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Opinion | West Bengal Polls: Why Both Trinamool And BJP Want To Woo The Rajbanshis
The BJP's march in Bengal has been primarily powered by the Rajbanshi and Matua communities, spread across the northern and eastern border regions, respectively.
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Opinion | If You Don't Care About Taj Mahal's Architect, Why Cry Over Lutyens?
The parallel, if one has to be drawn, is not with Shah Jahan and the Taj. It is with the architect of the Taj, and most of us don't know his name either. Why, then, should we bother too much with a British architect?
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Opinion | Inside Trump's Dirty Games With South Korea And Japan - And Why India Must Care
The US President's dealings with his two allies have become cautionary tales highlighting the difficulty of negotiating with Trump's America.
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Opinion | The Unsettling Iranian 'War Logic' Trump May Be Ignoring
Any attempts by Trump to forcibly "hold" Iranian land are likely to be met with an unprecedented fury, perhaps of the kind that America has never faced before.
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Opinion | 3 Reasons India Shouldn't Sign A Deal With A Court-Defeated Trump
Post the US Supreme Court's order striking down Trump's tariffs, the legal and economic baseline for an India-US deal has shifted sharply.
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Opinion | Wanted, Desperately: A 'Fixer' For Rahul Gandhi
With Congress getting blindsided state after state, Rahul needs an 'Ahmed Patel' of his own who can fix things before they blow up into embarrassing crises.
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Blog | Meet The Man Who Got Sunil Gavaskar's Cricket Bat In 1981, And Never Looked Back
Kiran More once remarked that Shyam Bhatia had done more for cricket than even the ICC.
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Opinion | 10 Days After Bangladesh Polls, Lingering Questions About Pak, Hasina, US
No smooth sailing of bilateral relations can be expected. The effort would be to restore normalcy. The good days of India-Bangladesh ties under Sheikh Hasina are likely over.
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Opinion | Why TVK Must Be Protesting For Jananayagan - But Isn't
If the TVK cannot - or will not - protest the systemic targeting of its own leader's work, a vital question arises: how will it champion the complex issues of the common man?
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Opinion | The 'Quiet Panic' That Led To Trump Blinking On Anti-India Tariffs
Experts estimate that this year, core goods inflation in the United States may reach levels comparable to the 2008 financial crisis. And Trump's tariffs aren't helping.
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Opinion | In Bangladesh, A Story Of Many Wins
The rain is over, and the clouds are clearing. Now, the hard work of rebuilding a nation begins, and India must be standing right there alongside as a friend.
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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.
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Opinion | 12 More Questions Opposition Asked In Parliament To Hold Centre Accountable
Last week, your columnist chose 12 questions from among the 4500 questions asked in the first half of the Budget Session. 2750 questions in Lok Sabha, 1760 questions in Rajya Sabha, were balloted to be asked during Question Hour.
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Opinion | Delhi Scorpio Tragedy: Why These Four States Top The Hit-And-Run List
The share of hit-and-run cases in total road fatalities has expanded from roughly 13-14% to nearly 18%, indicating that fleeing the scene has become a pattern in a growing proportion of fatal crashes.
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Opinion | Trump Might Not Actually Have A 'Real' Plan For Iran
Sure, the US is very capable of another military-driven 'hit-and-run', this time in Iran. But the question would remain, to what end?
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Opinion: Tim Cook Seems Determined To Keep Bruising Apple
For 13 years running, the iPhone maker has been the world's most valuable brand as measured by the consulting firm Interbrand.
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Opinion | Will Iran Actually Use Its Catastrophic 'Strait Of Hormuz' Card Against US?
Should the US launch any attacks on Iran - and every indication is that it means to very soon - it will be to implement a regime change. In which case, Iran could be forced to adopt extraordinary measures.
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Opinion | Machismo vs Survival: Can Rahul-Stalin Really Afford to Break Away?
Congress breaking away will weaken the DMK alliance, but it would not necessarily strengthen the Congress, either.
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Opinion | Why AI Is Also A Story About Energy
AI is often discussed in terms of talent, algorithms, and compute capacity. Increasingly, however, it is also an energy story.
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Opinion | India's Northeast Has A New Problem - 'Jamaat' Surge Along Bangladesh Border
Most of Jamaat's victories have come from the north-west and south-west regions adjoining Indian states such as West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya.
