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Shifting goalposts: The many strands of the Sangh Parivar narrative

‘Joint-family and indissoluble marriage have been the basis of Hindu society. Laws that alter this basis will ultimately lead to the disintegration...

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Aakar Patel

'SIR designed to delete the landless and the unlettered'

Outspoken and sincere, Sudhakar Singh is the Rashtriya Janata Dal MP from Buxar, Bihar. As former state agriculture minister, he famously accused...

sunday 2

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Aakar Patel

Gender equality needs a new imagination

We are living in a time of moral decay, inhumanity and impunity. Constitutional institutions are losing their spine. Mob rule is on the rise. It’s...

sunday 10

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Roop Rekha Verma

Why the war in Gaza doesn’t stop

At the time of writing, Israel’s seemingly interminable war on Gaza had entered Day #655. The devastation defies description. More than 60,000...

sunday 3

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Roop Rekha Verma

‘This fight will continue, no matter what’

The Odisha assembly elections are still four years away, yet the state’s political landscape is already witnessing heightened activity — especially...

sunday 1

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Herjinder

The casino is rigged; long live the casino!

The oldest (and most disregarded) secret in the world of gambling is that you cannot win against the house. The decks are stacked, the cards are...

26.07.2025 5

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Avay Shukla

Why can’t the BJP find its next president?

Nearly a year after securing a slender mandate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party finds itself unable to elect a new...

26.07.2025 20

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Sharad Gupta

Why are we so callous about worker safety?

Let us look at three examples that illustrate the plight of workers due to inadequate safety in the workplace. On 30 June, Telangana witnessed its...

26.07.2025 4

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Ajit Ranade

West Bengal politics: A change of tone and tactics

There is a marked shift in political battle cries in the state — from the more Hindutva-oriented slogans like 'jai Shri Ram' and 'Bajrangbali ki...

24.07.2025 3

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Sourabh Sen

No liability, all optics: India's infrastructure mess

On 9 July, the Gambhira bridge near Vadodara, Gujarat, collapsed into the Mahisagar river, killing at least 18 people and leaving several others...

22.07.2025 1

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Amal Chandra

Flight AI-171: An investigation or a cover-up?

On 12 July, at the unearthly hour of 1.00 am, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report on the crash of Air...

20.07.2025 4

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Aditya Anand

A history of shifting ground

The BJP is seen today as a corporate-friendly political party, and this is the view held by both the party’s votaries and its opponents. Supporters...

20.07.2025 2

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Aditya Anand

India diplomatic antics land it between a rock and a hard place

During Donald Trump’s first term as president of the United States, countries with high trade volumes with America woke up to the danger he posed....

20.07.2025 2

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Aditya Anand

Gaza’s ‘humanitarian’ concentration camp

Irony just died a thousand deaths. Or is it 60,000? After 22 months of an utterly remorseless slaughter of Palestinians, the Israeli government of...

20.07.2025 4

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Ashok Swain

When the US push comes to shove, India must resist

India is trying to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the United States even as President Donald Trump’s unpredictable behaviour and...

20.07.2025 3

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Ashok Swain