We have the data to prove it.

4 min read . 26 Feb 2024

Urban Indians interviewed in the survey were split down the middle on whether the inauguration in Ayodhya was a rectification of historical wrongs faced by Hindus (51%) or an electorally motivated move by the BJP to woo Hindu voters (49%). Photo: AP

The political hot potatoes on which urban India disagrees with the BJP

4 min read . 13 Feb 2024

The support for the BJP showed an upward trend across groups, most notably in the lower socio-economic strata, such as those from historically subjugated castes, low-income families, and non-metro cities. (ANI) (HT_PRINT)

Support for BJP reaches fever pitch; INDIA alliance has few takers: Survey

4 min read . 11 Feb 2024

Millennials and post-millennials can make or break consumer-facing industries; remember that in 2019, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman blamed this generation for a slump in car sales because they allegedly preferred ride-hailing apps.

Urban millennials in India have had much to reveal in five years

4 min read . 29 Aug 2023

Urban Indians have become more vocal in their politics. (File Photo: AFP)

In charts: Political fissures alive, no consensus in sight

4 min read . 28 Aug 2023

The BJP’s stable support base is shaped by Modi’s popularity. (HT_PRINT)

In charts: BJP hold intact, viable Opposition not emerging

4 min read . 23 Aug 2023

Awareness and concerns about the climate crisis are high among Indians with certain demographic variations, according to the findings of a survey. (File Photo: AFP)

Climate risk finds high awareness in urban India: Survey

3 min read . 14 Aug 2023

Around 40% of the respondents to the survey said they identified the most with the ruling party, up from 36% in mid-2022 and 38% in late 2021 (Photo: HT)

Political divides sharpen as 2024 election nears

4 min read . 27 Feb 2023

Fresh off its decisive victory in Punjab, the AAP seems to be capturing public imagination more than before. Photo: Reuters

The striking rise of AAP's popularity in urban India

4 min read . 25 Aug 2022

One in every four (26%) respondents picked Narendra Modi as their most favoured prime minister in history in the latest round of the YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey (Photo: ANI)

India@75 survey: Modi the most popular PM ever, Nehru second

3 min read . 14 Aug 2022

On average, respondents believe that Nehru and Gandhi were over-credited, whereas Bose and Patel were seen as significantly under-credited. Ambedkar was at a more neutral point (Photo: Hindustan Times)

India@75 survey: Patel, Bose seen as unsung; Nehru, Gandhi as over-credited

3 min read . 14 Aug 2022

A file photo from the aftermath of the communal clash in Muzaffarnagar. (Photo: AP)

India@75 survey: Political divide rising, creating strain in relationships

3 min read . 14 Aug 2022

In three successive rounds of the survey in 2020 and mid-2021, around 45% of the respondents said they identified with the BJP.

BJP still most popular, but small-town youth veering away

3 min read . 08 Feb 2022

Urban Indians across party affiliations hold great appeal for authoritarian tendencies, possibly due to increasingly polarized attitudes in society, the survey showed. Photo: AP

Our democratic backsliding, in charts

3 min read . 20 Jan 2022

Beneficiaries queue up to get vaccinated during a Covid-19 vaccination drive. (HT)

BJP supporters blame people, not Centre, for covid mess

4 min read . 25 Aug 2021

The second wave didn’t impact people’s economic outlook significantly, and hence they may have been willing to overlook the failures of politicians.

BJP support base intact despite 2nd wave shock

4 min read . 17 Aug 2021

Trinamool Congress supporters take out a motorcycle rally during a campaign for the West Bengal assembly polls at Gargaria in Birbhum district on Sunday. (PTI PHOTO.) (HT_PRINT)

The blood-stained election story of Bengal, in four charts

3 min read . 13 Apr 2021

There was criticism earlier about the approval given to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) as well. (ANI)

Most BJP supporters want to take vaccines, Congress supporters not far behind

5 min read . 11 Jan 2021