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The United Nations is 80. It has never been more fragile – or so necessary

The United Nations is 80. It has never been more fragile – or so necessary
24.10.2025 10

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A shoe hurled in Delhi heard in Bihar

A shoe hurled in Delhi heard in Bihar
11.10.2025 5

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This is all about the greed for land

This is all about the greed for land
11.10.2025 4

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The merchants of war are raking it in

The merchants of war are raking it in
11.10.2025 4

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A safe bet for freedom: Why the Nobel committee chose María Corina Machado for the peace prize

A safe bet for freedom: Why the Nobel committee chose María Corina Machado for the peace prize
10.10.2025 20

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Why the rupee is plumbing new lows

20.09.2025 10

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The Gaza genocide: Not 65,000 but 680,000! So what?

20.09.2025 10

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E20: The silent experiment at your petrol pump

13.09.2025 10

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Words just fail!

13.09.2025 40

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India’s desperate search for new friends

31.08.2025 10

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When ECI lies came thick and fast

23.08.2025 6

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Outmanoeuvred and friendless

23.08.2025 10

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Upending ‘universal adult franchise’, ECI style

17.08.2025 10

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Why the US can but won’t stop Israel

17.08.2025 20

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When the referee picks a side: The Election Commission must urgently restore its credibility

11.08.2025 10

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Just hollow words till there’s real action

10.08.2025 10

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When the US push comes to shove, India must resist

20.07.2025 4

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Gaza’s ‘humanitarian’ concentration camp

20.07.2025 5

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How democracy is weakened when states hide their military loses

20.07.2025 10

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Why there’s no stopping the genocide in Gaza

13.07.2025 20

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Nine myths and a bitter truth about Bihar electoral roll revision

05.07.2025 10

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The nuclear apartheid

05.07.2025 30

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Why the US still fears a full-scale war with Iran

30.06.2025 7

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A carrot for Pakistan and a stick for India

21.06.2025 10

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Netanyahu’s gamble on Friday the 13th

21.06.2025 10

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Rethinking the Pakistan conundrum

14.06.2025 10

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A miscalculated strike and a resurrection

08.06.2025 10

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Is ‘peace through strength’ a workable doctrine?

01.06.2025 5

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Shaking things up in the Middle East

25.05.2025 10

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You can’t just bomb away terrorism

17.05.2025 30

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Caught in the crossfire on the LoC

10.05.2025 6

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A strategic pursuit of ‘national interest’

10.05.2025 6

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Assault on academic freedom

28.04.2025 10

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Why suspending the Indus Waters Treaty is a bad idea

27.04.2025 8

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The real beneficiary of Trump’s tariff war

13.04.2025 10

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Donald Trump has no moral stature to broker peace — in Ukraine or in Gaza

06.04.2025 5

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India’s language fault line

30.03.2025 10

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Making sense of Trump’s visa restrictions

23.03.2025 6

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‘Free World’ on the brink of collapse

08.03.2025 10

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The perils of foreign policy neutrality

02.03.2025 4

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Trump’s MAGA + Modi’s MIGA = A mega contradiction

27.02.2025 20

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Another white elephant India doesn’t need

24.02.2025 10

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The unmaking of AAP was its own doing

16.02.2025 9

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India is missing from the Forbes list of top ten powerful countries. How can it fix that?

11.02.2025 30

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Trump’s chilling plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza

02.02.2025 4

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Trump’s Greenland misadventure

02.02.2025 9

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The paradox of representation without power

25.01.2025 3

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How the democratic ground has shifted

25.01.2025 20

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Are we resolved to fight for democracy?

25.01.2025 4

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‘...because hope is both nutrient and crop’: New Year ruminations

For nearly two decades, the global narrative around democracy has been one of decline. Once considered an unstoppable force for governance,...

30.12.2024 10

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