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Opinion | Kerala’s Great Secular Hypocrisy: BJP’s Inclusion Vs IUML’s Greenwash

Opinion | Kerala’s Great Secular Hypocrisy: BJP’s Inclusion Vs IUML’s Greenwash

Kerala demonstrates how the so-called secular parties treat minorities as captive vote banks and keep them dependent, ghettoised, and grateful for...

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Opinion | Mamata Banerjee’s Cosplay Comes From Deep Cultural Insecurity As The ‘Unintellectual’ Bengali

Opinion | Mamata Banerjee’s Cosplay Comes From Deep Cultural Insecurity As The ‘Unintellectual’ Bengali

While Mamata serviced her whims and insecurities, West Bengal’s spineless intelligentsia, film personalities, and vice chancellors of universities...

16.05.2026 20

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Opinion: Muslims Must Decide If They Want To Keep Opposing BJP En Bloc Or Engage With It

It is time for Muslims to introspect and act instead of habitually blaming everyone around

10.05.2026 20

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Opinion | Know Your Enemy: How BJP Radically Reframed Its Strategy Against TMC And Won

The BJP framed the polls as a battle against TMC’s entrenched ‘syndicate raj’—a network of political muscle, corruption & extortion—rather...

07.05.2026 30

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Opinion | Fence-Sitter Exit Polls: Why Calling West Bengal Elections 2026 Is So Tough

The hesitation to call the polls is understandable. The election is proving to be one of the most unpredictable in recent history

30.04.2026 30

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Opinion | 'Didi-Modi Tacit Pact' Narrative Is Dead After Fierce BJP Fightback In West Bengal

The perceived bonhomie—which could have been merely political cordiality—has been shattered in 2026

29.04.2026 20

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Opinion | Why West Bengal Embraced Jai Shri Ram, Alleged Rallying Cry Of ‘Outsiders’

The slogan is now regularly heard during anti-TMC protests, Durga Puja celebrations, and even street-corner gatherings

29.04.2026 30

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Opinion: How Yogi Adds X Factor To BJP’s West Bengal Election Campaign

While Yogi is scheduled to address 8-10 rallies in the state, the BJP cadre, for good reason, want to see a lot more of him

26.04.2026 30

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Opinion | Mamata Scores Own Goal Trying To Rebut PM Modi On Jadavpur University’s Decline

Jadavpur and the rest of Kolkata go to polls on April 29. The hollowness of Mamata Banerjee’s outrage may keep ringing till then

25.04.2026 30

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Opinion | SIR And TMC’s ‘Wasted Votes’: Why A BJP Win In West Bengal Is Not Unrealistic

The arithmetic is slowly but steadily moving in a direction that makes a BJP victory in 2026 possible and structurally within reach

19.04.2026 30

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Opinion | Parties That Backed Triple Talaq Want To Sneak Islamist Agenda Into Women’s Bill

Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav demanded in the Rajya Sabha that Muslim women be allocated a sub-quota within the 33 per cent Women’s...

17.04.2026 20

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Why BJP & TMC Election Manifestos Are Reminder Of Brazil Vs Italy Football Clash

Whether the outcome would be like the spectacular Brazilian victories in the 1970 and the 1994 finals or its poetic defeat in 1982 is impossible to...

13.04.2026 20

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Opinion | Lalu Raj Vs Mamata Regime: Why West Bengal Is More Worrying Than ’90s Bihar

Mamata's TMC has not just efficiently usurped RJD’s reputation for historic misgovernance, but it has emerged as a bigger threat to India’s...

11.04.2026 20

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Opinion | For Trump’s One Genocidal Threat, There Are A Thousand Echoes From Islamist Iran

Genocidal threats are as common as camel poop in the Gulf. Just that the stink does not unsettle the global Left or self-proclaimed liberals.

10.04.2026 20

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Opinion | Jewar Airport Puts Noida’s Economic Explosion Well Beyond Scale Of Gurugram’s Success

It is not just a means to create another Gurugram; it is the engine of a much larger and well-planned economic ecosystem which will push Noida’s,...

