Columnists - Page 106

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Satish Reddy | The tech-driven, growth-centric Budget offers a...

The technology-driven Rs 45 trillion ($549.14 billion) spending Budget 2023-24 includes a futuristic “Amrit...

16 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Babus are losers in selection of new governors

The Centre has appointed over a dozen governors in various states but, oddly, there’s no bureaucrat on the list....

15 Feb 2023 7:03 AM IST

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | A new narrative for India’s future: Can Rahul...

The ancient Romans knew how to bring the most soaring ego down to earth. They devised the ceremonial triumph for an...

15 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When ‘news’ is no...

News is defined as “information about a recent event or recently changed situation”. There is something...

14 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Shikha Mukerjee | Kharge’s strategy: How the Congress can corner...

It was a perverse force of circumstances that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP had to contend with when...

14 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Syed Ata Hasnain | How Siachen obsession got better of Musharraf

In my service with the Indian Army and subsequent to that, I have had occasion to meet many flag-ranked officers...

13 Feb 2023 1:31 AM IST

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Manish Tewari | What did the balloon tell China about US?

Last week, on the fourth of February, fighter jets of the United States Air Force shot down a Chinese balloon that had...

12 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

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Shashi Warrier | The fitness of the bystander

Some decades ago, my father, living in our hometown in Kerala, had a heart attack in the wee hours of the morning. Since...

12 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

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Shobhaa De | Why time for ‘maun vrat’ is over: Silence not an...

I am on a self-imposed “maun vrat” (acute laryingitis). Not at all sure what I am protesting against. But...

11 Feb 2023 9:01 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | On ‘truth’ in the Age of Internet: How Wikipedia...

“O come with old Bachchoo and leave the lot Of Panini and Pandurang forgot Let Qutb build his minars as he will ...

11 Feb 2023 12:02 AM IST

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Using stick isn’t the way to deter child...

On the face of it, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is fighting the good fight against the social evil of child...

10 Feb 2023 12:36 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | IPS officers in Maha need to wait longer for their...

Senior bureaucrats in Maharashtra are unhappy with the state government delaying their postings. The continuous tussle...

9 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST