Polarization News

Elections 2019

Opinion | For Trinamool Congress, the writing was on the wall for a long time

The seeds of religious polarization in Bengal had been laid by the TMC itself

3 min read24 May 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Polarization is not the evil thing it’s made out to be

Its defamation is the parting abuse of those who have lost control over transmission of ideas

4 min read12 May 2019
Politics

Commission to study polarization in Gujarat disbanded after six years

The commission headed by justice (retired) B.J. Sethna was disbanded after it failed to submit its report despite four extensions

2 min read18 Apr 2016
Opinion

Trump, Sanders and an Indian puzzle

Allegations of anti-nationalism hurled by the ruling BJP against opposition Congress, Left and student groupsmimicking a similar clash of ideas in the UK and USsignal increasing political polarization

5 min read11 Mar 2016
Opinion

Role of polarization in BJP’s big victory

These elections witnessed the strongest-ever polarization of upper castes in favour of the BJP and of Muslims in favour of the Congress

3 min read17 May 2014
Opinion

India’s binary obsession

Intolerance to an opposing view precludes dialoguecritical for a democracy to thrive

3 min read6 May 2014
Opinion

India, a polarized country?

Ideology is only a device by which voters reduce the costs of gathering information about parties and candidates in the fray for political office

5 min read18 Jun 2013
Opinion

Polarization may work, but only regionally

Polarization may work, but only regionally

4 min read13 Apr 2009

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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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