Shah had said: ‘It has become a fashion now to say ‘Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar’. Had you taken god’s name so many times, you would have got a place in heaven.’

The larger theme of Mehdi's discussion with The Wire indicates that even though he is an MP from Kashmir, his concerns for the oppressed, the minorities and the marginalised extend far beyond his constituency and his religious community.

'I have always felt that education, especially for women, is an important field and I hope to give my attention to that.'

Disgruntled residents of Varanasi's Assi Colony argue that Modi has misunderstood Kashi, and if he continues upon this path, then Kashi’s identity will soon be destroyed and replaced by something new and alien.

The professor, Om Shankar, spoke with The Wire about what he calls "the impending health crisis."

The young men who inhabit the Bazaar Samiti area of Musallahpur are ready to vote for those whom they think will finally offer them a hand out of poverty that they live in. Some of these youth had voted for the BJP in the 2014 elections. Now, however, many seem to have changed their mind.

The analyst takes on Prashant Kishore's prediction for the Lok Sabha elections.

For youth in Kashmir, price rise and the lack of jobs top all lists of issues when it comes to the polls.

Keywords like 'intimidation,' 'UAPA' and 'oppression' rule public life in the region, leading to a fear psychosis, say Waheed Parra and Aga Ruhullah.

Has Modi 'passed' or failed'? What do Kashmir's voters think?

Can these polls push Kashmir out of the 'cycle of suffering?'

Attending a party rally in Bihar's Ujiarpur, which votes today in the fourth phase of elections, Yadav also said that “the people” know that the Modi government is trying to “finish’ the constitution and democracy in India.

On matters like creating a "Hindu rashtra", he added that he had expressed his disagreement within the National Democratic Alliance. "Changing the Constitution is no joke," he said.

How did Abhishek Manu Singhvi argue the case for his client under the stringent PMLA which is widely believed to be impossible to secure bail under?

With regard to INDIA bloc’s Electronic Voting Machine resolution, the Congress MP emphasised on the importance of providing voters with VVPAT slips.

Deploying public servants in activity likely to influence voters during elections violates the election law, says former secretary to the government of India in an interview to The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani.

Modi’s blatant denial of the systematic targeting of Muslims in India is shocking for any journalist who has been reporting on the daily injustices and oppression faced by Muslims in India under his government.

Arfa Khanum Sherwani on the use of social media during the Shaheen Bagh and farmers’ movements in India.

Unlike when he inaugurated the Ram Temple in 2020, the Narendra Modi who inaugurated the new parliament building in 2023 is an insecure leader who just suffered a humiliating defeat in a crucial state election fought primarily in his name and with his face.

Historian Ramachandra Guha says why he strongly believes that making Rahul Gandhi the PM face of the opposition will be a wrong move.