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Opinion | Age Of Consent: Why 16 Is Still Too Young

Opinion | Age Of Consent: Why 16 Is Still Too Young

It may be true that some 16- to 18-year-olds possess the maturity to decide when, where, and with whom they want to have sex. But the exception...

yesterday 30

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Rahul Shivshankar

Global Watch | General Mirza’s Comedy Hour: Pakistan’s Military Lectures India On Democracy

Global Watch | General Mirza’s Comedy Hour: Pakistan’s Military Lectures India On Democracy

Pakistan is now led by a lifetime Field Marshal who wields more power than any elected official, making Mirza's lecture about India’s ‘militarised...

yesterday 10

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Arun Anand

Opinion | Modi’s ASEAN Diplomacy: Security, Students And Tourism

PM Modi's ASEAN outreach is not confined to security and state-to-state relations; it further enunciates people-to-people connectivity.

yesterday 10

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Dr Abhishek Ranjan

Opinion | JDU, BJP Contesting The Same Number Of Seats Reflects The Change In Bihar’s Politics

Opinion | JDU, BJP Contesting The Same Number Of Seats Reflects The Change In Bihar’s Politics

One of the significant aspects of the looming new era is the establishment of the BJP as one of the two main parties of the state by replacing the...

yesterday 10

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Sagarneel Sinha

Opinion | Why Henry VIII May Be Irked By Charles III’s Ecumenism

The first king dumped Catholicism and created the Church of England so that he could divorce and remarry; now the second may undo all that

yesterday 10

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Reshmi Dasgupta

Opinion | When J&K Mainstream Leaders Thrived On Conflict Rather Than Development

Opinion | When J&K Mainstream Leaders Thrived On Conflict Rather Than Development

Kashmiris are no more victims but are trendsetters out to tell the nation that they can compete with anyone and are equally capable

yesterday 10

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Sheikh Khaled Jehangir

Opinion | Why Modi’s Not Meeting Trump Gives India A Position Of Strength In Trade Deal

Opinion | Why Modi’s Not Meeting Trump Gives India A Position Of Strength In Trade Deal

There are quite a few things that Modi’s silence and elusiveness in meeting Trump at this stage achieve

previous day 10

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Satish Shah: The Man Who Made India Laugh At Itself

Opinion | Satish Shah: The Man Who Made India Laugh At Itself

Satish Shah's death isn't only the loss of a fine actor; it's the quiet fade-out of a shared rhythm of laughter that shaped an era

previous day 10

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Gautam Chintamani

Opinion | Patel Revisited: The Forgotten Architect Of Hindu-Muslim Harmony In Modern India

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel emphasised that “Hindu-Muslim unity is like a tender plant. We have to nurture it extremely carefully over a long period...

previous day 3

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Shujaat Ali Quadri

Opinion | Lighting Lives, Not Just Lamps: How Swadeshi Revives Bharatiya Livelihoods

Since the Narendra Modi government came to power in 2014, the PM has promoted reducing dependence on foreign goods and embracing self-reliance via...

previous day 6

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Shiv Prakash

Finepoint | India In The Middle: The New Rare Earth Battlefield Between US And China

Finepoint | India In The Middle: The New Rare Earth Battlefield Between US And China

As the world seeks to diversify away from China, New Delhi can offer stability, transparency, and strategic reliability, all the qualities...

sunday 20

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Shubhangi Sharma

Book Review | ‘The Chola Tigers’: When Bharat Roared Back

Book Review | ‘The Chola Tigers’: When Bharat Roared Back

Amish Tripathi weaves vengeance, dharma, and civilisational pride into a spellbinding saga of India’s forgotten retaliation against Mahmud of Ghazni

sunday 20

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Prosenjit Nath

Opinion | How Classroom Talk Boosts Child Language And Learning

Opinion | How Classroom Talk Boosts Child Language And Learning

When classrooms neglect opportunities for genuine talk—about oneself, one’s surroundings, or shared stories—children become disconnected from...

sunday 2

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Vaishali Sharma

Opinion | Max Müller To Doniger To Orsini: Why The West Sends Trojan Horses To India

Opinion | Max Müller To Doniger To Orsini: Why The West Sends Trojan Horses To India

Unless Bharat begins to take its own story seriously, vultures will come to feast

sunday 9

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | WaPo’s Fiction Factory Strikes Again: Exposing Ravi Nair’s Adani-LIC Hoax

This isn't reporting; it is a desperate, dollar-fuelled vendetta by a foreign outlet allergic to India's stellar rise under Narendra Modi

sunday 10

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Sanju Verma

Opinion | Demographic Time Bomb: Inside Modi & Shah’s Mission To Rid India Of Illegal Immigrants

Opinion | Demographic Time Bomb: Inside Modi & Shah’s Mission To Rid India Of Illegal Immigrants

According to government data, India hosts approximately 20 million illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.

