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Mohan Bhagwat doesn’t decide if Muslims belong in India. The Constitution does

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's universalism, that all paths converge on one truth, is generous from within a Hindu frame and useless as a basis for...

yesterday 10

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K.b.s Sidhu

Should IIT Madras do more or become more?

India needs medical technology and indigenous capability. The harder question is whether building a full medical school is the best way for IIT Madras...

yesterday 8

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Vasu Eda

‘Vijay for PM’ is a far cry. He looks lost even as Tamil Nadu CM

Declaring the BJP his ‘ideological enemy’ doesn’t say much about Vijay’s ideology. He won’t even take a clear stand on delimitation.

yesterday 10

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D.k. Singh

Princess Diana was the original influencer. She didn’t need social media

Princess Diana reminds us that influence can mean more than just earning clicks. It can inspire difficult conversations, change perceptions, and shape...

yesterday 10

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Samah Qundeel

BJP-RSS has a woman problem. Nari Shakti stops at beti, didi, behan

The Sangh Parivar venerates women as symbols, but distrusts them as individuals.

yesterday 20

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Sagarika Ghose

Gurugram is a city of private enclaves connected by public failure

Gurugram’s residents no longer register the city’s monsoon as a surprise. They experience it as paranoia, anticipating the rains with dread.

yesterday 10

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Karanjeet Kaur

The CNG hike nobody questioned is hiding India’s most expensive untold secret

During the Hormuz crisis, India implemented a form of price discrimination without explicitly labelling it as such.

yesterday 10

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Bidisha Bhattacharya

What Grand Mufti Kanthapuram needs to know about Islam before ordering Muslim women inside

If female public presence did cause 'great destruction', Islam's very first supporter would have been a walking contradiction of her own faith.

yesterday 6

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Maryam Hassan

Why we all fell hopelessly in love with Lionel Messi. He’s more than the game

We shared his heartbreaks, celebrated his eight Ballon d'Ors, and realised he wasn't just a PlayStation player but a part of our lives.

yesterday 10

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Saptak Datta

Women have entered Odisha district courts in good numbers. Problem is the promotion pipeline

Data shows not a single female judge from Odisha’s district judiciary has been appointed as a high court judge between 2000 and 2025.

yesterday 1

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Rangin Pallav Tripathy

If Bangladesh joins the Mecca pact, India will have more to worry about

The problem for Pakistan is going to be one of strategic overstretch, considering its military already remains heavily oriented toward India while...

previous day 10

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Rami Niranjan Desai

Subhash Chandra repayment case isn’t the scandal everyone is making it out to be

As much as the recent developments raise questions about Subhash Chandra’s credibility, this is an important discipline for an insolvency tribunal.

previous day 10

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Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah

There is no fundamental right to cheap Kumbh airfares

The Supreme Court can review DGCA’s exercise of existing law. It should not supervise the making of future aviation policy.

previous day 10

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Ajay Mallareddy

PM Modi’s Central Asia visit is a quest for a new Eurasian highway. Detouring around rivals

From hunting green minerals to calling out cross-border terror, India isn't just attending SCO; it's driving it.

previous day 10

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Meenakashi Lekhi

Two Kashmirs, two paths. POK is fighting over votes, J&K is bringing land reforms

Pakistan’s PoJK is witnessing protests over electoral representation, while India-administered J&K is focusing on land records, digital...

previous day 10

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Tehmeena Rizvi

Xi has purged 100+ PLA generals. What it says about China’s military and Taiwan

General Zhao Zongqi, the former Western Theatre Commander, became the 102nd Senior Commander to be purged by Xi last week.

previous day 10

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Major General Mandip Singh

The enduring mystery of India’s Hockey World Cup drought

In an era where pace and speed dictate play, modern hockey is frenetic yet strictly controlled. India often seems locked in the extreme left lane.

previous day 10

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Sundeep Misra

Is free coaching the key to making entrance exams fairer?

