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Blog | Goondaism To Corruption, 'Mango' Mishra Is All That's Wrong With Bengal
A priest's son who became a lawyer bunks the courtroom, takes on a handout job, and aims to make money through bribes. This is not just corruption, but a deep rot.
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Opinion | No, Bangladesh's Islamist Descent Is Not Yunus' Doing Alone
The truth is that the shift has been underway in Bangladesh for a long time now, and was visible - even ignored - under the regime of Sheikh Hasina, India's 'great friend'.
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Opinion | Joking Hazards: How A Karnataka Bill Could Kill Online Parody, Satire
A voice-dubbed parody of a political sermon, even if clearly labelled as satire, could be construed under the bill as distorted or fabricated and made liable to prosecution.
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Opinion | Karnataka Crisis Could Be Kharge's Moment Of Reckoning
As Congress leaders in Karnataka openly discuss a possible change of CM, Mallikarjun Kharge has dropped a bombshell by stating that this is a matter for the leadership to decide, adding, "No one can say what is going on in the high command".
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Opinion | US' 'Covert' Operations In Pak, And Why They Should Surprise No One
It has been seen earlier how the US is suspicious of governments in both Iran and Afghanistan. In both cases, there have been direct confrontations. Pakistan provides the ideal listening post, as well as a quick launch pad.
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Blog | Dharavi To Bollywood: Journey Of Jameel Shah, India's Dance Shoemaker
In the heart of Mumbai's sprawling slum, Dharavi, in its narrow but resilient alleys, one man is stitching dreams into leather. The story of Jameel Shah is nothing short of extraordinary.
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Blog | Confessions Of A Superstar: The Aamir Khan We Never Knew
In the last couple of months, the actor, known to be distant and media-wary, has been everywhere. Wearing basic round neck t-shirts and thick-rimmed glasses, he has talked for hours about himself without hesitation or annoyance. But why?
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Opinion | Who Wants Peace, Anyway? On War And The People Who Fuel It
The war industry cannibalises all others, and there's no shortage of hypocrisy in today's global security discourse. Powerful states lament instability while fuelling it through arms sales and proxy wars.
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Opinion | The Story Of Raj Narain, Who Led To Indira Gandhi's Ouster, Then Return
The fall of two Prime Ministers, Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai - as well as the (short-lived) anointment of a third, Chaudhary Charan Singh - is attributed to Narain.
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Opinion | The Cost of 'Boasting': Trump And India's Post-Op Sindoor Dilemmas
Sometimes, it is not the conflict that changes everything. It is the story told about how it ended. This is one such case.
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Opinion | From Headingley, More Positives Than Negatives For India
The team management needs to stop being defensive, think positive and invest in players with proven potential and a future rather than in those on borrowed time.
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Opinion | Why Iranians Are Standing With Their Regime - Even When They Hate It
Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began, did not wait or depend on external forces to engineer a change. It was implemented by Tunisians themselves. Any Iranian Spring, too, must begin in Iran.
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Opinion | For Amit Shah, A Note On What Ambedkar, Gandhi, Azad Said About 'English'
India doesn't need less English. It needs more multilingualism, more access, and more confidence in its ability to speak in many tongues without shame or fear.
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Opinion | Why America Is Like A Teenager Who Refuses To Grow Up
American foreign policy in West Asia is a textbook example of adolescent overreach: short attention spans, cyclical memory, a belief in shortcuts to regime change, and an almost allergic reaction to complexity.
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Opinion | After Missiles, The Anxieties Taking Hold Of Iran Now
The events of the past few months and Israel's application of outright military dominance over its skies may shake up and reshape the way in which Iran's polity has functioned over the past 46 years
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Opinion | How Zohran Mamdani Has Given Indian-Americans An Identity Crisis
Suddenly, many Indians' urge to claim anyone even remotely Indian in terms of their genetic makeup for achieving anything on the global stage has turned into outright hate.
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Opinion | Why The Word 'Nuclear' Shouldn't Scare Us So
While nuclear technology for power generation holds immense potential to drive the global energy transition, it has always been haunted by its dual-use nature, as there is a very fine red line between the civilian and military use of nuclear energy.
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Opinion | Congress May Have Finally Solved Its Tharoor Dilemma In Kerala
With the Nilambur by-election in the bag, maybe the Congress can finally put the sordid Tharoor saga behind it and concentrate on the challenging panchayat and assembly elections looming ahead.
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Opinion | 50 Years Since Emergency: What Really Fuelled Indira Gandhi's Insecurity
The roots of the political crisis that led to Emergency lay in the factional politics of Congress.
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Opinion | Whose Friend Is The US Anyway?
As of 2025, many countries, big and small, view the US less as a protector and more like an unreliable patron - slow to act if at all, unsure of its commitments, often causing embarrassment, and vulnerable to distraction.
