Radhika Ramaseshan

Columnist and political commentator.

Radhika Ramaseshan

Nothing has deterred the youths. On the contrary, the brute force faced by them on the morning of July 20 emboldened them

Tone-deaf reply to an evolving youth anthem

Radhika Ramaseshan

22 Jul 2026

5 min read

Survival is the key for the regional parties. Under a regime that’s constantly scouring for fault lines, they seem to have only two options

Regional parties left with two hard rows to plough

Radhika Ramaseshan

16 Jun 2026

4 min read

The factors that fuelled the BJP’s victory leapt straight out of its playbook

How history informs game of thrones in Bengal, Tamil Nadu

Radhika Ramaseshan

07 May 2026

4 min read

The Prime Minister's "discovery” of the prosaic jhalmuri and his party-men’s public consumption of fish were tropes in the BJP’s campaign to connect with Bengalis in ways only it can think of

The narratives playing in poll battlegrounds

Radhika Ramaseshan

24 Apr 2026

4 min read

Dapper and eloquent, Raghav Chadha spoke the language of a quintessential upper-middle-class urbanite without the cynicism of someone tired of the existing system.

What a politician's rise and fall reveals about ambitious AAP

Radhika Ramaseshan

07 Apr 2026

4 min read

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Battle lines shifting in sands of time

Radhika Ramaseshan

18 Mar 2026

4 min read

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