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Vijay turned reels, whistles, and fan edits into a political triumph

TVK tapped into young people with promises of employment, better governance, and youth-centric politics, framing old regimes as outdated while...

yesterday 8

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Shweta tripathi

Modi wins because he understands where India’s heart lies. Right in politics, Left in economics

Despite some serious efforts at easing the environment for doing business, India remains an ‘approvals & permissions’ economy, with the...

yesterday 10

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Dhiraj Nayyar

Didi and Modi and the Indian meme world exploded this week

A whole army of content creators has taken to dressing up as the deposed TMC leader. In the videos, she is beaten, kicked around, and shown as a...

yesterday 10

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Prasanna Bachchhav

India’s new wage code could raise pay without hurting jobs. Here’s how

The Code on Wages, 2019 represents a structural reform aimed at strengthening wage regulation, with potential implications for labour market outcomes.

yesterday 8

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Farzana Afridi

An inefficient entrepreneur deserves to be branded as anti-social: Arvind Narottam Lalbhai

The policy, apart from encouraging, really discourages the growth of a competitive economy, which is the only antidote to monopoly.

yesterday 10

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Arvind lalbhai

Indian aunties are leading the baddie era

Anyone doing anything confident and cool outside the box is termed a baddie in 2026. The idea has expanded far beyond age, body type, or aesthetic...

yesterday 10

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Nishtha modgil

Can HBO’s Harry Potter survive the comparison curse?

HBO's Hogwarts will definitely return for season two, but the challenge remains: Make fans feel fresh, not 'been there, hexed that.'

previous day 10

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Tarini unnikrishnan

Lessons from Op Sindoor—Pakistan spent on building, and India spent on deliberating

Pakistan’s institutional response to Sindoor was systematic and swift. Three reforms, executed within twelve months, have rebuilt the architecture...

previous day 10

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Anil raman

America’s new energy frontier runs through baroque Balkans. New Delhi must know why

IMEC projects plugging into the 3SI is a matter of when, not if. This makes US engagement in the Western Balkans significant for New Delhi.

previous day 10

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Swasti Rao

A Jain merchant’s diary of daily life under Mughal rulers Akbar, Jahangir & Shah Jahan

When Akbar dies, the Jain merchant records that he fainted in shock, cutting his head open on the stone floor of the courtyard, which ‘turned red...

previous day 10

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Krishnokoli Hazra

Why India must find ways to be visible on the Middle East crisis

If New Delhi seeks to move beyond being a voice of the Global South to becoming a consequential global actor, then moments of crisis are not...

previous day 10

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Shishir Priyadarshi

19 Kumaon regiment had no avalanche cords, boots, crampons. It secured Gyong La with sacrifice

The ridgeline in the region to be captured was at an average height of 20,000 feet. The soldiers of 19 Kumaon didn’t have even basic mountaineering...

previous day 20

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Amit Krishankant Paul

Why the Baltic states remember the Soviet Union as an occupier

While the world celebrated in 1945, three nations were being erased from the map by a Soviet regime masking its empire as anti-imperialism.

previous day 10

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Diana mickevičienė

Why should only Muslims be responsible for defending secularism? TMC’s Bengal loss isn’t on us

Why does a party that presents itself as secular begin to feel a sense of entitlement over Muslim votes? And why do they not have the same sentiment...

previous day 10

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Amana Begam

Tamil Nadu, Keralam, Bengal signal a new political order. BJP’s road to 2029 starts now

BJP has to show exemplary performance in the states under its control, retain those that will go to polls next year, win new geographies, and aim for...

previous day 10

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Seshadri Chari

Bengal is notoriously prone to political violence. It didn’t start with TMC-BJP rivalry

The murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide, Chandranath Rath, has shaken both the political stakeholders and the civil society.

thursday 10

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Deep Halder

By refusing to resign, Mamata Banerjee isn’t resisting authoritarianism—she is becoming it

Mamata Banerjee spent decades fighting for Bengalis' right to vote. It would be a tragedy for her legacy if she told those same Bengalis their vote...

