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Tavleen Singh
Tavleen Singh, a leading Columnist associated with The Indian Express. Find all Columns from Tavleen Singh here.
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Tavleen Singh writes: PM Modi’s speech was too long, too angry, and more appropriate for an election rallyPremium Story
August 13,2023 06:45:41 AM
That sense of being at an election rally was heightened by the slogans he encouraged his MPs to raise when he said something he thought was exceptional.
Sun, Aug 13, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Will India become an economic superpower or slide down into the depths of barbarism?Premium Story
August 06,2023 07:12:58 AM
Gurugram is not just a Haryanvi city it is a suburb of Delhi. In it can be seen on almost every other wall posters advertising G20 meetings and words of inspiration from the Prime Minister like ‘one earth, one planet, one family
Mon, Aug 07, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Why is PM Modi finding it so hard to lead from the front in Manipur?Premium Story
July 30,2023 06:46:31 AM
There are certainly historic reasons why Manipur has imploded in this way, but this is not a time for history but for dealing with what is happening today. Modi led from the front when that bridge broke in Morbi and when there was the train crash in Balasore. Why is he finding it so hard to lead from the front in Manipur?
Sun, Jul 30, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: If Rahul Gandhi could travel to Manipur, why has the PM not found time to go?Premium Story
July 23,2023 06:44:04 AM
When leaders fail to lead when leadership is truly needed, they cannot escape being asked questions exactly like this.
Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Look down as we fly to the moonPremium Story
July 16,2023 07:15:24 AM
If planned urbanization does not become a priority our dear Bharat Mata will look like a vast slum.
Sun, Jul 16, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: BJP’s laundromat can’t revive high ideals that defined Modi’s first campaignPremium Story
July 09,2023 07:30:37 AM
Unsurprising really if you keep in mind that just a year ago it was another Maharashtrian political party that was destroyed by supposed irreconcilable internal divisions so grave that they brought down Uddhav Thackeray’s government.
Sun, Jul 09, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: It’s time for PM Modi to get rid of his speechwritersPremium Story
July 02,2023 07:00:18 AM
Too many of Narendra Modi’s speeches these days sound like speeches we have heard before.
Mon, Jul 03, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Modi will have to do lot more than say nice things about democracyPremium Story
June 25,2023 06:50:14 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: If Modi wants to build on the success of his first state visit to the United States, he will need to do a lot more than say nice things about democracy.
Mon, Jun 26, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Timing spoiled Rahul’s US show… this is Modi’s moment in the sunPremium Story
June 18,2023 07:10:10 AM
Rahul Gandhi could not have chosen a worse moment to try and convince the Indian diaspora in America that he is a worthy alternative to Narendra Modi
Sun, Jun 18, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: We should not allow political leaders to get away with religious dog whistlesPremium Story
June 11,2023 07:15:08 AM
The Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, seems determined to tear apart the social fabric of Mumbai city in the hope of electoral gains next year.
Mon, Jun 12, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: PM Modi has failed to deliver on the right-wing economic agendaPremium Story
June 04,2023 07:35:18 AM
Modi's critics charge him rightly with centralising economic power in his own hands and taking personal credit for everything that has been built since he became prime minister.
Sun, Jun 04, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes on nine years of Modi government: Lessons for both sidesPremium Story
May 28,2023 07:30:47 AM
I believe it is time for Modi to acknowledge that the belligerent Hindutva that has spread on his watch has damaged the tenets of the Sanatan Dharma and not just the status of Indian Muslims.
Mon, May 29, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes on tax on foreign credit card transactions: Back to the worst of times?Premium Story
May 21,2023 07:25:38 AM
The only Indians who managed to travel abroad regularly were rich businessmen, politicians, and bureaucrats, and their progeny who went as students to some of the best universities in the world.
Sun, May 21, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: PM needs to ask himself if it is wise to spend weeks and months on campaign trailPremium Story
May 14,2023 06:48:37 AM
There is another message for the BJP from Karnataka. If the Prime Minister is the main candidate, then he will be personally blamed when defeat comes instead of victory.
Tue, May 16, 2023
Congress gets it wrong againPremium Story
May 07,2023 07:55:58 AM
All of this has happened because some idiotic advisor in Rahul Gandhi’s inner circle decided to insert a paragraph in the party’s manifesto that puts the Bajrang Dal in the same bracket as the Popular Front of India (PFI).
Sun, May 07, 2023
PM Modi’s inability to better India’s political culture is one of his biggest failuresPremium Story
April 30,2023 07:30:12 AM
Why has nobody advised Congress leaders to focus instead on the criminals that fill the ranks of the BJP? How can Modi promise a ‘new India’ when the worst people from that old India continue to thrive?
Mon, May 01, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Gangsterism instead of justicePremium Story
April 23,2023 07:50:07 AM
If ‘new’ India is going to become a country in which the rule of law is ground into the dust by bulldozers, then we must accept that this new India will not be called a democracy.
Sun, Apr 23, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Why Uttar Pradesh breeds so many criminals and gangstersPremium Story
April 16,2023 07:45:45 AM
If urban schools are bad, rural ones are worse. It is no surprise to come across villages in which there are twice as many private schools as government schools because people would rather pay for their children to get an education than let them pretend to be studying in a government school.
Sun, Apr 16, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Will anyone challenge Modi?Premium Story
April 09,2023 07:01:07 AM
Tavleen Singh writes: There is no challenger in sight. But Modi is not one to take things for granted, so he warned BJP workers last week that they better not become complacent.
Mon, Apr 10, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Truth is, there has never been any real support for Khalistan inside PunjabPremium Story
April 02,2023 07:50:05 AM
When Amritpal Singh is caught, which he will be, there must be a trial that is so transparent that we discover exactly where his political and financial support comes from.
Sun, Apr 02, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Rahul Gandhi may not be the most skillful politician, but it’s hard to see him as a criminalPremium Story
March 26,2023 06:20:41 AM
Meanwhile, the Budget got passed last week without debate because Parliament has not functioned in the hope that Rahul Gandhi will apologise for saying that Indian democracy is under threat.
Tue, Mar 28, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Rahul Gandhi wins this roundPremium Story
March 19,2023 06:55:10 AM
I am no admirer of Rahul Gandhi but concede that in the needless brouhaha about what he said and did not say on his foreign tour he has behaved with more dignity and maturity than the Prime Minister or the senior ministers he chose as his attack team.
Sun, Mar 19, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Lutyens Delhi remains as privileged as under Congress rule, only the inhabitants of bungalows have changedPremium Story
March 12,2023 07:00:51 AM
In nearly every shot of Rahul from London there is Sam Pitroda by his side. This is the man who when asked about the pogroms against the Sikhs said ‘hua to hua’.
Sun, Mar 12, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Democracies do not survive long unless there is an Opposition that can act as a curbPremium Story
March 05,2023 07:07:02 AM
Rahul Gandhi likes to dwell on the death of democracy in India but appears not to notice that one of the most important things in democracies is the ability to win elections.
Sun, Mar 05, 2023
Tavleen Singh writes: Why the rise of Amritpal Singh is extremely disturbingPremium Story
February 26,2023 07:15:08 AM
It is hard to say if Amritpal Singh would have garnered the support that he clearly has if the farmers movement had been better handled. What it is possible to say is that once more Punjab is seeing a ‘war against the Indian state’ led by a fanatical Sikh preacher.
Mon, Mar 20, 2023