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Opinion | 79 Years On, India's Enduring Answer To Those Who Had Predicted Its Collapse

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OPINIONIndia’s greatest strength is its diversity

OPINIONIndia’s greatest strength is its diversity

As the tricolour unfurls against the August sky to mark our seventy-ninth Independence Day, the sight unfailingly evokes a profound mix of reverence...

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The Coast Pays, Delhi Collects: What The Centre's Mineral Bill Takes From States

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Opinion | 84 Years After Quit India Movement, The Nation We Must Still Build

08.08.2026 40

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Shashi Tharoor writes: New FCRA bill is about control, not transparency

Shashi Tharoor writes: New FCRA bill is about control, not transparency

It is a profound injustice to subject institutions that have devoted generations to India’s development, education, and healthcare, to such punitive...

06.08.2026 20

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Shashi Tharoor writes: New FCRA bill is about control, not transparency

Shashi Tharoor writes: New FCRA bill is about control, not transparency

It is a profound injustice to subject institutions that have devoted generations to India’s development, education, and healthcare, to such punitive...

06.08.2026 30

Indian Express

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Shashi Tharoor writes: New FCRA bill is about control, not transparency

Shashi Tharoor writes: New FCRA bill is about control, not transparency
06.08.2026 40

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India's strength is its many languages, not just one

To speak of the linguistic question in India today is to risk immediate mischaracterization. Let me state my position without ambiguity: I have...

01.08.2026 20

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Shashi Tharoor writes: Why an 850-seat Lok Sabha threatens Indian democracy

30.07.2026 20

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'A Breaking Point': An Open Letter To Nandan Nilekani On How To Fix India's Exams

27.07.2026 40

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Shashi Tharoor writes: When the streets burn, Parliament cannot act blind

It is time to prove to the youth of India that their voices need not be battered and bruised on the streets to be heard in the corridors of power

23.07.2026 70

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Shashi Tharoor writes: When the streets burn, Parliament cannot act blind

22.07.2026 40

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Shashi Tharoor writes: When the streets burn, Parliament cannot act blind

22.07.2026 30

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A Patchwork Quilt of Kerala Culture

I had the recent pleasure, in Delhi, to celebrate not only the publication of another book by Her Highness Princess Aswathi Thirunal Gouri Lakshmi...

15.07.2026 30

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Can the Mamdani effect break through the cultural barriers of American conservatism?

02.07.2026 30

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Can the Mamdani effect break through the cultural barriers of American conservatism?

02.07.2026 30

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Can the Mamdani effect break through the cultural barriers of American conservatism?

02.07.2026 40

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The anatomy of a fiscal mirage: Unmasking Kerala’s debt trap

For decades, the "Kerala Model of Development" was heralded as a radiant beacon of progressive governance, boasting social development...

01.07.2026 40

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Can the next UN secretary-general revive global peace?

30.06.2026 30

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Can the next UN secretary-general revive global peace?

30.06.2026 60

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Can the next UN secretary-general revive global peace?

The next UN chief will take office as the restraints that have helped contain international rivalry since 1945 visibly weaken

30.06.2026 30

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Opinion | Iran War: Has New Delhi Lost Out, And Has Pak Really Gained? By Shashi Tharoor

25.06.2026 40

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From TMC to Shiv Sena, the people’s mandate is being bartered for power

24.06.2026 20

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From TMC to Shiv Sena, the people’s mandate is being bartered for power

24.06.2026 30

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As US, Iran turn a page (hopefully), read a tale of two books

The diplomatic chasm between the two sides is vividly illuminated by a fascinating, almost cinematic juxtaposition of two books: Donald Trump’s...

19.06.2026 60

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As US, Iran turn a page (hopefully), read a tale of two books

The diplomatic chasm between the two sides is vividly illuminated by a fascinating, almost cinematic juxtaposition of two books: Donald Trump’s...

18.06.2026 30

Indian Express

Shashi Tharoor

As US, Iran turn a page (hopefully), read a tale of two books

The diplomatic chasm between the two sides is vividly illuminated by a fascinating, almost cinematic juxtaposition of two books: Donald Trump’s...

18.06.2026 40

Indian Express

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Operation Toofan: Protecting Kerala’s future from drug menace

The challenge of drugs is not unique to Kerala. Across India, many states are confronting the same problem. The growth of synthetic drugs, the spread...

15.06.2026 50

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Opinion | The Story Of A Hotel Check-In, And An India That No Longer Exists

12.06.2026 40

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Shashi Tharoor writes: The argumentative Indian must also learn to listen

11.06.2026 70

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Shashi Tharoor writes: The argumentative Indian must also learn to listen

Ancient Indian thinkers thrived on rigorous debate, where the goal was to dismantle an opponent’s argument to reach a higher truth. However, in the...

11.06.2026 30

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Shashi Tharoor writes: The argumentative Indian must also learn to listen

11.06.2026 30

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Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within

If all else fails, take your case to court. But for that, you need to have a case, not just a set of slogans or memes expressing your frustrations

03.06.2026 30

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Shashi Tharoor writes: Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within

03.06.2026 50

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Shashi Tharoor writes: Dear Gen Z, you don't need to be treated like cockroaches, you can change the system from within

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Operation Toofan: A fight for Kerala’s youth, families and future

I had the privilege of participating in the launch of Operation Toofan in Thiruvananthapuram – the first major new initiative of the new Government...

03.06.2026 50

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Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties

28.05.2026 60

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Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties

28.05.2026 60

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Marco Rubio's visit cannot fully undo a year of systemic whiplash in India-US ties

While Rubio effectively managed the acute symptoms of the crumbling partnership, the underlying disease — the radical unpredictability of...

28.05.2026 60

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Shashi Tharoor writes: In Iran and beyond, force has its limits – and vulnerability can become leverage

21.05.2026 50

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Shashi Tharoor writes: In Iran and beyond, force has its limits – and vulnerability can become leverage

21.05.2026 40

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Opinion | The Beijing Spectacle: Two Weary Giants Carve Up Their Share Of The World

17.05.2026 50

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At the India-Nordic Summit, turn ‘sambandh’ into strategy

At a time when the turbulence of the Trumpian era has unsettled global norms, India and the Nordic countries share a common interest in defending...

14.05.2026 40

Indian Express

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At the India-Nordic Summit, turn ‘sambandh’ into strategy

At a time when the turbulence of the Trumpian era has unsettled global norms, India and the Nordic countries share a common interest in defending...

14.05.2026 50

Indian Express

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At the India-Nordic Summit, turn ‘sambandh’ into strategy

14.05.2026 40

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Opinion | 'Who Else?' - The Hubris That Shattered The Left In Kerala

07.05.2026 50

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Spices are the key to a renewed export future

I write these words in Kochi, a city whose very history is intertwined with the global spice trade. For over two millennia, this coastline has...

01.05.2026 60

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Et tu, Kerala? Rise of identity politics threatens social cohesion, governance

30.04.2026 50

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Et tu, Kerala? Rise of identity politics threatens social cohesion, governance

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Et tu, Kerala? Rise of identity politics threatens social cohesion, governance

30.04.2026 60

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