thursday 10

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Shashank Maheshwari

Operation Sindoor 2 could unfold in 5 yrs. Pakistan is learning from Iran

Pakistan cannot match India economically and militarily. The Iran model is tailor-made for it. Islamabad will invest in select technologies to match...

thursday 8

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Lt Gen H S Panag

To understand Mughal history, look at the wives and daughters. Not just male rulers

Descriptions of life in the residential quarters of the palace give us a greater insight into the culture of the Mughals beyond performative aspects...

thursday 9

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Swapna Liddle

How pragmatic calculations shaped Mughal rule in medieval West Bengal and Tamil Nadu

In the late 18th century, Nawab Muhammad Ali Walajah shared his royal accoutrements—the markers of sovereignty—with both the Nathar Wali shrine...

thursday 10

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Anirudh Kanisetti

Opposition doesn’t know how to beat BJP. What it can learn from Hungarian Magyar’s playbook

Rahul Gandhi has chosen to ally with regional parties that brought the Congress down to where it is today. Survival, not revival, seems to be the...

thursday 10

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D.k. Singh

How the Iran War is draining Wall Street tech funding

A 'disappearing' flow of Middle Eastern dollars could force American AI giants into risky debt as Gulf capital pivots to domestic needs.

thursday 10

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Rebecca patterson

The siren that took 15 years to ring—Inside India’s emergency tech saga

Millions of phones just buzzed with a trial siren, but the paperwork for this 'instant' alert has been in the works since the 2011 Mumbai blasts.

thursday 10

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Nivedita Mookerji

Al-Qaeda’s new empire rising in Mali. Europe, US, Russia failed to halt its rise

The world’s attention is fixed on the Persian Gulf, but the crisis in Mali demands urgent attention.

thursday 10

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Praveen Swami

For TV news channels, BJP won because of ‘Modi magic’, ‘Modi wave’, ‘Modi ka Kamaal’

Times Now anchors celebrated the BJP victory in West Bengal with a Masala Mandate food stall in the studio. On live television, they proceeded to...

thursday 10

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Shailaja Bajpai

Why Sridhar Vembu’s ‘return home’ appeal to Indians in the US is significant

Sooner or later, people of Indian origin, including Green Card holders, US passport holders, and Indian passport-holding NRIs, may find themselves...

thursday 10

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Ashwani Mahajan

Mamata’s ‘I haven’t lost’ verdict will haunt the BJP. Resistance is her grammar

Mamata Banerjee’s words threw her opponents into visible panic. BJP worthies erupted in shrill outrage about Mamata’s failure to ‘respect the...

06.05.2026 10

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Sagarika Ghose

Next epic election will be UP 2027. Akhilesh Yadav is hardly ready for Yogi Adityanath

With his friends MK Stalin and Mamata Banerjee voted out, Akhilesh will have to do far more than his usual ‘Muslim plus Yadav’ formula politics.

06.05.2026 10

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Shantanu Gupta

Chunky Panday has made a comeback. And it’s not a movie

This shampoo commercial is different from slow-motion hair flips and a doctor suggesting the brand to fight dandruff. It’s all about Panday’s...

06.05.2026 10

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Harsh tiwari

Clean energy is not just climate policy—it is economic and strategic security for India

Can India afford the disruption in its energy supplies? The answer lies not only in diversification but also in reducing external dependence.

06.05.2026 10

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Shaurya Doval

‘Secular’ parties are beginning to lose Muslim vote bank

It takes two hands to clap–High time Muslims engage with Hindus.

06.05.2026 10

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R Jagannathan

‘Secular’ parties are beginning to lose Muslim vote bank

It takes two hands to clap–High time Muslims engage with Hindus.

06.05.2026 10

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R Jagannathan

Why NITI Aayog and EAC-PM should produce reports on where the Indian economy is headed

The EAC-PM and a new-look NITI Aayog can supplement the efforts of the RBI and the finance ministry in improving our understanding of the Indian...

06.05.2026 10

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A K Bhattacharya

Chinese say Beijing-Islamabad submarine deal will shake Indian Ocean. ‘Modi unable to sleep’

China has been using Pakistan as a proxy in the regional balance against India, with Pakistani narratives also amplified in the aftermath of Operation...

