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Opinion | Congress's 'Jamaat' Experiment In Kerala Can Backfire Badly. But Does It Care?
The Jamaat has always been sort of a political pariah in the state. Why, then, is the Congress warming up to it?
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Opinion | Supreme Court-NCERT Row: How Do You Really Teach Children About Judiciary?
India's constitutional journey has been marked by landmark judgments as well as legitimate criticism over delays and infrastructure deficits. Both truths coexist. The art of civic education lies in presenting them proportionately.
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Opinion | A BAFTA Award, Straight From The Ashes Of Manipur's Moreh
The shooting for 'Boong' in Moreh wrapped up barely a week before violence engulfed the township. Many who stood behind and before the camera are today internally displaced.
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Opinion| India's Warm Hospitality To Jewish Community
In keeping with India's ancient tradition of warmth and hospitality to visitors, the Jewish community was welcomed in India and flourished here, even 3,000 years ago.
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Opinion | What's In An 'M'? The Empty Performance of Renaming Kerala
The 'm' at the end of Keralam will not stop the sea from encroaching, it will not fill the coffers of the state treasury, and it will not provide a bed in a super-specialty hospital.
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Opinion | From Kerala To Keralam: What's Really In A Name? A Lot, Apparently
For many, the name change may be much ado about nothing, but for the likes of MN Karassery, who have been using Keralam instead of Kerala over the years, it is a moment to celebrate.
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Opinion | How Israel Once Defied Its Biggest Ally To Secretly Help India Against Pakistan
During the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Israel secretly supplied India with critical military equipment despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties. Then came an 'offer' against Pakistan in the 1980s.
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Opinion | "5 Jets Down", Or 7, Or 11? Trump And The Horror Of His 'India-Pak' Fantasies
The more dramatic the claim, the more fluid the facts behind it become for Trump.
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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.
