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Aakar Patel | Why the BJP Did an About-Turn On the Free Market and Civil Liberties

Aakar Patel | Why the BJP Did an About-Turn On the Free Market and...

A look at the BJP’s shift from socialist ideas to free-market support

21 July 2025 11:03 PM IST

Kamal Davar | Restoring India’s Fractured Ties With Dhaka Should Be Key Delhi Priority

Kamal Davar | Restoring India’s Fractured Ties With Dhaka Should Be...

Since its liberation from its oppressive West Pakistani rulers, who ordered the butchery of lakhs of their then East...

20 July 2025 9:55 PM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | How Pluralism, Liberalism Define Hyderabad Identity | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | How Pluralism, Liberalism Define Hyderabad Identity |...

Chief minister Reddy deserves full marks for issuing this statement. Though, to be sure, he is carrying forward a legacy...

20 July 2025 8:37 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | As Bihar Heads For Polls, Honour Syncretic Culture

Pavan K. Varma | As Bihar Heads For Polls, Honour Syncretic Culture

It is a fact that cynical politicians use ordinary Indians as puppets to reinforce religion-based vote banks. People...

19 July 2025 11:52 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Whos Coming to Tharoors Party? Shringla Headed for a Bigger Role?

Anita Katyal | Who's Coming to Tharoor's Party? Shringla Headed for a...

The invitees usually include a mix of leaders from the Congress as well as other Opposition parties like Mohua Moitra...

19 July 2025 11:34 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | What Reels May Come (before I fall asleep…)

Ranjona Banerji | What Reels May Come (before I fall asleep…)

Sleep, fingers, brain. Or maybe brain, fingers, sleep. Or the random order that I chose. Anyone one of those can be...

19 July 2025 11:25 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | If ‘Regime Change’ Looms In Tehran… Give Zoroastrians A Chance At Power | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | If ‘Regime Change’ Looms In Tehran… Give...

Nehemiah was the Emperor Cyrus’ cup-bearer and conveyed to Cyrus his distress at the enslavement of the Jewish people by...

18 July 2025 10:56 PM IST

Dev 360 | Radhika’s Killing: ‘Honour’, Control Rules Digital India | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Radhika’s Killing: ‘Honour’, Control Rules Digital India |...

He shot her four times in the back as she cooked breakfast. Her name was Radhika Yadav. She was 25

18 July 2025 10:45 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Top Secretaries Do Not Retire, They Just Acquire Some New Roles

Dilip Cherian | Top Secretaries Do Not Retire, They Just Acquire Some...

The appointments committee of the Cabinet signs off, the paperwork proceeds, and another top officer avoids the...

17 July 2025 11:00 PM IST

REFLECTIONS | Can Commonwealth Find A Role, With Help From India? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

REFLECTIONS | Can Commonwealth Find A Role, With Help From India? |...

The 56-member Commonwealth might even succeed in devising a peace formula for a West Asia whose warring entities --...

17 July 2025 10:46 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | Governance Shuffle: The Unseen Cost of Frequent Transfers in India’s Bureaucracy

Pradeep S. Mehta | Governance Shuffle: The Unseen Cost of Frequent...

Frequent reshuffles erode efficiency, dilute accountability, and corrode administrative integrity

16 July 2025 10:51 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Of Insiders and Outsiders: The Politics of Alienation

Shikha Mukerjee | Of Insiders and Outsiders: The Politics of...

Language and identity politics threaten unity and freedom of movement in India

16 July 2025 10:14 PM IST