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Reshmi Dasgupta

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A silver lining for the golden years

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The Economic Times

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Opinion | Why You Must Know How ‘Gopal Patha’ Saved Kolkata

Opinion | Why You Must Know How ‘Gopal Patha’ Saved Kolkata

Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Bengal Files’ may dramatise Gopal Mukherjee’s role in August 1946 but that’s what is needed after decades of motivated silence.

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News18

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Opinion | Indians Have Fought To Save Stray Dogs Since 1832

Opinion | Indians Have Fought To Save Stray Dogs Since 1832

Only in India could there have been a riot to save voiceless animals; no wonder the British were totally taken aback in Mumbai

18.08.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why It’s Time To Focus On Foreign Tourist Arrivals Too

Our destinations are second to none, but India has to get its act together to maximise their appeal as viable choices for foreign holidayers

17.08.2025 10

News18

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Dogs and the community are interdependent

16.08.2025 20

The Economic Times

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Opinion | Why It’s More Than A Battle For The Future Of Stray Dogs

Opinion | Why It’s More Than A Battle For The Future Of Stray Dogs

Rise of Western-style individualism over Indian tradition of coexistence has had many deleterious consequences on society here, with stray dogs...

15.08.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | When Pranab Trumped Donald On That Ballroom Idea...

Opinion | When Pranab Trumped Donald On That Ballroom Idea...

Pranab’s words at the hall's opening parallel the White House’s justification for a $200 mn extension to the official residence, funded...

07.08.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why Army Officer Versus Airline Staff Videos Hurt India

Opinion | Why Army Officer Versus Airline Staff Videos Hurt India

The full impact of this Srinagar Airport incident will be felt on the social media battleground

06.08.2025 30

News18

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Opinion | Is Falling US Crime Rate Due To The Trump Effect, AKA The Yogi Effect?

Opinion | Is Falling US Crime Rate Due To The Trump Effect, AKA The Yogi Effect?

Regardless of laws, when the public believes an administration won’t go soft on crime — like in Uttar Pradesh — it often has a deterrent and...

05.08.2025 20

News18

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Opinion | The Dreamliners’ Nightmares Are Increasing In Frequency

Opinion | The Dreamliners’ Nightmares Are Increasing In Frequency

The recent spate of glitches in Boeing 787s of several other airlines indicates that the AI-171 crash was just waiting to happen

03.08.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why PM Modi’s Visit To Gangaikonda Cholapuram Irks Dravidian Exclusivists

Because the Shiva temple and lost city are a testament to the greatest southern emperor Rajendra Chola’s reverence for the sacred northern river Ganga

01.08.2025 30

News18

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Opinion | Shoplifting Isn’t A Holiday Adventure Sport

The viral video of an Indian woman tourist caught doing so in the US proves that the odds are against winning at that dicey game

20.07.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why Meenakshi Jain Has Been Nominated To Rajya Sabha

To right the wrongs perpetuated by the prolonged stranglehold of Marxist historians, strong counter voices need to be heard from the highest forums

16.07.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | What's Been Knocked About By Shadow-Boxing Over Keeladi?

The Centre and ASI must join hands with Tamil Nadu and, indeed, all states to formulate a policy on accessing excavation sites crucial to...

14.07.2025 70

News18

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Opinion | Who Is To Blame For Gurugram’s Seasonal Road-Rivers?

That Minto Bridge has been able to avert its annual inundation, at least so far this monsoon, proves change is possible and infrastructure can be...

14.07.2025 10

News18

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Borrowed flavours or colonised minds?

11.07.2025 8

The Economic Times

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Opinion | Why F-35B’s Kerala Monsoon Holiday is Embarrassing

Buying F-35s will make India heavily dependent on the US goodwill for spares, etc. And the jet does seem to have its share of inexplicable glitches

11.07.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why Prada’s Appropriation Helped Kolhapuris

It has given foreign-focused Indians a reason to appreciate their own heritage, but that is not the way forward

04.07.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Bengal Rape: Why This Banerjee-Moitra-Mitra Sideshow Now?

Anything to distract attention from the law student’s rape and the dismal state of law and order in West Bengal would be welcomed by the ruling...

02.07.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why Piprahwa Gems Must Be Returned To India

Not only are they part of the sacred relics of the Buddha who lived and attained Parinirvana in India but their sale would be gross commodification of...

01.07.2025 20

News18

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Opinion | Will An AI Pilot Be Made The Fall Guy Again?

