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Blog | Saiyaara, And The Taming Of The Tortured-Male-Rockstar
Mohit Suri's film flips the script, in that it allows the girl to bypass conventions and extract an Aditya Chopra hero, prone to seeing the divine in the person he loves, from Sandeep Reddy Vanga's universe of God-complexed lovers.
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Opinion | Trade Deals vs WTO: Is Trump Hastening The World Trade Organization's Demise?
The current Trump tariffs may not be mimicking the pre-WWII period, but they are certainly reminiscent of that.
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Opinion | After Odisha Student's Self-Immolation, The Pretence Of 'Action'
The death of the student, who died by suicide after multiple pleas to authorities and a sham hearing by the Internal Complaints Committee, has exposed the inadequate, or mostly absent, student support systems in higher education institutions.
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Opinion | Beyond Hesitations: Why The India-UK Trade Deal Is An Inflexion Point
For long, Indo-UK relations have been shadowed by the echoes of a colonial past. While that history must never be forgotten, it is crucial to acknowledge the evolving dynamics of a modern, democratic India and a globally engaged Britain.
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Opinion | Rahul's 'Masterly Inaction' Can Cost Congress More Than Just Karnataka
The prospects of a repeat of Madhya Pradesh cannot be ruled out in Karnataka. Rahul is running out of both time and options.
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Opinion | The Vice Presidents of India I Know
It was my first day in Parliament. After being sworn in, Mr Ansari called some of us rookies for an informal chat over coffee. The conversation flowed. Noticing that it had been over 15 minutes, he asked us to come home soon to continue our chat.
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Blog | Sky-High Rent, Choked Roads: How Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi Became India's Chaos Capitals
Your office may be cool and your home furnishings plush, but there is little you can do about the confusion outside.
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Opinion | UK-India Trade Pact: The Empire, Finally, Shakes An Equal Hand
For 200 years, Britain shaped India's trade rules to its advantage - plundering raw materials, taxing salt, killing industries in the name of "free markets". Now, as post-Brexit UK shops around for friends, India has become a prized dance partner.
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Opinion | Air India Crash: We're All Terrified Of Flying Now, Thanks To Conspiracy Theories
The erosion of trust has triggered apprehensions among the public about air travel. I know of many erstwhile frequent fliers, who thought nothing before taking a flight for work or leisure, now hesitating before making the next flight booking.
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Blog | 'Backbenchers', Beware Of The Great Seat Shuffle
There's a quiet revolution brewing in the classrooms of Chhattisgarh, and no, it's not a surprise test. In a curious move, a government school in the state has decided to eliminate backbenchers by rotating seating arrangements regularly.
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Opinion | India's Classroom Crisis: Why Your Teacher Is So Clueless About Everything
I've spent the past month in my ancestral village, setting up a dream project. What I've encountered here, once again, is a paradoxical crisis - an education system so hollowed out that hope and despair now coexist in equal measure.
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Opinion | Tariff Blitz: Is India Becoming Collateral Damage In Someone Else's War?
As the European Union and the United States tighten the screws on Russia, the knock-on effects land squarely on India.
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Opinion | Between The Lines: What Dhankar's Exit Means for BJP And Parliament
Dhankar was the second new entrant to the BJP after Satyapal Malik to have gained prominence in the Narendra Modi-era, chagrining the Sanghs old guard. The fallout of his resignation may cause a lively organisational debate in the BJP.
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Opinion | Trump, India, Pahalgam: When Terrorists Are Easier To Deal With Than Tariffs
What's behind US's newfound intent to declare the TRF as a terrorist organisation, especially given how a number of western 'analysts' had demanded proof of its involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack?
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Opinion | 6 Ways China Beat Trump At Trade Negotiations - And What India Can Learn
As the US presses India with a "take-it-or-leave-it" offer, New Delhi must draw critical lessons from how China successfully negotiated with Washington in June 2025.
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Opinion | Karnataka: Has DK Shivakumar Given Up On His CM Ambitions?
DKS, having few takers for his claim, has perhaps accepted that he has no option but to stand by and support Siddaramaiah.
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Excerpt | 'Jeetu Bhai, Many Have Been Killed': A Journalist Recounts 2006 Mumbai Train Blasts
"'Jeetu bhai!!! A bomb has exploded in a train outside my building! Many people have been killed. Send a camera unit fast,' Odysteven Gomes from my channel screamed on the phone...I hastily left the cinema hall and rang the cops to get more details.
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Blog | Hey Bollywood, What Is It With The 'Bong Babe' Fetish?
Unlike what might be suggested, 'liberalism' is not stuffed in our potatoes, nor is it a virus Bengali women are born with. One is not born but becomes Rani Chatterjee or Madhu Bose.
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Opinion | Snapback To Reality: On Iran's 45-Year Slog To Nowhere
Vietnam chose wisely. It invited its old enemy to build factories, sign defence pacts and invest in peace. Tehran must decide: does it want to be the next Vietnam - or the next North Korea?
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Blog | From A Goldman Sachs Job To OnlyFans, The Lure Of The 'Creator Economy'
The rise of the creator economy has subtly brutalised the psyche of the toppers, the achievers, the ones who did everything right. Their skills and knowledge are barely valued in a world where content outperforms competence.
