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Tavleen Singh, a leading Columnist associated with The Indian Express. Find all Columns from Tavleen Singh here.
July 21,2024 07:25:35 AM
Modi may have managed to become prime minister for a ‘historic’ third time, as he likes to tell people on his foreign travels, but he must know that things have changed for him. A little introspection will go a long way.
Sun, Jul 21, 2024July 14,2024 07:45:06 AM
The bureaucrats who surround Modi grew up in that same milieu and appear to still believe that the United States cannot ever be India’s trusted friend. Why they believe that Russia is our forever friend is truly a puzzle.
Mon, Jul 15, 2024July 07,2024 07:35:03 AM
The Indian cricket team more than deserves the euphoric welcome they got in Mumbai last week. They are shining stars in a bleak and difficult time. And it was wonderful to witness thousands of people come out that rainy evening to show them adulation and love.
Sun, Jul 07, 2024June 30,2024 07:30:49 AM
Now that the Prime Minister has won a third term and there is a solid opposition block in the Lok Sabha, it is my fervent hope that we can go back to those days when India was confident enough to not be afraid of foreign correspondents or Indian dissidents.
Sun, Jun 30, 2024June 23,2024 07:14:58 AM
It is hard to understand why Modi, with his ‘mission’ to make India a Vishvaguru again, has done so little to urge his chief ministers to improve government schools in BJP states.
Sun, Jun 23, 2024June 16,2024 07:40:11 AM
PM Modi needs to stop thinking of himself as a messenger of God and remember that he is just a politician.
Mon, Jun 17, 2024June 09,2024 07:44:35 AM
The BJP was flying too high and there was too much talk of one nation, one leader, one people from Modi who should know that this kind of talk is alright in an autocracy but not in a democracy.
Sun, Jun 09, 2024June 02,2024 08:00:43 AM
Indian voters may be poor and semi-literate but most of them are not fooled by alarmist theories or messiahs. They know that their votes should go to those who will bring some prosperity into their wretched lives.
Sun, Jun 02, 2024May 26,2024 08:10:15 AM
If Rahul Gandhi says today that he can put down in writing that Narendra Modi will not become India’s next prime minister it is because his “shop of love in the bazaar of hatred” has a definite appeal for Muslim voters.
Sun, May 26, 2024May 19,2024 07:34:13 AM
BJP's welfare schemes have created what Amit Shah described in an interview last week a voting block of ‘crores of beneficiaries’.
Wed, May 22, 2024May 12,2024 08:00:50 AM
When Modi lists his achievements, he never mentions demonetisation.
Wed, May 15, 2024May 05,2024 07:10:43 AM
If this election has a single big issue, it is Modi himself. People who plan to vote for him say it is because they believe he will keep his promise of making India a developed country. Those who will be voting against him say this is because they believe that he has failed to deliver on that promise of ‘achche din’
Wed, May 08, 2024April 28,2024 08:10:59 AM
Instead of coming up with retrograde economic ideas it would be better for the Congress Party’s ‘thinkers’ to examine why India continues to have millions of people living below or just above a shamefully low poverty line.
Sun, Apr 28, 2024April 21,2024 07:45:25 AM
Many of these things should have happened long ago. But because we were so colonised a ruling class, we did not notice that ordinary Indians were forced to endure the worst public services.
Thu, Apr 25, 2024April 14,2024 07:55:42 AM
Modi has been more successful in lessening corrupt practices that do not involve politicians. In an interview he gave to a newspaper last week, he listed the things he has done to eliminate corruption in governance
Sun, Apr 14, 2024April 07,2024 08:02:19 AM
The Prime Minister has been saying since the beginning of this election season that in his eyes the four castes in India are: youth, women, farmers, and the poor.
Tue, Apr 09, 2024March 31,2024 07:30:40 AM
If the polls are right and Narendra Modi wins a third term, it could be because his vision of the future is that of a developed India by 2047.
Sun, Mar 31, 2024March 24,2024 08:00:23 AM
What I will say is that for now it looks as if arresting Kejriwal just before a general election will work to enhance his image rather than damage it.
Fri, Mar 29, 2024March 17,2024 07:15:20 AM
This scheme that turned ‘black’ money snowy white as soon as it became a political donation was ‘not perfect’ as the finance minister admitted at the India Today conclave last week.
Sun, Mar 17, 2024March 10,2024 07:10:43 AM
Rahul Gandhi's economic ideas do not seem to resonate with the Indian voter and this could be because, like me, there are millions of Indians who remember those ‘socialist’ decades with horror.
Tue, Mar 12, 2024March 03,2024 07:35:53 AM
What point is there in building grand new highways and airports, and aiming to land four Indians on the Moon, if we cannot provide our citizens with their most basic needs?
Sun, Mar 03, 2024February 25,2024 07:05:07 AM
In India, we celebrate elections with fervour and festivity but too often forget that democracy is about more than elections. What it is fundamentally about are the rights that democracy gives ordinary people to speak out if they disagree with government policies.
Sun, Feb 25, 2024February 18,2024 07:05:36 AM
Data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation says that between 2013 and 2019, farmers’ incomes rose by 30 per cent while their debts went up by 58 per cent.
Sun, Feb 18, 2024February 11,2024 07:45:08 AM
Modi is so sure of victory that he made it a point to emphasise this in his speeches in Parliament last week.
Sun, Feb 11, 2024February 04,2024 07:10:09 AM
The burden of millions living in extreme poverty is one that Modi inherited. There is no question that he has done more to reduce the weight of this burden than other prime ministers.
Mon, Feb 05, 2024