When Emperor Ashoka crashed in 1978, a US court egregiously blamed the pilot; India must not allow that to happen again

21.06.2025 10

News18

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From 'English' vegetables to desi roots

20.06.2025 10

The Economic Times

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Opinion | Why Chopper Services In Pilgrim Spots Must Be Stopped

The number of people who take helicopters are a fraction of those who go by road and hence limiting such chopper services to emergency evacuations...

20.06.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Will UK Come Clean On British-Pakistani Grooming Gangs?

The effort to water down the 2020 report on grooming gangs is palpable, as also the coverage of its main findings by mainstream media

20.06.2025 40

News18

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Opinion | Can Nightmares About The Dreamliner Be Warded Off?

Whether the blame is put on the aircraft or its pilots, flyers will need to firmer reassurances about the safety of their carriers after the crash of...

15.06.2025 10

News18

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Celebrations of youthful wisdom

14.06.2025 10

The Economic Times

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Between pedestrian and pedantic

06.06.2025 8

The Economic Times

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Opinion | When A Maharani Regally Reminds About Real Vs Reel Royals

Radhikaraje Gaekwad’s wry but succinct observations about real vs reel royals point to a common flaw: lack of domain knowledge about them

06.06.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why Is Anti-Semitism Cool Now?

A Muslim Egyptian who came to the US as a tourist but stayed on after his visa expired, attacked people demonstrating at a mall demanding the release...

05.06.2025 10

News18

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A fillip for India's Veerangana tradition

31.05.2025 10

The Economic Times

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Opinion | Why Trump Going After Harvard Is A Boon

There is no reason for the US to continue reaping the maximum profit from the world’s intellectual capital; every nation must set up its own...

29.05.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | What INSV Kaundinya Actually Stitches Together

The wooden sailing ship rekindles ancient India’s bustling trade and cultural links with the ancient world to its east and west.

28.05.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why India Needs A Museum Of Hindu Art

Like the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Hinduism’s influence also needs to be contextualised and presented to the world—and to Hindus too

21.05.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why Trump May Seek Bigger Stakes In Geo(graphy) Politics

If the US Congress does not pass the Gulf of America Bill, a presidential order to turn the Atlantic into American Ocean may be next

14.05.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | What Explains Pakistan’s Repeated Attacks on India

Those who forget—or do not know—history are doomed to repeat it

11.05.2025 20

News18

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When everything depends on a higher power

03.05.2025 10

The Economic Times

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Opinion | Why The Conclave May Reveal A Surprise Choice For Pope

With 103 out of 133 current cardinal electors elevated by late Pope Francis, his intention was clear.

01.05.2025 20

News18

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Opinion | Why Pakistan Is Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Because its resident jihadi groups as well as China have their own agenda

29.04.2025 10

News18

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It is okay to be a 'foreign' Indian

26.04.2025 20

The Economic Times

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Opinion | Why India And Pakistan Are Not The Same People

Everything that the two countries have done since 1947 underlines this fact

25.04.2025 30

News18

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Traditions have a relevance beyond nostalgia

18.04.2025 10

The Economic Times

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Opinion | Why Prince Harry Should Get Indian-Style Security 'Bandobast'

If the British appeals court agrees with his argument for official security, it would be far cheaper to outsource it to an Indian firm

14.04.2025 50

News18

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Opinion | Why Post-Bhadralok Bengal Has Returned To Ram

Plebeian Mamata Banerjee ousting the patrician Marxist regime set off a chain reaction that has destroyed the bhadralok belief systems

09.04.2025 50

News18

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Opinion | Why Britain’s House of Lords Should Take A Cue From India

Peerages and Parliament need not be connected: India dumped the Chamber of Princes and gave itself a Rajya Sabha

07.04.2025 20

News18

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Opinion | Why US Entities Still Target India Despite Trump

The reports by its intelligence community and committee on religious freedom prove the Deep State in the US is down but not out. Yet

29.03.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Why Children Are The Toughest Cinema Audiences

Unlike adults, children cannot be swayed by ‘trendiness’; they just want a good story, well told

28.03.2025 20

News18

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Opinion | Why Aurangzeb’s Grave Must Not Be Demolished

Mainly because that is exactly what he would want

20.03.2025 20

News18

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Opinion | Why Do We Know So Little About Ranjani Srinivasan?

Even a week after her ‘self-deportation’, crucial details about her past remain inexplicably absent

19.03.2025 10

News18

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Opinion | Who Are The Thousands That Depend On Meghan Sussex?

Barely a week since its release, ‘With Love, Meghan’ has slipped out of the top 10 rankings, pushed down by a distinct lack of love for Meghan...

13.03.2025 20

News18

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ET Awards for Corporate Excellence: Great expectations, of style and substance

07.03.2025 8

The Economic Times

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