Political Adda throws light on events, policy announcements, court judgments that shapes the political discourse. Let's take a glimpse of the month of October.

The family saga of the Yadav family seems to be never ending. The patriarch, son, uncle, nephew, wife ; all crossing swords with each other. This has come as delight for the Opposition Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to benefit without making an effort. The war ended, as of now, with a truce at the silver jubilee celebration of the Samajwadi party held in Lucknow.

The row over nationalists versus anti-nationalists has played out at another round with the mingling of art and politics. Raj Thackeray, the nativist Maharashtrain politician known for his sons-of-the sail platform, threatened to stall the screening of Karan Johar’s Diwali film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’. The film apart from Ranibir Kapoor and Aishwaraya Rai has in its cast the Pakistani actor ‘Fawad Khan’, the source of the unanticipated controversy. The matter was finally settled when Karan Johar promised to contribute Rs 5 crore to the Army welfare fund and ensured a hassle free release for his film. Nationalism has been the triumphant ideology across the globe but one needs to careful of the form it takes.

The entire world is full of anticipation for November 8- the day citizens of U.S.A. elect their President. The anticipation is justified as the victory of either of the Presidential candidates will be a historic moment for the United States of America( the epitome of liberal democracy for the world). The battle in America represents a larger battle in the realm of ideas: classical capitalism versus financial capitalism, globalization versus anti-globalization and cosmopolitanism versus nativism.