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PM Modi during a campaign rally in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, on April 25, 2024.
From the Sidelines

Modi ramps up rhetoric in Hindi heartland as BJP struggles to regain its sparkle

Saba Naqvi
PM Modi during a campaign rally in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, on April 25, 2024.
From the Sidelines

Modi ramps up rhetoric in Hindi heartland as BJP struggles to regain its sparkle

Saba Naqvi
K Kavitha, daughter of Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao arrives to appear before a court in New Delhi on April 13, 2024.
Telangana

How Bharat Rashtra Samithi lost its sheen to the Congress

The party’s drubbing in the 2023 Assembly election was marked by allegations of corruption, nepotism and failure to deliver on promised welfare plans.
E. Venkatesu

Editor's Pick

Azad feels that the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party have become irrelevant in the fight against the BJP.
Election 2024

‘I raise my voice for all’: Chandra Shekhar Azad

“Right now, the country is in the hands of a dictator,” says the founder of the Bhim Army and the Azad Samaj Party.
Ismat Ara
Election 2024

In Karnataka, it’s a battle of ‘guarantees’

The BJP has pitched “Modi ki Guarantee” against the Congress’ successful implementation of the Five Guarantees. 
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Election 2024

BJP faces uphill battle in Rajasthan as anti-incumbency and shifting alliances challenge its dominance

The party that made a clean sweep of all 25 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 and 2019 may face a tough contest from Congress and allies in 10 seats.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Pappu Yadav, who is contesting as an Independent from Purnia, will be one of the candidates to watch in this election. Here, at a roadshow in Purnea on April 24. 
Election 2024

Leaders trade insults, play identity politics while unemployment rages in Bihar’s Seemanchal-Kosi region

Caste, identity politics and regional rifts dominate the campaign as parties strive for dominance, mainly in Muslim-dominated Kishanganj and Katihar.
Anand Mishra

Audio Stories

White Space

Farewell Appappan

Controversy

Why a proposed private port in Karnataka’s Honnavara faces stiff resistance from fisherfolk

State of the Opposition

India’s oscillating opposition and the dynamic evolution of protest politics

State of the Opposition

The crisis of the secular opposition

Spotlight

Spotlight

FRONTLINE EXCLUSIVE

‘There is an undercurrent against Modi’: Jignesh Mevani

The Dalit leader and MLA from Gujarat says BJP’s rhetoric is about Hindu-Muslim issues, and not about employment, development, or social equality.
Amey Tirodkar

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Silent SOS

Wetland and mangrove birds now forage among plastic waste in urban areas because their natural habitats are all but gone.
Prasoon Kiran

Arts & Culture

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Current Issue

The audiences of today are active participants who aid in the creation, dissemination, and amplification of messages.
Propaganda — The Lede

Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time

Endlessly shared till its beliefs pass off as the truth, the film trailer mirrors our world: fact and fiction, blurred by repetition.
Lawrence Liang
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Propaganda

Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda

One always imagines that propaganda and brainwashing are modern inventions that Goebbels—aided by Leni Riefenstahl—perfected. Not true. It has been ar
Vaishna Roy
Propaganda

Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema

Harish S. Wankhede
Propaganda

Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films

S.V. Srinivas
From the sidelines

Caught in a saffron storm

Saba Naqvi
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