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The Vande Bharat paradox

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Avay Shukla

Why In(didn’t)Go and we didn’t see

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Aditya Anand

Government yes, governance no

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Aditya Anand

Europe can’t do enough to appease Trump

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Ashok Swain

It’s all about the money, honey…and a dash of blackmail

It’s all about the money, honey…and a dash of blackmail

Now that the ‘Fasten your seat belt’ signs have been switched off and IndiGo’s schedule is limping back to normal, it seems like a good time to try...

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Avay Shukla

Gloss over the cracks: Centre polishes MGNREGA’s name, not its problems

Gloss over the cracks: Centre polishes MGNREGA’s name, not its problems

It was only a matter of time before the government, having already renamed everything from railway stations to islands, finally turned its...

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Yajnaseni Chakraborty

‘Third World’ or not, that is the question

‘Third World’ or not, that is the question

US President Donald Trump’s 27 November announcement on Truth Social that he’ll suspend migration from ‘Third World countries’ — made after...

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Sarosh Bana

America’s phony war on drug trafficking

America’s phony war on drug trafficking

The United States maintains that it is conducting a war on drugs in the Caribbean, yet the scale and posture of Operation Southern Spear suggest a...

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Sarosh Bana

An idiot’s guide to Macaulay’s legacy

An idiot’s guide to Macaulay’s legacy

Delivering the sixth Ramnath Goenka lecture on 17 November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi replayed an old familiar theme of the Sangh Parivar — the...

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Hasnain Naqvi

Why the IMF doesn’t buy India’s GDP data

Why the IMF doesn’t buy India’s GDP data

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) unflattering report on India’s national accounts has once again focused attention on the dubious nature of...

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Arun Kumar

Babri demolition: The ‘accident’ that changed India

Babri demolition: The ‘accident’ that changed India

On yet another 6 December, one feels obliged to write about the most seminal movement in modern India and one that transformed our politics...

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Aakar Patel