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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...

yesterday 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.

yesterday 6

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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...

yesterday 8

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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.

yesterday 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.

yesterday 9

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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.

yesterday 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...

yesterday 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...

yesterday 10

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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.

previous day 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...

previous day 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...

previous day 10

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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.

previous day 2

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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...

previous day 2

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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.

previous day 1

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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...

previous day 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...

previous day 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...

previous day 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...

previous day 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...

previous day 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.

previous day 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...

previous day 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.

previous day 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...

monday 9

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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...

monday 10

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Vir Sanghvi

Why Bangladesh played a big role in BJP’s West Bengal win

With the BJP’s illegal Bangladeshi immigrants narrative, a distinctly Left state that had for long mostly kept the Hindu-Muslim binary out of poll...

monday 10

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Deep Halder

Don’t dismiss Vijay’s victory as irrational. It’s Tamil people’s emotional investment

Tamil voters are not naive; rather, they engage in a form of political storytelling that blends aspiration with identity. Hero worship has its own...

monday 10

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Stela Dey

2026 election results show power is rarely defeated by rivals. Credibility matters more

The Indian voter rarely announces a change in advance. She absorbs the noise, registers the signals, appears persuaded—and then, in the privacy of...

monday 10

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Shruti Vyas

What Vishnu’s Kurma avatar teaches modern India about labour

After nearly 40 years, there is an attempt to align India’s labour ecosystem with the realities of a modern, formalising economy.

monday 10

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Meenakashi Lekhi

India is losing out from the glamour around English. Cultivate multilingual workplaces

AI can help create multilingual workforces. English isn't India’s destiny.

monday 10

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Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar

Colombo Security Conclave is shaping India’s security architecture in the Indian Ocean

The upgradation of the CSC has an impact on all countries in the Indian Ocean, but for India, it serves multiple strategic functions that other...

monday 10

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Rami Desai

More courses and certifications won’t fix India’s skills gap

Expectations need recalibration. Students equate degrees with employability, employers expect instant productivity, policymakers push curriculum...

monday 10

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Rajesh gaurav

Why India needs the Great Nicobar Project—new great games in the Eastern Indian Ocean

The mega Great Nicobar Development Project has invited sustained opposition from the Congress party. It should instead look to the statesmanship of...

monday 10

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Birendra nath prasad

Beyond the shine—The difference between oily skin and dewy glow

Your skin is panicking and overproducing oil like it’s a job. Time to stage an intervention and restore that hydrated, dewy glow.

03.05.2026 20

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Deepali Bhardwaj

The Asian Koel makes other birds raise its young—it lays eggs in their nests

When she is ready to lay her eggs, the female quickly tips them into the nest of other birds and leaves. Forever. That is the only engagement Asian...

03.05.2026 10

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Bharati Chaturvedi

Automotive influencer warns people against buying EVs. His grouse lies with charging ports

There are underlying issues regarding chargers and charging installations in all high-rise societies across India, from Worli to Indiranagar and...

03.05.2026 10

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Kushan Mitra

The press is either free, or it cannot be called the press at all: Vajpayee

On 27 January 2001, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered a speech at the inauguration of the International Press Institute Congress in New Delhi,...

03.05.2026 10

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Without free enterprise in economic life, we cannot maintain democracy: Minoo Masani

The professional man, the businessman in a free economy, the landed peasant, the artisan and the self-employed man stand on their own legs and can...

02.05.2026 10

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Minoo Masani

Why India should reject Abrahamic binary liberty in favour of individual choice

'Religious freedom' that forces the individual to choose between ideas that are essentially non-binary in nature is not religious freedom at all.

02.05.2026 20

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R Jagannathan

Kitty party aunties have taken over Instagram. And we can’t look away

To be cringe is not to be free, actually. Social media is a panopticon of judgement, and one wrong caption can cost you many thousands in aura points.

02.05.2026 10

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Prasanna Bachchhav

CAPF deployment in West Bengal has set a new benchmark in Indian electoral history

If this deployment was a central overreach or a necessary intervention will remain politically contested.

02.05.2026 10

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Ananya Bhardwaj

Miranda Priestly hangs her own coat in The Devil Wears Prada 2. Somehow, it works

The sequel attempts to humanise ‘the devil’, and surprisingly, it works. Miranda’s emotional exchange with Nigel is the sequel’s most earned moment.

01.05.2026 20

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Triya Gulati

UAE’s ability to pursue its interests is unmatched

UAE has deep ties with US even as its financial centres help Russia evade sanctions, and it partners with Turkey despite Ankara’s tilt toward Saudi...

01.05.2026 10

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Swasti Rao

BJP amplifies female voices while Congress mutes women MPs, new data shows

While the 2023 Reservation Bill promises more seats, data reveals a stark 'voice gap' where Congress women are silenced and BJP women are amplified.

01.05.2026 20

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Shamika Ravi

What governments need to learn from Malegoan and Samjhauta Express rulings

Congress ‘worthies’ who earned the dubious distinction of coining ‘Hindu/Saffron Terror’ have egg on their faces now after the Malegaon case...

01.05.2026 20

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Seshadri Chari

UAE exit from OPEC isn’t about oil. Iran War making Gulf states seek new shelters

Britain’s failure to secure the oil of Arabia in the 1950s was no misjudgement. The sun was setting on the Empire, and a new hegemon had emerged. Is...

01.05.2026 10

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Praveen Swami

India’s workforce is stuck in low productivity. Here’s what must change

India’s workforce continues to exhibit disproportionate concentration in agriculture and self-employment, and limited expansion in salaried work.

01.05.2026 10

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Farzana Afridi

How Scotland protects what India neglects. Chicken Tikka Masala for a start

Between a 'mild' chicken tikka and the cinematic lanes of Edinburgh, a blueprint for saving Jaipur's UNESCO World Heritage status can be found.

01.05.2026 10

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Amana Begam

UAE’s exit from OPEC means a Gulf energy system that’s more responsive to Asian demand

In 1960, sovereignty meant entering the oil club. In 2026, for the UAE, it means stepping beyond OPEC.

01.05.2026 10

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Raamish Siddiqui

Indian companies sourcing from Chinese suppliers are the latest victims of US-China trade war

This is the latest phase in the US-China technology competition, which now spans supply chain law, export controls, labour compliance, and...

01.05.2026 10

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Deep Pal

India’s real estate will meet the reality of agentic AI

New Delhi: The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at...

30.04.2026 20

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Andy Mukherjee