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The Age of Anger began in 2014 with Modi. Now it’s time for bargaining, silence

2024 in India is the radicalisation of rights. Regardless of the verdict next month, this Lok Sabha election has silently asserted a return to the...

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Shruti Kapila

If the Congress were truly a democratic party, Sam Pitroda would be a nobody

It is obscene that a man so detached from India should occupy such a powerful position in a party that governed India for most of its republican...

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Kapil Komireddi

Newspapers are pushing Modi to inside pages more and more while TV channels remain faithful

Why are PM Modi and the BJP no longer commanding the news the way they did at the beginning of the Lok Sabha campaign? Is this a deliberate pull...

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Shailaja Bajpai

It’s a new Rahul Gandhi, a caste-warrior and class-samurai

Sonia Gandhi promised to help the poor without ever threatening the rich. Rahul Gandhi has rejected that approach and gone back in time: to his...

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Vir Sanghvi

Want to understand Punjab’s history? Look to farmers and peasants, not Gurus

Khalsa Sikhs were once a tiny minority. It was by winning over farmers that they brought the Mughal Empire to its knees.

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Anirudh Kanisetti

Congress, BJP manifestos strangely silent on transforming military to make India a great power

The least one expected from the principal political parties was an outline of the national security vision, strategy and defence policy.

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Lt Gen H S Panag (Retd)

There are two kinds of rich Indians. One believes in India story, other flees the country

While it is unfortunate that a large number of High Net Worth Individuals have left India and taken citizenship elsewhere, the number of HNIs in...

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Ashwani Mahajan

Xi Jinping is courting France. India must make sure its European partner isn’t seduced

Xi won’t be walking away from Europe with a win in hand, but his visit will almost certainly ignite arguments about the continent’s...

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Praveen Swami

Look at ‘Muslim quota’ from the lens of Pasmandas. Modi-BJP have been wooing them for long

Affirmative action in India has always been a secular project. The argument against Muslim quota ignores three key questions.

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Hilal Ahmed

Modi govt gives reason for slowdown in India’s FDI inflows. But he’s missing a larger problem

What is happening to repatriation or disinvestment by existing foreign direct investors in the country could point to a more serious problem.

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A K Bhattacharya

China’s revised State secret law shows its insecurity. It solidifies Xi’s legacy

The enactment of the revised State secret law is seen as a direct threat to over 1,00,000 Taiwanese individuals living and working in China.

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Sana Hashmi

Women prefer bears over men? Men just don’t get sarcasm, are taking offence

A TikTok and Instagram trend has reignited conversations on women’s safety. And men aren’t getting the point.

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Tina Das

Lending more to households. Not enough data to call it a sign of prosperity

We are used to thinking that banks typically lend to larger firms, and households borrow from the informal sector. It's time to revise these...

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Renuka Sane

Juna Akhara honour for Dalit, ST saints shows Hindus’ RRR ability—reorganise, reinvent, reform

By appointing Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe saints to leadership roles, the Juna Akhara reaffirms its commitment to the principles of...

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Sudarshan Ramabadran

Left Front is using SRK’s Jawan & AI in Bengal campaign. It still can’t beat TMC-BJP binary

Leaders such as Srijan Bhattacharya, Saira Shah Halim and Dipsita Dhar are trying to revive the Left Front’s fortunes in West Bengal. It may be...

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Deep Halder

Negative campaigns by BJP, Congress aren’t just bad for democracy. It hurts Dalits, Muslims

The politics of fear impacts voting behaviour and has consequences on marginalised communities, particularly Muslims and Dalits. It hurts them in...

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Arvind Kumar

India-Pakistan cricket war reaches US and is overbooked. Will there be Jai Shri Ram cries?

It is certainly not the job of the ICC to ensure the audience is democratically chosen or equal in nationality or to check that chants of...

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Meghna Rao

Met Gala is the new aspirational red carpet for Indian celebrities. Move over, Cannes

This year, at the Met, Isha Ambani wore one of Rahul Mishra’s creations, which is a sari in name only. It marked his label’s debut at what is...

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Antara Baruah

Ahmedabad’s walled city a model for climate-resistant architecture. Forego AC for arcades

In commercial areas, arcades can protect people from the sun. Remarkably, the Fort area in Mumbai and Connaught Place in Delhi, both built in the...

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Shashi Verma

AI is doing the brave work humans are still squeamish about—using they/them pronouns

The hullaballoo over LinkedIn bot’s pronoun use comes on a day when CJI DY Chandrachud used the phrase ‘pregnant person’ in his judgment. It is...

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Tina Das

Uddhav Thackeray is writing a new story for Maharashtra in 2024. He has found his voice

Uddhav Thackeray has turned into a spirited politician, crowd puller, and a firebrand driving the momentum for the MVA alliance.

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Shruti Vyas

What caused the rise and fall of Harappan civilisation? Studies debunk role of ‘river culture’

Yamuna and Sutlej disconnected from the Ghaggar-Hakra river system much before the emergence of the Harappan culture in the region.

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Disha Ahluwalia

Azad, Antony, Geetha—6 candidates to watch in 2024. Their win can reshape politics in states

While Chandra Shekhar Azad is a streetfighter who has caught the fancy of Dalit youth, Anil Antony is the face of the BJP’s fresh social...

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D.k. Singh

Karnataka, Maharashtra—Why Phase 3 could mean BJP falling short of the magic number 272

As in the second phase, the BJP-led NDA’s problem in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election is that it has an awful lot of seats to defend...

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Yogendra Yadav

India must break the myth of a ‘strong leader’ for its own good

What do Indians want in a democracy? Quick and decisive action that may not have political consensus or frustratingly slow decision-making that...

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Nilakantan Rs

Balding men should know this—there’s an ideal time for a hair transplant

Men have a societal and personal stake in keeping their hair intact and are ready to go to any lengths to keep it. But a hair transplant can’t...

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Deepali Bhardwaj

XUV 3XO a power-packed offering from Mahindra—unbeatable looks, class-leading features

Mahindra has knocked it out of the park in terms of value proposition. Prices for the base model, which features a slightly tuned down engine,...

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Kushan Mitra

India must kill terrorists. Nijjar blowback shows it also needs laws to guide assassins

The UK, US and Israel have long staged targeted killings of criminals, terrorists and their adversaries. The moral outrage against India’s...

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Praveen Swami

Don’t ask your date if they want to see you again. Their mercury retrograde is a tell-tale sign

It's just easier to blame the signs than the way Indian men are raised by their parents. I don’t want to do the work because I know the men...

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Ratan Priya

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick...

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