25.10.2025 1

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Sanbeer Singh Ranhotra

Why India, Not The P5, Upholds The True Spirit Of A Rules-Based Order

Why India, Not The P5, Upholds The True Spirit Of A Rules-Based Order

Iraq War, invasion of Ukraine, and territorial aggression in South China Sea by the US, UK, Russia, and China are flagrant violations of UN...

25.10.2025 10

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Sohil Sinha

Opinion | Landmark EPFO Reforms By Modi Government

The Modi govt's EPFO reforms reflect a broader vision of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' — inclusive growth through technology, ease of doing business,...

25.10.2025 10

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Sanju Verma

Opinion | Pakistan’s Endless Wars: When The Pyromaniac Pretends To Be A Firefighter

Opinion | Pakistan’s Endless Wars: When The Pyromaniac Pretends To Be A Firefighter

Pakistan’s renewed airstrikes across the Durand Line mark a dangerous new low in South Asia’s long history of proxy wars and self-inflicted chaos

25.10.2025 10

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Prosenjit Nath

Opinion | Cultural Norms & Nobel Prize In Economics: Lessons For Viksit Bharat

The alignment of public policy to the way of life and cultural norms and narratives makes policymaking far more effective

25.10.2025 10

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Sriram Balasubramanian

Opinion | Trump 3.0? A Possible Third Term And The 22nd Amendment

Opinion | Trump 3.0? A Possible Third Term And The 22nd Amendment

In the tension between democratic norm and political aspiration, the upcoming period will test not only legal rules but the American commitment to...

25.10.2025 2

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Griha Atul

Opinion | Does Vast Russia Need More Land? A Political Geography Book Has Answers For Zelenskyy

Opinion | Does Vast Russia Need More Land? A Political Geography Book Has Answers For Zelenskyy

To protect itself, Russia has needed to focus on buffer states to the west like Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltic States for defensive depth.

25.10.2025 2

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Why India Must Stop Tolerating White Supremacy In Academia

Opinion | Why India Must Stop Tolerating White Supremacy In Academia

Indology has been dominated for far too long by non-Indians; it is time to reclaim it

25.10.2025 10

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Reshmi Dasgupta

Opinion | Ballrooms, Bulldozers & The People’s House: A White House Renovation Story

Opinion | Ballrooms, Bulldozers & The People’s House: A White House Renovation Story

When renovation equals demolition, when private donors fund spaces inside the “people’s house”, then the debate isn’t purely aesthetic---it’s about...

24.10.2025 10

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Griha Atul

Opinion | From Gaza Peace Process To Ukraine War: The Principle Of Consent In International Law

Opinion | From Gaza Peace Process To Ukraine War: The Principle Of Consent In International Law

Whether through formal treaties or consistent patterns of behaviour that suggest agreement, the principle of consent remains the cornerstone for...

24.10.2025 30

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Abhinav Mehrotra And Dr Biswanath Gupta

Opinion | The Afghan Trap: How Pakistan’s Quest For Strategic Depth Has Turned Into Strategic Death

Afghanistan was never Pakistan’s strategic depth but always its strategic death—a self-inflicted unravelling of a state that mistook fanaticism for...

24.10.2025 9

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Raja Muneeb

The Rise Of Virtual Warriors Portends A Dark Shade In Political Influencing

The recent social media crossfire in Tamil Nadu spotlights the growingly stark absence of decency in political one-upmanship

24.10.2025 10

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Poornima Murali

Opinion | Why Operation Blue Star Needs A Closure

Opinion | Why Operation Blue Star Needs A Closure

The nation as a whole should take responsibility for Operation Blue Star rather than turning it into a partisan issue.

24.10.2025 6

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Priyadarshi Dutta

Book Extract | The Boy Who Brewed Tea For Golwalkar And Reported The Bangladesh War

Ravindra Kishore, all of 20 years, was the only journalist from Bihar to cover the 1971 Bangladesh war

24.10.2025 4

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Prince Mathews Thomas

Opinion | Faith In The Red: Kerala’s Renaissance And The Politics Of Belief

The appropriation of Sri Narayana Guru by the Communist Party exemplifies the selective application of ideology

24.10.2025 2

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Prajesh Panikkar