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Chitrabhanu Kadalayil

Chitrabhanu Kadalayil

Deputy Comment Editor
Before joining the opinion desk at The National, Chitrabhanu worked in the paper's sports section as a cricket and tennis writer, editor and podcaster. Prior to that, he was with Mid Day and The Indian Express newspapers. Once passionate about listening to music, hiking, playing gully cricket and biking along the beach, he now spends most of his spare time being overwhelmed by fatherhood.
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Motorists in Bangalore pass a 'Make in India' lion statue. Policy is needed to expand the competitiveness of India's manufacturing base. EPA
Looming US tariffs could be a 'good crisis' for India

India's balance-of-payments setback in 1991 led to important reforms. Will Trump's aggressive trade policy spur New Delhi into further changes?

March 31, 2025
India and Pakistan will play a Champions Trophy match in Dubai on Sunday. AFP
Now is the time for an India-Pakistan ‘Deal of the Century’

Modi has all the tools at his disposal for a subcontinental detente

February 21, 2025
Manmohan Singh, who served as India's prime minister for 10 years, is a post-Cold War historical figure. Reuters
Manmohan Singh: a post-Cold War historical figure

It could be a while before a post-Cold War historical figure like him emerges again

December 30, 2024
Supporters of India's opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, shout slogans during an election rally in the India-administered Kashmir region on September 4. Mr Ghandi's party has countered the new government’s agenda every step of the way. AP
India's political playing field is more even than it's been for years

After 100 days, Narendra Modi's BJP finds itself reined in by feisty coalition partners and a buoyant opposition

September 17, 2024
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leaves at the end of a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Reuters
Kishida’s legacy should be defined by his achievements, not mistakes
August 20, 2024
Trinamool Congress Party supporters celebrate their party's election results in Kolkata on Tuesday. EPA
Whatever happens in India's election, change is coming

Narendra Modi's BJP, while still a force to be reckoned with, will be a diminished one

June 04, 2024
A woman displays the indelible ink mark on her finger after voting in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Monday. India's ruling BJP party, instead of making the election a referendum on its own performance over the past decade, it is attempting to shift the focus to the opposition. AP
Is the BJP's 'Mission 400' seat target mission impossible?

With the race having passed the halfway mark, some analysts are now asking not what the ruling party's margin of victory will be but whether it will win at all

May 15, 2024
In some areas, the BJP has been forced to diversify its agenda, even at the risk of diluting its Hindutva ideology, particularly in the southern states and territories where Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been campaigning strenuously to improve on the party's 2019 performance. EPA
Can Modi's BJP become a truly pan-India party?

How the movement manages its many competing interests will determine the success or failure of the party’s expansionary project

April 18, 2024
Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal, delivers a speech at a meeting of the opposition alliance, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, fourth from left, in Bengaluru, India, before next year's general election. EPA
Is the writing already on the wall for India's opposition?

The 28-party INDIA alliance has interesting ideas but it lacks a coherent message to take on the governing BJP in the 2024 election

December 18, 2023
Indian security personnel and Delhi police check people and vehicles heading towards the Parliament House in New Delhi on Wednesday. EPA
Despite a security breach, India's Parliament belongs to its people

An investigation is necessary, but the decision to bar ordinary citizens from visiting the legislature should be swiftly revoked

December 13, 2023
Indian cricketers celebrate after taking a wicket against New Zealand in the World Cup semi-finals in Mumbai this week. AFP
If India can work the way its cricket team does, the future is bright

While it is a stretch for a nation to apply sporting successes to other walks of life, why shouldn’t it at least try?

November 21, 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talking to Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in the old parliament building, in New Delhi, in September. AP
Can Kharge become India's first Dalit prime minister?

The resurgence of caste and social justice as issues in national politics could blunt the BJP's Hindu nationalist trump card in next year's election

October 31, 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the start of the inaugural ceremony of the new parliament building in New Delhi in May. AP Photo
From India to Bharat to the Moon, the BJP is leaving no stone unturned

The opposition INDIA alliance has left the governing party worried ahead of the 2024 general election

September 06, 2023
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at the parliament in New Delhi on Monday after his Lok Sabha membership was restored. EPA
Rahul Gandhi should avoid the limelight, for the 'India' alliance's sake

The coalition of opposition parties cannot defeat Narendra Modi in 2024 by promoting any of its leaders as its prime ministerial candidate

August 10, 2023
A mourner pays respects to late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot on July 8, 2022. Reuters
How is Japan faring a year after Shinzo Abe's assassination?

The approval ratings of Abe's successor Fumio Kishida are up even as he faces challenges on the domestic front

July 07, 2023

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