01.04.2026 30

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Opinion | 'Inside The Manosphere' Exposes Online Empire Of Misogyny, But Dodges The Causes

Louis Theroux's 'Inside The Manosphere' probes "red-pill" influencers, their misogyny, trauma and political impact, but ignores cancel culture and...

30.03.2026 20

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Opinion | How The Maharashtra Anti-Conversion Law Takes Long-Term View Of Demography

This is one legislation that has been carefully thought out. Its provisions seem watertight. Perhaps that explains why it took a fair bit of time to...

29.03.2026 20

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Opinion | 26/11 To UP Mafia: How Dhurandhar Rewinds Dark Chapters Of UPA Era

The films portray the UPA era, especially 2004–2014, as a time of national vulnerability, weak governance, intelligence failures, and unchecked...

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Opinion | India’s Nepal Election Tossup: Gagan Thapa’s Predictably Vs Balen Shah’s Promise

The 2015-’16 Madhesi blockade happened, with an irresponsible mainstream and social media arousing deep anti-India feelings.

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Opinion | Why India's Perceived Israel Tilt Over Iran Is Part Of Its Bold, New Strategic Doctrine

The 'New India' is not morally obligated to pathologically side with any loser the Left prescribes. It is confidently open to warm, stable, and...

02.03.2026 30

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Opinion | Trump’s Praise May Embolden Pakistan To Plunge Deeper Into Chaos In Afghanistan

By describing Pakistan’s strikes as “self-defence” and praising its leaders, Trump has provided international cover for conflict escalation.

28.02.2026 20

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Opinion | Timing Of PM Modi’s Israel Visit Reveals India’s Bold New Diplomacy

The Prime Minister's latest visit is an unusually assertive and unapologetic public display of support for Israel and its PM, Benjamin Netanyahu

26.02.2026 30

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Opinion | SC Order On SIR Strengthens Case For West Bengal Elections Under Central Rule

Only then can people come out to vote without fear, and the booths be sanitised from being taken over by TMC goons

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Opinion | How Yogi’s Japan And Singapore Trip Pushes UP’s Development-Plus-Hindutva Model

Yogi’s itinerary captures the BJP’s classic ideological approach to politics and governance: ambitious development on one hand, Hindutva firmly on...

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Opinion | Why The Nikhil Gupta Episode Doesn’t Humble Doval Or Discredit Indian Intel Agencies

The Opposition’s absence of patriotism apart, what the episode exposes is a lack of understanding, perhaps wilful, about how the espionage world works

19.02.2026 40

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India Watches As A Rising, Reconciliatory Jamaat Takes On BNP In Bangladesh Elections

On the India front, while Jamaat’s student allies NCP consistently bay for India’s blood, Rahman sounds pragmatic, reconciliatory, and even...

12.02.2026 40

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Opinion | In 2026, Five Elections In Volatile Neighbourhood Test India’s Influence, Pragmatism

Myanmar and Thailand just finished choosing representatives, while tumultuous Bangladesh polls are on Thursday

11.02.2026 40

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Opinion | Uttar Pradesh's Economic Survey And Parable Of The Nimble-Footed Elephant

What stands out in the survey is not just growth figures or rankings, but the transformation in the UP’s economic self-image.

11.02.2026 30

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Opinion | Alberta Separatism Is Canada’s Comeuppance For Fattening The Khalistan Beast

Why does the West continue to expect that the world must take its problems seriously while it makes light of the non-western world’s serious...

01.02.2026 20

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Opinion | India’s Iran Fix: Why Censuring The Brutal Khamenei Regime Isn’t An Easy Option

Unpopular and seemingly confounding and amoral decisions are often the only way a nation preserves the interests of its people.

31.01.2026 30

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Opinion | America Is Setting Itself An Afghanistan-Like Trap By Backing Jamaat In Bangladesh

The Donald Trump administration is going extra miles to ruin the painstakingly built relationship with India, and a truck with Jamaat could take...

28.01.2026 30

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Opinion | This Republic Day, India Must Resolve To Drop ‘Secular’, ‘Socialist’ From Constitution

It is not a matter of semantics. It is a matter of self-identity. It is how India of the present and future must define itself

27.01.2026 40

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Opinion | How Rapidly Expanding National Highways Are Urbanising UP, Energising Economy

UP has recorded a big expansion of its National Highway network over the last decade under CM Yogi Adityanath, growing by 34 per cent and crossing the...

