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News Capsule For The Month of August 2025

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Following are the top news for the month.   If you wish to follow and get notifications of future articles, you can sign up using the email on the left sidebar.  Article of the month Kerala  Renowned Malayalam writer and scholar MK Sanoo passes away.  Actor and artist Kalabhavan Navas passed away. Kerala's '2-Rupee Doctor' AK Rairu Gopal Dies At 80. Swiggy delivery agent killed as speeding private bus hits bike near Kochi. R I Praveen, a resident of Deepa Cottage, Mariapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, has enrolled in the prestigious institution, breaking a long-standing gender norm in this classical dance form tradition.  'Gandhi is my hero': Kenyan Govt official Ali Hare Ruwa conducts research on Gandhian philosophy in Kerala.  NRI booked for wife's suicide in Sharjah detained at the airport. Kerala CM calls for a report on school and hospital buildings needing repair or demolition. 30 bottles of coconut oil were stolen from the Kochi store; cash, othe...

The Successes of BJP in the Past Decade and How It Continues to Be Invincible

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Here is an article by combining an excerpt from the Book- How BJP Wins by Prashant Sha and the authors' analysis of BJP's performance in recent times. This book is covering varied perspectives on the BJP and how it has consistently worked in the past decade to be the number 1 or the default party in the country.  The BJP through the Modi wave swept the 2014 elections primarily through, Gujarat Model. The idea of Modi's victory came not only from the Gujarat model. It has already been talking but one of the primary reasons that gave BJP the momentum was the failure of UPA II and the shambolic governance of the Congress Party, the allegations of corruption under the UPA, Hindutva-related issues like Article 370, Ram Mandir and the Anti-Pak rhetoric of the BJP. In 2019, anti-terror efforts such as surgical strikes and a muscular policy against Pakistan has worked alongside effective governance compared to the 2009-14 UPA misgovernance instability due to coalition. This resulte...