Modi’s 2026 plan uses digital infrastructure to offer free test prep, but critics warn it treats symptoms, not the unequal education system.

previous day 10

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Arpan Tulsyan

Kriti Sanon deserves better roles. She is more than just a hot, messy, emotionally bruised woman

There is a difference between writing a flawed woman and repeatedly writing a woman whose flaws become her entire personality.

previous day 10

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Triya Gulati

Muslims, Sikhs, Christians—how minorities are reading Mohan Bhagwat’s New York speech

The Muslim, Sikh and Christian readings of Mohan Bhagwat's speech converge on one omission. Each community was told it would be protected. None was...

previous day 10

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K.b.s Sidhu

Marathi boys have a newfound love—Anand Shinde’s old racy songs

If the recent trend is anything to go by, regional Marathi subcultures are beginning to assert themselves. Singers such as Anand Shinde are now an...

previous day 10

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Prasanna Bachchhav

Need shift in disaster management from post-event response to preparedness: Manmohan Singh

In November 2006, PM Manmohan Singh delivered a speech at the first India Disaster Management Congress in New Delhi, emphasising the need to build...

sunday 10

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Manmohan Singh

Devdutt Padikkal can solve India’s No. 3 crisis in Test cricket. But tougher tests lie ahead

It would not be unfair to say that the Indian team management has treated the No. 3 position like a musical chair.

sunday 10

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Akshat Mohan

Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed are alike. They’re making progressivism cool, likeable

The Mamdanification of El-Sayed isn't just a media invention; it's a style transfer, and there's nothing wrong with borrowing a winning formula.

sunday 10

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Maryam Hassan

India needs warning labels on junk food. FSSAI’s resistance makes no sense

FSSAI, as regulator, has the responsibility to safeguard the interests of the common people, protecting them from harmful food but its actual actions...

sunday 10

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Ashwani Mahajan

Andes to Amazon—here’s how Indian travellers can experience Ecuador: Ecuadorian Ambassador

Ambassador of Ecuador Fernando Xavier Bucheli Vargas says that for Indian travellers familiar with Goa or Kerala, Ecuador's coast offers another...

sunday 10

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Fernando Xavier Bucheli Vargas

Wake Up Sid to Animal to Ramayana—Ranbir Kapoor keeps changing the game

There is nothing wrong with an actor returning to what works. In fact, the box office often encourages it. But that is precisely why Ranbir Kapoor’s...

sunday 30

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Harsh Tiwari

‘Ma ke haath ka khaana’ is no longer sacred. Instagram has declared it passe

People of Instagram refuse to be guilt-tripped into eating the same old dal-chawal four days a week simply because it is supposed to be marinated in...

sunday 20

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Himanshi Aggarwal

What five years as Readers Editor at ThePrint taught me

You readers are great communicators. You like to share your views on every subject—not just issues ThePrint has written about, but also many we...

sunday 20

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Shailaja Bajpai

The new masculine upgrade is vulnerability. Women are signing up

Nobody prepares you for the slightly nerdy man who can discuss literature and therapy in the same conversation.

sunday 20

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Samah Qundeel

What Ananta Lal Singh’s biopic reveals about the political memory of Bengal’s nationalist past

Beyond its commentary on state corruption, Pathikrit Basu’s Keu Bole Biplobi, Keu Bole Dakat drops several socio-political Easter eggs that reflect...

sunday 10

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Oyeshi Ganguly

Ted Lasso is reusing Chak De! India plot in 2026. It is 20 years too late

I am not criticising Ted Lasso for borrowing from an Indian superhit. My grouse is that even two decades later, the makers chose to show cliques as...

sunday 20

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Aakriti Handa

India needs a passage into Central Asia. Uzbekistan can be its anchor

India and Uzbekistan have centuries of shared history. Now they need a shared future.

sunday 10

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Ashwin Parijat Anshu

Anaya Bangar on the field makes the game unfair. Cricket can’t pretend biology doesn’t matter

Anaya Bangar, a trans woman and the daughter of former India men’s cricket team batting coach Sanjay Bangar, was cleared to compete in Australian...

sunday 10

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Saptak Datta

Anaya Bangar hasn’t even played yet. Can we stop having a meltdown?

