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Pavan K Varma | Successors & rising stars: Cabinet rejig to reveal all

When I was posted in our embassy in Moscow in the era of the Soviet Union, one of the key preoccupations of diplomats...

8 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

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Anita Katyal | Uma outburst a blow to BJP; Aiyar in good books of Cong

After lying low for some time, the firebrand sanyasin and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharati is in the news once...

8 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Shashi Warrier | In the name of flight security

It’s strange what they do in the name of security. You don’t notice it much of the time but if you happen to...

8 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Shobhaa De | Why have we become a nation of ‘darpoks’?

It is time to say it out loud: We, as a people, have been reduced to putty in the hands of the powers that be. Voiceless...

7 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | Of white wines & single malts: The snobbery over...

“O Bachchoo you Who were with me at Thermopylae Interpreting omens in the sky Do you recall the slaughter of that...

7 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Anand K Sahay | China tilt by Kathmandu to disturb ties with India

Why don’t they like us?” This is the agonising question that Prime Minister Narendra Modi once asked an...

6 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Sukhu favourite emerges as HP’s new chief secy

Prabodh Saxena has emerged as Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu’s choice as the state’s...

5 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why the global reach of a ‘Vishwa Guru’...

As deadly explosions continue to hit Ukraine, Russia’s invasion also highlights something that might explain why...

5 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC leaves a lot of loose ends with...

The Supreme Court should not have considered the entire question of demonetisation, and its validity or otherwise, in...

4 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Dinesh C. Sharma | How the Nizam in 1947 waged propaganda war against...

We live in the information age, bombarded with thousands of messages, news stories and data daily. Political parties,...

4 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | India’s Pakistan obsession: Can doctrine shift to...

In concluding his chapter on intelligence agencies and their manner of functioning, Amarjit Singh Dulat, a former head...

3 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Shikha Mukerjee | How the three-shell trick works in India’s...

India’s political theatre is tricky enough to negotiate. With all the hidden and visible bumps that can trip the...

3 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST