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Opinion | How Vijay Is Redefining The 'Visual Language' Of Chief Ministership
By strategically moving away from traditional political tropes, Vijay, who is an outlier in the Tamil Nadu political theatre, is attempting to redefine the visual language of leadership in the state.
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Blog | Yahya Khan To Munir, The Curious Pak Factor In Every US-China Thaw
History suggests that whenever Washington looks toward Beijing during moments of global upheaval, Islamabad finds a way back into the game.
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Blog | The Inescapable Curse Of Being A Woman Politician In India
Women politicians in India are rarely allowed to exist as just politicians. They become emotional symbols. Everything except ordinary political leaders doing ordinary political things.
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Opinion | PM Modi Lands In UAE Amidst A Saudi 'Complication'
The UAE-Saudi rivalry is no longer just a Middle East story. It's becoming India's strategic headache.
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Opinion | As Chief Minister, VD Satheesan Will Now Have To Learn To Dance To Many Congress Tunes
Satheesan's independent "rebel" streak is precisely what worries the High Command; they are loath to lose control over Thiruvananthapuram the way they have over Bengaluru.
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Opinion | One Person In Gandhi Family Is Smiling Over Satheesan's Kerala Win - Despite Rahul
Rahul lost in Kerala. Priyanka gained. Kharge is satisfied. Venugopal was checked. And Satheesan emerged as Chief Minister. That is the internal Congress story beneath the Kerala story.
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Opinion | Trump-Xi Meeting, And The Problem With Dismissing America Too Soon
Americs is bruised, but appearances can be deceptive in great power politics.
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Opinion | Congress's Old Problem Is Back: Over-Confidence Without Numbers
Rahul Gandhi's recent assertion at a rally in Gurugram, that the Congress alone can defeat the BJP, is puzzling. When has arrogance ever worked for the party?
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Opinion | Snakes And Ladders: How NEET Has Now Become A Trauma Machine For 22 Lakh Students
When incompetence becomes normalised within systems meant to shape futures, the damage extends far beyond rankings and admissions. It reshapes an entire generation's relationship with trust, effort, and hope itself.
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Opinion | The Great Gulf Divorce: The UAE Has Broken From The Arab Order - But For What, Really?
For half a century, the UAE survived by balancing Arabia, America and Iran. Now MBZ has chosen a side.
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Opinion | The Beijing Visit: Why Does Trump Suddenly Need Xi Jinping?
China will factor in the real possibility that in the mid-term elections in November, Trump may lose the House of Representatives and may become a lame-duck president. How far should it invest in an agreement with Trump is the question.
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Opinion | Time To Pick A Chief Minister, Congress Should Not Do A Karnataka In Kerala
Karnataka has been a mess in terms of governance because of the confusion. It is now too late to bite the Karnataka bullet and enough damage has been done. But it is important not to let a similar situation develop in Kerala.
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Manoj Agarwal, Bengal's New Top Bureaucrat, At Centre Of Political Storm
The appointment of Manoj Agarwal as the Chief Secretary under the new BJP government in West Bengal has already triggered a political debate. In Opposition circles, especially within the Trinamool Congress, many are asking whether this is a "return gift" for the role he played during the election process. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has al...
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Opinion | Why India, Israel And UAE Are Building A Security 'Trilateral' Of Their Own
The India-Israel-UAE alignment is taking shape against a backdrop of accelerating disruption in the global economic and security order - disruptions that are simultaneously stress-testing existing frameworks and opening space for new regional archite
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Opinion | NEET Paper Leak: When Incompetence Becomes The System
India had been here before, exactly two years ago. The language was the same. The apology was the same. The promise was the same. Only the year had changed.
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Opinion | The Man Who Split AIADMK: Edappadi Palaniswami And His Politics Of Self-Sabotage
Many in the party are no longer willing to put up with repeated failures the AIADMK has faced under Palaniswami.
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Opinion | Trump-Xi Talks: When One Is Playing Chess, And Other Is Flipping The Board
Xi seeks cumulative advantage. Trump? Short-term spectacle.
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Meet Himanta Biswa Sarma, The "Chanakya" Of Assam
Under former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and earlier Hiteswar Saikia's mentorship, Himanta Biswa Sarma rose rapidly.
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When Vajpayee Broke Silence: Inside The Day India Went Nuclear
It was a hot afternoon on May 11, 1998. At that point in time, I was working as a correspondent covering the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and parliament with the news agency ANI. I received a call from Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's office that he would address a news conference in the next two hou...
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Opinion | 'Hellish Difficulty': Why India Should Be Keeping An Eye On China's New 'Shipborne' Drone
The GJ-21, which has a reported combat attack radius of up to 1,500 kilometres, when combined with a land-attack long-range precision-strike system, can have the ability to strike deep within a territory's mainland.