27.01.2026 30

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Opinion | Begging On The Streets: Is India Ever Going To Solve Its Big, Dirty Malaise?

No surge in GDP or place in the top five or three economies of the world can play down the inglorious sight of children made to openly beg on the...

21.01.2026 30

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Opinion | Why The Thackeray Legacy Faces Threat Of Extinction After BMC Rout

The results conclusively prove that Maharashtrians no longer look at the Thackerays as their representative voice

17.01.2026 30

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Opinion | Why Sri Aurobindo’s Uttarpara Speech Is So Relevant In West Bengal Today

West Bengal seems to have forgotten its profound spiritual legacy from which sprung its fierce nationalistic instincts.

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Opinion | Smoking Poster-Girl Of Iran To Rowling's Rebels: Imagining Symbols Of Resistance

In the Harry Potter books, Rowling’s own characters Fred and George could have perfectly blended in today’s Iran.

15.01.2026 30

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Opinion | Mamata Banerjee Has An Abiding Credo: When In Doubt, Step Out (To The Streets)

Mamata strengthened the perception that she is prone to operating like a mob boss, above accountability.

13.01.2026 40

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Opinion | Seven Ways In Which SIR Shakes Mamata Banerjee’s Poll Machinery

With SIR deleting more than 58 lakh names so far (7.6 per cent of the state’s electorate) and ten of lakhs of names under review, TMC may find it...

09.01.2026 40

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Opinion | Seven Political Events In India That Will Have Repercussions Beyond 2025

The year 2025 has reinforced steady ascent of the Indian Right & new nationalism in politics. With the exception of Omar Abdullah, no opposition...

01.01.2026 40

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Opinion | Jamaat’s Great Game In Bangladesh: The Islamist Force That Owned 2025

Irrespective of how many seats Jamaat wins if elections take place, it has already enjoyed 17 months of direct and indirect power & may have...

31.12.2025 40

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Opinion | Angel Chakma’s Death Proves Northeast Still Lives On Borders Of Indian Psyche

The fact that an Angel has to die proving his Bharatiya identity even today points to a systemic failure in education, poor parenting & dire need...

30.12.2025 30

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Opinion | Bangladesh's Student 'Revolution' Is Dead. Long Live The Revolution

Once the icons of courage and sacrifice, these student leaders quickly revealed themselves as opportunistic, power-craven, and corrupt.

29.12.2025 30

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Opinion | Tarique Rahman’s Hamletian Dilemma: Avenge Awami League Or Block Jamaat?

Tarique Rahman’s return to Bangladesh after 17 years of exile places him on the brink of power. However, he faces some fraught choices.

27.12.2025 30

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Opinion | Tarique Rahman’s Tough Call: Nashta In New Delhi Or Banquet In Beijing?

Tarique is not exactly an Indophile, but those close to him vouch that he dislikes the Chinese perhaps a little more.

27.12.2025 30

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Opinion | Like Pakistan, Bangladesh Has Turned Into An Open Marketplace For Murder

By getting rid of the rule of law as a prerequisite to building an Islamist state, Bangladesh has unwittingly put a target on its own back

24.12.2025 30

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Opinion | Dhurandhar Shows UP’s Journey From Fake Notes, Riots And Darkness To A Saffron Dawn

The movie is a mirror of how this hot mess of unbridled smuggling and violent communal politics kept UP backward for decades

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Opinion | Over 2,000 Deaths, 5 Major Riots: Not Another Mosque In Babur’s Name, Please

Resurrecting the ghost of Babri in a highly communally sensitive border region like West Bengal is portentous

14.12.2025 40

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Opinion | ‘Hindu Rate Of Growth’ To ‘Cow Belt’: Why PM Modi’s Decolonisation Call Is So Prescient

Narendra Modi has been stressing on it from long before he became Prime Minister. But in his third term, decolonisation is a stated goal

08.12.2025 30

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Opinion | IndiGo Could Pay Dearly If India’s Consumer Anger Finds Collective Voice

A stranded flyer could represent thousands as the lead petitioner, seeking aggregated damages per person for agony and loss

08.12.2025 40

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