Yogendra Yadav

News

Students don’t want to be dragged into the past, they want a future

At this moment in history, students and youth are the only ones who can bring about radical change and poke a hole in hegemony

4 min read1 Jan 2020
News

Anti-corruption movement a watershed moment in India

The anti-corruption stir, which united millions of Indians, paved way for Cong’s decline

3 min read13 Dec 2019
Politics

‘BJP’s aura of invincibility was shattered in the assembly polls’

‘If Congress was on the ground, they would have done much better with some strategy, vision and agenda’'It is satisfying that we could influence the agenda and bring it on the issue of unemployment and agriculture'

5 min read28 Oct 2019
Elections 2019

BJP poll campaign was a perfect ambush: Yogendra Yadav

Following Pulwama, what Narendra Modi’s team designed was a classic dodge, distract, derail scheme, says Yogendra Yadav

12 min read19 May 2019
Politics

Citizenship bill an attack on the very idea of India: Yogendra Yadav

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is risking the unity of the country and is a conspiracy against the nation , says Swaraj India's Yogendra Yadav

6 min read14 Jan 2019
Politics

If NDA loses, rural distress will be a key factor: Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav says Narendra Modi can sense it that he could be looking at a defeat or at least a substantial setback enough to put the NDA in minority in 2019 general elections

3 min read13 Jul 2018
Politics

AgustaWestland: SC dismisses plea seeking probe into alleged irregularities in VIP chopper deal

A plea filed by Yogendra Yadav's Swaraj Abhiyan alleged that AgustaWestland was favoured and chosen without a transparent tender process by Raman Singh-led Chhattisgarh government

1 min read13 Feb 2018
Mint-lounge

What intellectuals who are often wrong teach us about hope

Is hope the wrong reason we do the right things? Is it possible to liberate our reasoning from hope?

4 min read23 Dec 2017
Mint-lounge

What do idealists want?

Are they better than us, more empathetic and moral, or are they only intoxicated by an idea? Is there any idealist in the history of humanity who has achieved his end?

6 min read16 Dec 2017
Mint-lounge

Film Review: An Insignificant Man

Yogendra Yadav is a tragic hero in Vinay Shukla and Khushboo Ranka's An Insignificant Man

2 min read24 Nov 2017