Tone deaf and ironic both considering that the entirety of TS' columns are usually just hastily scribbled personal opinions without analysis or substantiation, many colored by perceived personal slights in the past. Kind of like the average political tweet

Coomi Kapoor's entire column in Express today abt BJP's declining performance and discourse: satta market's has downgraded BJP's projected victory from #400paar to 290 seats. Thus BJP is playing up Hindu-Muslim to arrest the 'discernable drop in [BJP and RSS] worker enthusiasm'

Badi raunaq thee iss ghar mein yeh ghar aisa nahin tha Gilay shikway bhi rehte thay magar aisa nahin tha .

Uff, this girl is amazing. So self-assured 'abhi apni padhayi kar lete hain, chehra to kabhi bhi sudhara ja sakta hai'. And always so sweet, no malice at all ❤️ #PrachiNigam

Attributing low turnout to voters' 'rigid levels of apathy' is to give political parties and #ElectionCommission a free pass. How much of it is apathy and how much is alienation is contestable , and each puts onus on separate actors

'Here too, what made the two parties distance themselves from Prajwal was not his reprehensible behaviour, but the separate fact of his behaviour becoming public' - Ruchi Gupta (@IndianExpress)

Must read article on Sexual assault by political leaders Ruchi Gupta

#Opinion | What binds #PrajwalRevanna , #BrijBhushanSingh , Kuldeep Sengar – a system that treats women as dispensable

Ruchi Gupta writes

indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

This young girl who topped the 10th boards thinks it would have been better if she hadn't because of the nasty commentary on her appearance after coming in the public eye. All the more heartbreaking 'cause of the gentle way she's speaking, without any rancour or hate

India, world's largest country & fastest growing major economy, has a voice in all forums

However ambition of providing leadership to global conservative movement requires first & foremost commitment to democracy - which is majority AND institutions (adherence to due process)

What a lovely resonant picture on Express's Page 1 today (from ANI).

Voters on their way to polling station in Darrang, Assam

Politicians must win elections not arguments

Report in the Economist (I think) about how America has seen the largest decline in trust in institutions of all G7 countries. Both cause and effect of this polarisation and inability to hold the center

Domestic help has gone on a holiday. Looked for sub on MyGate and my usual replacement help has put her 'free time' as between 5-6 am. She's fully booked up and this super early slot (for which she will prob have to wake up at 4) is her available time 💔

Everything about the United States is so extra these days, seemingly no ability to hold the center

Everyone on the internet these days.

«[The universe] is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures»

— Galileo Galilei, Il Saggiatore, 1623

In many stories of how someone got into politics, most times it is about some chance exposure and access. This should be a starting point of how parties design their outreach