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Opinion | 2025: A Reform Year That Put Middle Class, Common Citizens First
The year 2025 stands out as a landmark in India's reforms journey-one that decisively placed the middle class and the common man at the heart of policymaking.
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Opinion | Congress Meltdown: In Digvijaya Singh's 'RSS' Post, A Reckoning For Rahul
From the row between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar in Karnataka, to the sidelining of leaders like Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari, to replacing the leadership in Rajasthan, Gandhi can no longer continue evading responsibility.
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Opinion | On Christmas And 'Tulsi Diwas' - And, Manufactured Traditions
By pinning Tulsi worship to Christmas Day, the architects of this movement aren't trying to honour the plant or our culture; they are trying to colonise the calendar.
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Opinion | Jana Nayagan vs. Parasakthi: The Politics Playing Out On Tamil Nadu's Screens
This is not merely a contest between two films; it is a proxy battle for political space, symbolism, and supremacy.
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Blog | Rahul vs Priyanka? Not Really
The rumours about apower struggle within the Congress may just be that: rumours. For now, there is no vacancy in the Congress.
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Opinion | At 14, Vaibhav Suryavanshi Might Just Be Too Good To Be 'Protected'
This boy from Samastipur is simply asking Indian cricket to widen its imagination. Can it keep up?
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Opinion | Bollywood Is No Match for India's New Wave Cinema
The signature motif of Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1, India's second-biggest box-office success of 2025, is a primordial scream. It may as well be the sound of old Bollywood in its death throes or the birth pangs of a new industry.
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Opinion | SHANTI Bill Deserves Scrutiny - But Support, Too
No law is perfect. Some provisions of the SHANTI Bill will warrant review, oversight, and refinement as implementation unfolds. But rejecting the Bill outright would mean accepting stagnation.
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Opinion | SHANTI Bill May Not Necessarily Be A Nuclear 'Sell-Out', After All
Whether SHANTI is a sell-out dressed up as reform, or a lever for reliable power for industry and cities, and for turning rural power from a lottery into a utility, will be decided by the hard work of implementation.
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Opinion | Bangladesh: A Lynching, Nationalism, And Blood Sacrifice
For the present idea of Bangladeshi nationalism, a Hindu factory worker claiming that God is one and the same for everyone, despite different names, is an inconvenience. It hasn't been a new inconvenience, though.
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Opinion | Is Congress Looking At A Rahul-Priyanka-Sachin Pilot Troika For 2029?
The Congress is undergoing a big churn that may see a meatier and bigger role for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
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Opinion | Ain't No Mountain High Enough ... To Keep Them From Getting To Aravallis
A technical redefinition threatens to turn one of India's oldest mountain ranges into legally exploitable land. But even by the government's own standards, four questions remain unanswered.
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Opinion | 'Rahul Unapproachable', Struggling Congress Bets On Priyanka Gandhi
Irrespective of whether the sharp spotlight on PGV is organic or manufactured, public opinion about giving PGV a larger campaign role is undeniable and only growing
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Opinion | Here's The Bad Climate News You Missed This Year
It might have seemed in 2025 that every piece of bad news for the global climate and energy transition had some sort of connection to President Donald Trump. If only it were so simple.
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Opinion | Why You Can't Put A 'Measuring Tape' On The 2-Billion-Year Old Aravallis
In a region that has already paid dearly for environmental shortcuts, redefining protection before completing the science is a risk India cannot afford.
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Opinion | Why The Anti-India Rage In Bangladesh Makes Little Political Sense
Election time among most of our neighbours inevitably has an anti-India component these days. Such narratives are useful for the politically ambitious.
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Opinion | Is India Becoming 'Collateral Damage' In US' Tariff Wars?
As US-China economic tensions persist and intensify across select geographies, middle powers are increasingly adjusting trade policies to avoid direct confrontation with Washington.
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Opinion | Ten Reasons Why Modi Government Should Not Have Killed MGNREGA
The original objective of MGNREGA was guarantee, livelihood and security. This Bill kills all three of these.
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Opinion | Telangana A Lab For Congress's Minority Policy
One of the that catapulted Revanth Reddy to the Chief Minister's chair in Telangana is his aggression. He does not believe in keeping it subtle when he wants to drive a point home.
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Opinion | In 'Dhurandhar', More Gang Wars Than Spy Wars
It's a massacre at a grand wedding in Karachi, as two gangs, one led by a Baloch, another by a Pathan, turn their guns on each other.
