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Nation Craft, State Craft July 5, 2018

Should public servants block citizens on social media?

India’s Minister of External Affairs – Sushma Swaraj has been known to be more active on social media than most of her peers – women…

Nation Craft, State Craft June 28, 2018

Road to the world’s largest elections

In about a year India will vote for our members of the lower house of the parliament – The Lok Sabha, and will break its…

Nation Craft, State Craft June 21, 2018

Five must-read books on Indian politics for political communicators

We’re less than a year away from what is set to be the largest elections in the history of mankind. Many of you might passively…

Nation Craft, State Craft June 7, 2018

The job of a Political Spokesperson

A political spokesperson can have a particularly challenging job – from being responsible for defending the indefensible to representing ideas that are not theirs. If…

Nation Craft, State Craft May 24, 2018

Fake News or False News and how to tackle it

Fake News or False News as it is also known, has existed since the news has. Its significance has picked up more recently, as digital…

Nation Craft, State Craft May 17, 2018

Karnataka Elections – What Worked

Even as the dust settles on one of the most eventful elections in India since the 2014 general elections, we are not quite sure which…

Nation Craft, State Craft May 10, 2018

The art of political Speech Making

If you’re in the subcontinent, the odds are you have been exposed to a political speech by one political leader or another. The odds are…

Nation Craft, State Craft March 22, 2018

Karnataka Elections 2018 – Five Issues that will Matter

Karnataka elections, due in about a month, are possibly the most critical prelim to the 2019 general elections. Karnataka is the largest state where Indian…

Nation Craft, State Craft March 1, 2018

Goodhart’s Law – The Flip-side of Measurement

“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” – Goodhart’s law This cartoon strip illustrates the kind of conundrum in…

political correctness in political communications

Nation Craft, State Craft February 22, 2018

Political Correctness – Paying the Tax on Language

There is a ghastly troupe of political and entertainment elites in India whose virtue signalling echoes amongst and above themselves. Many politicians by nature and…