06.05.2026 20

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Sana Hashmi

Vijay’s promises will now face politics. Defeating Tamil Nadu behemoths was easy

The unexpected nature and scale of Vijay’s victory has left not just political observers but even sections within the TVK in a daze.

05.05.2026 10

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Sumanth Raman

Abhishek Banerjee is now on mute mode after BJP sweeps West Bengal

New Delhi: Abhishek Banerjee could be heard everywhere in the weeks before the West Bengal Assembly election. The TMC honcho and Mamata Banerjee’s...

05.05.2026 10

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Saptak Datta

I have been labelled ‘closet bhakt’ for cheering BJP Bengal win. Yay

For all her promises, Mamata Banerjee soon turned into one more pedestrian politician. Ruthless and disingenuous. Anyone was better than Didi. Even...

05.05.2026 20

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Shobhaa de

What India can learn from Dunkirk free bus experiment–Plan, design, invest

Free bus services should help shift commuters away from private vehicles, strengthen public transport systems, and improve urban livability.

05.05.2026 6

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Ramanath jha

BJP’s Bengal battle doesn’t end with election victory. TMC still controls local bodies

ECI ensured a level playing field for all the parties in West Bengal, unlike earlier, when different stages of the polling process were subverted by...

05.05.2026 6

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Chandrachur Ghose

Bengalis are tired of being ashamed of Kolkata. BJP is the last train to civilisation

Young Bengalis are tired of 'culturally superior' Bengal. They want economic development.

05.05.2026 6

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Hindol Sengupta

Is UAE abandoning economic logic by extracting more oil? It’s reacting to a big industry shift

The UAE’s decision alters oil’s future trajectory. Rather than a gradual decline dictated by scarcity, there may be a phase of heightened...

05.05.2026 10

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Bidisha Bhattacharya

BJP Bengal win dissolves the old Bhadralok order. It kept Dalits and their issues out

'Bengal is caste-less' is a hegemonic notion peddled by the Bhadralok. It swept the crucial question of Dalit struggle, first under the red carpet and...

05.05.2026 10

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Aditi Narayani

Is UAE abandoning economic logic by extracting more oil? It’s reacting to a big industry shift

The UAE’s decision alters oil’s future trajectory. Rather than a gradual decline dictated by scarcity, there may be a phase of heightened...

05.05.2026 10

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Bidisha Bhattacharya

Mario Miranda belongs in India’s art galleries, not just Goa. He was more than a cartoonist

Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts is hosting Growing Up in Mário’s World—a month-long exhibition of a hundred original works from a private...

05.05.2026 10

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Karanjeet Kaur

BJP’s West Bengal win doesn’t mean 2029 Lok Sabha election is in the bag

If elections change so many state governments – West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu – it means that India’s electoral democracy remains quite...

05.05.2026 10

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Ashutosh Varshney

How SAMADHAN crushed Naxalism. IPS officers led the aggressive final assault

The might of the state has won through the SAMADHAN strategy, but now it must do what is right.

05.05.2026 10

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Sanjeev Chopra

The Great Nicobar project doesn’t contribute to national security. It just affects nature

Those raging at the Congress for ‘opposing’ national security should realise that Congress governments built much of the defence infrastructure in...

05.05.2026 10

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Amitabh Dubey

Mamata Banerjee and the downfall of her symbolic feminism

Mamata Banerjee built a politics of presence for women. But when it came to principle, that presence often rang hollow.

05.05.2026 10

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Stela Dey

How did we miss the Vijay phenomenon in Tamil Nadu?

In a state where one of the two dominant Dravidian parties, the DMK and the AIADMK, has been in power since 1967, the TVK’s focus on change found...

04.05.2026 10

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Mukund Padmanabhan

Mamata is a liberal heroine nationally. Ruled Bengal with corruption & thuggery

At some stage, Modi will have to decide what the BJP stands for. Does it only stand for governance in Delhi? And does it need to depend on religious...

04.05.2026 10

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Vir Sanghvi