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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...

1 May 2024 12:10 AM IST

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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...

30 April 2024 12:02 AM IST

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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 11:54 PM IST

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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...

29 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

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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...

29 April 2024 12:00 AM IST

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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...

28 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

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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 ...

28 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

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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 11:13 PM IST

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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 ...

27 April 2024 12:26 AM IST

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Amid row over masala, is the food we eat safe?

Amid all the talk about “Viksit Bharat” by 2047, it is worth remembering that a key difference between a developed...

27 April 2024 12:02 AM IST

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Sunil Gatade | Is the absence of a ‘big idea’ hurting the BJP?

If the reports after the first phase of polling are to be believed, it boils down to one finding that Prime Minister...

26 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can dialogue, diplomacy be effective in...

Not only is Israel a flourishing technological hub, one of the world’s largest weapons exporters, and the recipient of...

25 April 2024 12:34 AM IST