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Dilip Cherian | The silence of empty chairs in the corridors of MP...

Chief Minister's minimalist approach leaves key commissions vacant

1 May 2024 6:50 PM GMT

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Devi Kar | Let’s scrap board exams, it’s ruining India’s young

Critique of exam-centric education system urges for reforms to preserve childhood and promote holistic learning

1 May 2024 6:37 PM GMT

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Bhopinder Singh | Amid talk of India’s rising global role, not even a...

There was a time when socio-economic desperation relegated foreign policy to the backburner during election season. Not...

30 April 2024 6:40 PM GMT

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Shikha Mukerjee | Disenchanted voters bad news in ‘wave-less’ polls

The forecast for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, till it was actually called, was it would be a triumph for the Narendra...

30 April 2024 6:40 PM GMT

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Aakar Patel | Apex court rulings on Hindutva give BJP, RSS room to...

The Prime Minister has been accused of violating the Representation of the People Act in his speech, which the...

29 April 2024 6:32 PM GMT

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Mohan Guruswamy | Maoism or Modism: The perils of personality cult

The outpouring of outrage over the arrest of “Urban Maoists” on patently spurious charges reminds me about what that ...

29 April 2024 6:24 PM GMT

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Sanjaya Baru | Who built Hyderabad? Secret of the city’s rise

At a recent dinner for the head of a multinational firm visiting India the conversation turned to Hyderabad. We were a...

28 April 2024 6:40 PM GMT

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Kishwar Desai | Booker ‘sugar daddies’ of lit; Liz’s bestseller toast...

In this brave new world where everyone is being politically correct, it is something of a conundrum to find that the...

28 April 2024 6:30 PM GMT

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Anita Katyal | Manifesto fiasco costs Cong dear; BJP forced to lean on...

Launched with great fanfare and described as a path-breaking document, the Congress Party’s election manifesto has...

27 April 2024 6:40 PM GMT

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Ranjona Banerji | Palestine, and a tale of two democracies

It’s fascinating to watch how functioning democracies totally abhor any semblance of democratic behaviour from its ...

27 April 2024 6:40 PM GMT

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Pavan K. Varma | Our inequality is inherited, curable only by solid...

Sam Pitroda’s comments on inheritance tax were unwarranted and unnecessary, and the BJP is, predictably, using it to...

27 April 2024 5:43 PM GMT

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Farrukh Dhondy | Amid Gaza war, efforts on to ban pro-Palestinian...

“Come visit the all-seeing Sachapir His words fulfilling as a bowl of kheer Predicting the past is his expertise ...

26 April 2024 6:56 PM GMT