Left, Right & Centre

The textbook row in Rajasthan has deepened. Last year, India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was erased from Class 8 textbooks in Rajasthan. Now, Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar has overshadowed Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi - he has been shown as above the two leaders in the struggle for freedom from British rule. Is there a deliberate attempt to distort history?

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a farm loan waiver, following which farmers in the state ended their protest. A farm loan waiver was their main demand apart from getting fair price for agricultural produce. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, however, said states have to raise their own funds to reimburse the farm loan-givers, mostly banks, since they will not get their money back from farmers. Banks are also grappling with mounting non-performing assets or NPAs. Forgoing interest and even the principal on disbursed loan will only add to the bad debt. Can Maharashtra raise the emergency funds on its own without putting pressure on the state's planned budget? Is 'populist' loan-waiver sustainable at all?

There was high drama in Mandsaur today as Rahul Gandhi was arrested for trying to meet protesting farmers. As the political showdown intensifies, we look at the loan waivers state governments are offering to farmers. Are these sustainable in the long term?

A day after five farmers are killed in alleged police firing in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets senior ministers on the issue. As the protests turn more violent, is farmer distress turning out to be the biggest challenge for the BJP?

Former foreign and finance minister Yashwant Sinha speaks on his peace initiatives in Kashmir. You don't just have to talk to the Hurriyat, he says, as he tells how badly the "human shield" episode has gone down in the valley.

The Congress' highest decision making body meets and says, yet again, that Rahul Gandhi is ready to take over, but is he? Is Rahul Gandhi an asset or liability for the Congress? Can he rally the opposition together? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.

Five farmers are reportedly killed during protests in Madhya Pradesh. As the protests intensify from Maharashtra to Madhya Pradesh, is there really a serious political will to address farmer distress?

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has ruled out a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan's PM Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of an international summit this week. As the relationship with Islamabad goes into a downward spiral, we debate: should India cut off diplomatic ties with Pakistan?

A BJP leader in Meghalaya has quit the party as beef politics acquires a whole new dimension. Will this hurt the BJP politically especially as it looks to expand it's footprint in the country.

In a few hours, Donald Trump is likely to announce that the US is pulling out of the Paris climate accord. What will the impact be on India and will this unravel the fight against climate change?