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Opinion | Goodbye, Public Historians! Why Search for Hindu Kings Destroying Temples is Politics and Not History

Written By: Utpal Kumar News18.com Last Updated: May 23, 2024, 11:01 IST New Delhi, India There are similarities between the kind of...

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Opinion | ‘Wealth Redistribution’: Rahul’s Congress Stuck in a Time Warp, Treading the Disastrous Mao Path

Written By: Utpal Kumar News18.com Last Updated: April 26, 2024, 17:20 IST New Delhi, India The tragedy of the Congress is that the...

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Opinion | Dragon Shadow Over Arunachal and the One-China Myth

Centuries before the Christian Era, Central and West Asia were predominantly Sanskrit cultures. And they continued to flourish till the advent of...

29.03.2024 6

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Opinion I Nehru’s China Blunder and Britain’s Dangerous Doublespeak: Decoding Vijay Gokhale’s New Book

It’s not just Kautilya’s Mandala theory that makes Pakistan and China eternal enemies of Bharat. For the uninitiated, it must be reiterated that...

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Opinion I Narasimha Rao Was a Batman of Indian Politics, Bharat Needed to Acknowledge this Ratna

Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, in a true sense of the word, was a Batman of Indian politics. He became Prime Minister at a time when...

10.02.2024 8

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Opinion | How Lutyens’ Delhi Derailed Nitish Kumar’s Political Career — And Bihar’s Growth Prospect

In 1991, American economist Robert Reich wrote an article highlighting the growing social divide in the US. He called it the “secession of the...

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Opinion | Congress Commits Political Hara-kiri, Disowns Ram Again

The Congress leadership will boycott the Ram Mandir’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22. The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra...

13.01.2024 10

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Opinion | Why India Should Use Maldivian Self-Goal To Push Tourism In Lakshadweep

It’s a goal. A goal which India wasn’t even willing to score. In fact, India was happy playing the ball in its own half. But such has been the...

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Opinion | Antisemitism on American Campuses Can Soon Take a Hinduphobic Turn

Antisemitism has been on the rise in the West, especially since Israel has decided to turn Gaza into rubble after Hamas’ dastardly attack on October...

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Opinion | Bangladesh, Arab Spring and America’s Dangerous Obsession with Regime Change

When it comes to democracy, the United States often acts like a jilted lover. It is obsessively in love with the notion. And when spurned, it turns...

14.12.2023 10

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Opinion | Being Hindu in Bangladesh: No Light at the End of the Tunnel

What’s being a Hindu in Bangladesh — or in Pakistan? A new book on this theme has just come out, written by senior journalist Deep Halder and...

11.12.2023 10

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Opinion | Nehru and Kashmir: Big Blunders, Contested Legacies

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, while introducing the two Bills — Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and Jammu and...

07.12.2023 9

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Opinion | Congress Invoking North-South Divide is Old Aryan-Dravidian Wine in New Bottle, Will Only Script its Demise

What does a person with no appetite for improvement do after a dismal performance? If he fails in a game, he blames the pitch, the weather, the...

06.12.2023 10

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Opinion | Osama, the Latest Left-‘Liberal’ Hero, and the Flawed Notion of Islamic Land

Amid the raging war in Gaza, Osama bin Laden has suddenly become a hero of the pro-Palestine lobby in the US, with several young Americans posting...

21.11.2023 9

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Book Review | How 2024 is the Year of Reckoning for India, Indians and Indian Politics

Minhaz Merchant stands out for his journalistic neutrality. It is indispensable for him in journalism “to not only be politically neutral” but...

12.11.2023 10

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Opinion | From Ukraine to Gaza: Are We on the Brink of World War III?

In A Tale of Love and Darkness, Israeli novelist and essayist Amos Oz highlights a typical Jewish dilemma, despair and desperation for survival. In...

05.11.2023 10

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Opinion | Hamas Isn’t Palestine: Why Inviting a Hamas Leader to Address Pro-Palestine Rally in Kerala is Problematic

Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre had just announced their decision to write a book on Israel. The book later came out as O Jerusalem!, and became...

30.10.2023 4

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Opinion | ‘Crybaby’ Canada Silly to Invoke Geneva Convention, But US Comes Out Sillier Exhibiting Colonial Mindset

The more one expects the West to come to terms with the Eastward shifting of global power and reorient its policies accordingly, especially with the...

23.10.2023 2

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Opinion | Why It’s Reprehensible to Compare Israel’s Retaliatory War with Hamas’ Nihilistic Violence

The propensity of Hamas to indulge in terrorism is no surprise. An outfit pursuing the worst of Islamist ideology will resort to violence at the time...

12.10.2023 8

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Opinion | Why Trudeau’s Hitjob Against India May Have Western Deep State Connection

The more one ponders over Justin Trudeau’s hitjob against India, the more it becomes obvious that he may not be the only player in the sinister game...

27.09.2023 3

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Opinion | India’s Terrorists Can’t Be West’s ‘Father Figures’: Learn From Canada’s Role In Kanishka Bombing

The diplomatic ties between India and Canada have hit a nadir after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused New Delhi for the murder of Hardeep Singh...

25.09.2023 3

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Opinion | ‘Canadian Taxpayers Paying to Kill Indians’: Trudeau Exposes Canada’s Terror Underbelly

All that could have gone wrong during Justin Trudeau’s recent India visit went wrong. First, he was royally ignored by New Delhi, and then when he...

22.09.2023 3

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