Anaya Bangar’s mere prospect of returning to competitive cricket via Australia is raising many a bushy eyebrow.

sunday 20

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Prasanna Bachchhav

Indira Gandhi knew newspapers can’t be independent without money, wrote Cushrow R Irani

Indira Gandhi had tried unsuccessfully to browbeat ‘The Statesman’ and the ‘Indian Express’ into submission, Cushrow R Irani wrote in 1979.

29.08.2026 10

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Cushrow Irani

Dear VHP, spend one Durga Puja in Kolkata before giving Bengalis food diktats

The relationship between Bengalis and goddess Durga cannot be understood with a checklist of what should or should not be eaten near a pandal.

29.08.2026 10

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Stela Dey

What Nepal floods tell us—warming Himalayas, weak warning systems, no cross-border plans

The current disaster may just be the harbinger of a far greater crisis unfolding across the wider Himalayan region, one that will not stop at Nepal's...

29.08.2026 10

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Soumya Pillai

India cannot be summarised. After living here, I know why: Ecuadorian Ambassador

Ecuador and India are geographically distant, yet both are countries of layers —mountains, coastlines, forests, ancient cultures, strong regional...

29.08.2026 10

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Fernando Xavier Bucheli Vargas

Bollywood’s heroes have a man-child problem. They want to destroy the world over daddy issues

If today’s Bollywood hero does not get emotional validation, he responds with rage, violence, drinking, a machine gun. The slightest emotional...

29.08.2026 10

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Harsh Tiwari

India should think twice before rolling out the red carpet for China

There is no need to rush toward an early settlement until China agrees to withdraw from the areas illegally ceded to it by Pakistan in the 1963...

28.08.2026 20

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Seshadri Chari

Questioning the hijab does not mean questioning Islam

We can preserve the principle of dignity and modesty without insisting that every Muslim woman everywhere must dress exactly like women in...

28.08.2026 20

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Amana Begam

Bengal BJP’s Trinamoolification can prove costly in 2029

If the BJP manages to contain corruption and fulfil its key election promise of bringing industries back to Bengal, it might help the party put up a...

28.08.2026 20

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Deep Halder

Sri Lanka has one last chance to become a strategic hub in Indian Ocean

Sri Lanka has three assets that could make it a logistics and energy hub in the Indian subcontinent comparable in concept, if not scale, to Rotterdam,...

28.08.2026 10

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Milinda Moragoda

Villages in UP, Gujarat & Kerala become towns differently. Why it matters for development

The Urbanisation Premium finally looks at villages that are becoming urban. But not all take the same route.

28.08.2026 10

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Pallavi Laungani

Bangladesh is moving beyond Hasina. But where is its foreign policy headed?

Dhaka’s outreach to Pakistan, China and Turkey signals a new era of multi-alignment, but India remains its unavoidable neighbour.

28.08.2026 20

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Swasti Rao

Punjab’s biggest IAS batch in 30 years has no real work. Govt is keeping them in waiting room

None of the 10 IAS officers of the 2024 batch has been posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate. They've been made Officers on Special Duty, a designation...

28.08.2026 30

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K.b.s Sidhu

Mundhe’s crackdown only concerns cleanliness. India’s food safety problem is much bigger

The multinationals are content to profit from India but unwilling to include cigarette-package-style health warnings about high levels of salt, sugar,...

28.08.2026 20

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Vir Sanghvi

English news channels have Rahul Gandhi. Hindi media has onions, schools and swine flu

Hindi news media has a civic sense. English newspapers and news channels cater to their readers’ and viewers’ interest in national and...

28.08.2026 10

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Shailaja Bajpai

Gen Z is rewriting the rules of workplace authority. It’s a generational transition

The workplace is no longer absorbing a younger workforce. It’s confronting an entirely different sociology of authority.

28.08.2026 20

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Suresh Prabhu