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Opinion: Ahead Of Bengal Polls, Decoding The Bhadralok's Views On SIR
In West Bengal, and particularly in Kolkata, the bhadralok have historically played a central role in shaping public opinion.
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Opinion: The Skills That Sustain Us Begin Long Before School
Education obsesses over curriculum. But early foundations? Built through human moments—like an adult returning as promised. That's trust
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Opinion | Three Things May Happen At The End Of The 14-Day Ceasefire (Or Earlier)
Will Iran and Israel continue to clash, with Trump supporting the latter from the outside?
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Opinion | Over 1 Lakh US Troops Are Stationed In Europe. What Happens If They Leave?
The American role is not limited to troops. The US makes up the backbone of NATO's nuclear deterrence.
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Opinion | Islamabad Talks: Iran Seems To Have Figured Out A Crucial Thing About Trump
This has been primarily an outcome of Washington's inability to effectively combine military capacity with political acumen.
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Opinion | The Real Reason China Stayed 'Quiet' About Its US-Iran Ceasefire Role
Given Trump's ego and the need to declare 'victory', Beijing opted for a very quiet entry into the mediation, with Pakistan apparently fronting the whole exercise.
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Opinion | India Sits Atop 500 Million Tons Of Gold Ore. Why Isn't It Being Mined? - By Shashi Tharoor
We mine a pittance - barely one and a half tons a year - while draining our foreign exchange reserves to import hundreds of tons annually from mines in Australia, Ghana, and Peru.
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Opinion | How Iran Ceasefire Helps Pakistan Fix A 10-Year-Old 'Mess' With Saudi
The debate around Pakistan's 'mediation' efforts continues. But the fact remains that the country is in the geopolitical limelight for appropriate reasons after a long, long time.
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Opinion | AAP And Raghav Chadha At A Political Crossroads
The public unravelling of the relationship between Chadha and AAP is not merely another episode of intra-party dissent. It is a revealing moment that exposes deeper structural and ideological weaknesses within the party.
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Opinion | Deal Or 'Setup'? Why Both US And Iran Think This Ceasefire Is A Trap
Both Washington and Tehran have, rather predictively, sought to frame the outcome as a victory, even as early reports of minor violations hint at the fragility of the arrangement.
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Opinion | Why Kerala Is A Do-Or-Die Battle For Congress And CPI(M)
For the Left, it is a battle for existence. For the Congress, it can't afford to lose the state for a third time.
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Why China Is The World's Most Effective Opposition Party
Imagine the world as a single political system with the US as the incumbent. In this universe, China is the challenger. It's not trying to dismantle American power. Instead, it is positioning itself as a rival source of authority. Beijing is adopting the tactics of a global opposition party, argues a new paper by Hannah Bailey of the Carne...
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Opinion | Alliance Absurdity: Time For MOTA
While campaigning in Puducherry for the upcoming assembly election, the Dalit Panthers party (VCK) chief Thirumavalavan did something unprecedented in India's political history - he asked voters to not vote for his party's candidates and vote for the Congress candidate instead. Meanwhile, in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the same Thirumavalavan had f...
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Opinion | Faith, Ballot and Sabarimala: Why Left Softened Its Stand Ahead of Kerala Polls
The final phase of hearings in the Sabarimala case is critical for incorporating matters that impinge on both individual rights as well as social and religious tradition of specific communities
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Opinion | The 'Munir Doctrine' That Drove Pak's US-Iran Brokering Project
The spate of calls, social media messaging, and diplomatic efforts from Pakistan in recent weeks, especially involving PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, raises many questions.
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Opinion | War Ally To Mere Bystander: Is This The Loneliest Day For Netanyahu?
Israel, the US's closest partner in the region and which lured Trump to take on Iran, was ultimatelt a mere spectator to the ceasefire agreement.
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Analysis: BJP And Left, Ideologically Diverse, Has Same Set Of Voters
Clearly, the Left and the BJP though ideologically diverse end up cultivating the same set of voters, and their growth is complementary across the states
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Opinion | Iran Scorecard: A List Of Winners, Losers, And Those Who Rigged The Game
Iran is the clearest winner of this conflict. The US has absorbed a lasting blow. Trump, personally, has got what he wanted. Netanyahu is exposed. The Gulf is vulnerable. All these realities are simultaneously true, and that is the paradox of this mo
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Opinion | America Will Still Recover From The Iran Humiliation. And That's The Tragedy
Yet, nothing seems to be too much when Trump is concerned: no offence grave enough, no articulation too vulgar.
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Opinion | Has Pinarayi Vijayan Been Left All Alone?
The carefully constructed image of Vijayan as a leader in full control now lies shattered - in no small measure due to his own actions.
