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Opinion | Foreign Policy Is Not Just High-Table Talk. It Matters
Foreign policy involves much more than just eloquent speeches; it means working strategically for an authoritative, or at least more representative, seat at the high tables of global governance.
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Opinion | Operation Sindoor: What Can India Expect From The World's Reactions?
There is a clear concern within the international community about the potential for the situation to escalate, especially given that both nations are nuclear-armed.
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After Pahalgam: India's Options - By Shashi Tharoor
A major terrorist attack from across the border has once again plunged our nation into a crisis, provoking nationwide anger. This time it is the cynical murder of 26 tourists in Pahalgam.
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Opinion | An Elegy For A Beloved Pope
Pope Francis' depth of experience, gleaned from a life lived in service, from the streets of Buenos Aires to the Vatican, imbued his leadership with a unique authenticity.
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Opinion | Aurangzeb, The Ghosts Of History, And The Politics of Remembrance
The ideological battle unfolding today, whether over Aurangzeb or the broader legacy of Islamic rule, reflects the interplay between history and nationalism.
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Opinion | Three-Language Row And Some Hard Facts You Can't Wish Away
Questions of regional identity are the reason that states assert their autonomy in educational policies. We can't wish this reality away.
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Opinion | Union Budget 2025: Balancing Act Or Missed Opportunity?
While Budget 2025 introduces some commendable measures, its approach to Viksit Bharat feels more like a cautious shuffle than a confident stride.
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Opinion | Manmohan Singh, Who Brought The India Story To World Stage
Manmohan Singh transformed India, and did so with an uncommon level of integrity, personal incorruptibility and simple decency that were wholly admirable and moved all who had the privilege of knowing him.
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Opinion: Time For Modi's India To Walk The Talk On Energy
However the Doklam crisis is eventually resolved, it should not obscure the potential for genuine cooperation with China in tackling another crisis - one with arguably greater stakes for India and the world at large.
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Opinion: What Rahul Gandhi Must Do To Revive The Congress
Though I spent much of Election Day (19 May) before the national English and Hindi media discussing the electoral debacle of the Congress, I did not do so in an official capacity. I am not a party spokesman, a member of the Congress Working Committee, nor of any of its decision-making bodies. But as an individual member and elected MP of the Congress, I am dismayed to...
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Opinion: Kollam Temple Fire: 3 Lessons India Must Learn
Our attitude has become that it is always easier to obtain forgiveness than permission.
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Opinion: Let's Debate Nationalism, Not Bhagat Singh
Unless the voices of those calling for a humane and broad-minded view of the Indian nation are heard, we are in danger of being reduced to the very thing our forefathers rejected in 1947 - a Hindu Pakistan.
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Opinion: On 377, I Give Up, Hypocrisy And Bigotry Triumphs
My late father, Chandran Tharoor, used to tell me more than five decades ago that India is not just the world's largest democracy, it is also the world's largest hypocrisy. The wisdom and accuracy of his perception was again on display when my second attempt to introduce a Private Member's Bill to amend Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was defeated in the Lok Sabh...
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Opinion: Congratulations, BJP, On Creating The Kanhaiya Kumar Phenomenon
With his compelling fluency and brilliant rhetoric, his impish smile and sardonic humour, his mastery of idiomatic Hindi and his manifest sincerity, Kanhaiya seems to represent the idealism and passion long felt to be absent in the political class. In explicit contrast to the practised and cynical politicians running the nation, he offers an authentic voice of the peo...
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Opinion: Modi Declared It An Exam. 'Must Try Better' Is His Grade - By Shashi Tharoor
The tax collection targets are going to be very difficult to meet.
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Opinion: Set Kanhaiya Free. Dissent Is Not Anti-National.
A great deal has already been written about the arrest of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and the ensuing national uproar. But the drama highlights a broader danger: the growing evidence that the BJP is orchestrating a deliberate and strategic assault on Indian universities.
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Opinion: The Larger Issue Behind - And Beyond - The Netaji Records
The measures taken by the Prime Minister in response to the decades-long Netaji controversy missed the forest for one set of trees. India still lacks comprehensive and accountable routines for maintaining accessible public records.
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Opinion: On My Twitter Dispute With Anupam Kher
My recent Twitter spat with Anupam Kher has, somewhat to my own surprise, been blown up out of all proportion, with thousands of retweets and several articles in the newspapers over an essentially innocuous exchange.
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Opinion: I'm Not Giving Up On Fighting Section 377
There's a price to be paid for bigotry, and the whole nation is paying it.
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Opinion: Lok Sabha Passed This Bill, But It's Deeply Flawed
The objective of the law is supposed to be to put in place an updated and modern practice of Alternate Dispute Resolution. Yet there are no provisions that encourage the use of technology during arbitration proceedings.
