Mayur Didolkar  

The Congress's scheme, while ambitious, is hardly a novelty in principle. Voters, especially from the rural areas, understand this all too well.

Here is my question- Who is more likely to become the Prime Minister? The son of a Shiv Sena leader or the son/daughter of the Gandhi dynasty? If we are not asking these questions to the national parties, what moral right do we have to hold the regional parties to these standards? 

You see Mr Rahul Gandhi, as Hillary Clinton found out to her grief in 2016, just telling what a horrible person your opponent is does not work. Your challenge is only compounded considering the immense personal credibility your principal opponent enjoys

Endorsing film and theatre actor Naseeruddin Shah's view on Indian society or politics is akin to a subscription to the product endorsement fallacy. It's like saying Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s ability to finish cricket matches and his sense of timing while keeping the stumps automatically translates into expertise in motorcycle tyres or sugar-saturated soft drink that your child should drink!

Even assuming that Rahul Gandhi's 'chowkidar chor hain' rhetoric worked in the Assembly elections, it would be foolhardy to repeat that given the unequivocal Rafale verdict of the Supreme Court on Friday.

There used to be a time that people with irrational phobias were recommended psychiatric help, but in this new, upside-down world of left-liberal orthodoxy, my irrational fear is legitimate excuse to strip you of your lawful rights