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Opinion | Nitish Kumar, And The Great Bihar Promise That Never Came
Nitish Kumar had the chance to transform Bihar. He had built enough political equity and developed administrative chops to bring about real change. Yet, he did not.
- Wednesday March 11, 2026
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | How America Is Quietly Profiting Off The Oil Chaos In Gulf
In 2008, the high oil prices had helped kickstart the shale oil industry in the US. Something similar may be happening now.
- Tuesday March 3, 2026
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | The Paradox Of India's 'YOLO' Consumer
The higher weightage for personal care, transport and intoxicants draws the picture of a consumer with a YOLO (you-only-live-once) approach.
- Friday February 20, 2026
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | Bitumen: A Crude Item's Curious Link To Trump's Venezuela Strike - And India
What China stands to lose after Trump's Venezuela blitz, India may soon be building at home.
- Wednesday January 14, 2026
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | A Complex Problem For BJP: Constitution vs Constitution
The BJP's own constitution, rooted in its basic philosophy - Integral Humanism - conflicts with the country's Constitution. And it is not about the differences over the Preamble.
- Friday December 5, 2025
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | Who Moved My Tech?
The business of technology has rewired the very logic of market behaviour, rewarding first movers and creation of dependencies more than even revenue and returns.
- Thursday October 16, 2025
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | Trump Tariffs May Have An Unlikely Gainer In India - RSS. Here's How
The American onslaught on Indian exports and workers has provided the Modi administration an off-ramp to align closer to the RSS swadeshi ideology and perhaps bridge the widest and oldest rift between the RSS and its political arm.
- Tuesday September 23, 2025
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | RSS At 100: Contradictions Of Imagination
Bhagwat said that except for certain core tenets, everything in the RSS is open to change. That flexibility will be useful for the RSS leadership, which has its job cut out as it tries to steer the ship into open international waters.
- Wednesday September 3, 2025
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | Who Is Scott Bessent - Tariff Hawk, Yen Man, And India's New Headache?
Recently, Bessent told Europe that it is not doing its part because it is yet to join the US in imposing secondary tariffs on India. "It's put up or shut up time," he told Europe.
- Tuesday August 19, 2025
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan
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Opinion | What Recent Mumbai Flooding Should Teach Us About Climate
Extreme weather events have become more frequent across the world and barely anyone is spared. While Mumbai was dealing with a deluge, a glacier collapsed in Switzerland, dumping mud and ice into a valley and burying the village of Blatten.
- Wednesday June 11, 2025
- Opinion
- Dinesh Narayanan