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Opinion | For The Great Passport Debate, A 'Common-Sense' Cure - By Shashi Tharoor
There is a gap between legal theory and the practical realities of a passport. But an easy fix can resolve this manufactured crisis.
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Opinion | The Invisible Import In Every Indian Thali
In 2025-26, India spent over US$ 19 billion on edible oil imports to meet 60% of its demand, making it vulnerable to global price shocks and supply disruption while straining the nation's exchequer of its forex reserves for what it could grow at home
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Opinion | Arithmetic, Alliances And The Quest For Constitutional Power
While cabinet changes are routine in any administration, the circumstances surrounding this exercise suggest that political arithmetic rather than administrative performance may dominate the calculations.
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Opinion | Pune Fort Murder, And The One Word That Could've Stopped It All
The gruesome killing of Ketan Agarwal and the death of Twisha Sharma last month raise questions about the rigid culture surrounding marriages in India
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Opinion | The War On London: How Lies And Bots Are Targeting The City
Research shows that hostile social media narratives describing London as dangerous or in decline have increased by between 150 and 200 per cent over the past two years.
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Opinion | Iran Peace Process Needs A New Architect, And India Shouldn't Waste Its Chance
Most leaders in the West have all experienced a sharp drop in popularity owing to economic and geopolitical uncertainty. For Delhi, this might be the time to cash in on its multi-alignment framework and cement its place at the high table.
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India In The Age Of AI: Producer, Consumer, Or Bystander?
The US and China were burning hundreds of billions on foundational model development. India's competitive advantage, the argument ran, lay in its deep software services capability, its cost efficiency and its ability to build applications serving specific markets and verticals.
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Opinion | Britain Seems To Have A New National Hobby: Firing Its Prime Ministers
Britain's Prime Ministers are dropping like mayflies, and nobody seems to be able to stop the mayhem.
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Opinion | Will Bhagwant Mann's 'Video' Row Become A Larger Punjab Battle?
The politics of 2026 shares little with that of 1982. But the phrase does not carry politics alone; it carries memory. Once invoked, it can turn a political disagreement into a moral confrontation that is much harder to resolve or step back from.
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Opinion | Iran War: Has New Delhi Lost Out, And Has Pak Really Gained? By Shashi Tharoor
To imagine a Nobel Peace for the terrorist-sponsoring Field Marshal Asim Munir may be a fantasy too far. The world sees clearly the difference between an autonomous actor and a message-carrying stool-pigeon.
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Opinion: El Nino Is Set To Further Disrupt India's $300 Billion Farm Economy
The interaction between the numerous factors affecting the monsoon isn't fully understood, but it's unlikely that El Nino, first declared just a few weeks ago, is the key driver of its late onset.
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Opinion | Why Indian Parties Are Beginning To Look Like Political 'Spare Parts'
India has thousands of political parties on paper. Some are genuine vehicles of aspiration. But others are beginning to look like political spare parts: useful when the main engine needs reassembly. Maharashtra and West Bengal are examples.
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Opinion | The Iran Paradox: 2 Things That Can Derail The Peace Process
The possibility of talks extending for months and years on two crucial issues may turn this 'roadmap' into a never-ending saga.
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Opinion | Meta Makes A $900 Million Super-App Move In India
Cred's founder and Chief Executive Officer Kunal Shah will move to Meta as the head of its flagship messaging service.
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CRED, Kunal Shah, And The Questions That Won't Go Away
Founded by Shah in 2018, CRED was built to reward creditworthy Indians for responsible financial behaviour.
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Blog | We Have Not Lost Ourselves - Notes From A Kashmiri Pandit
I was seventeen the night I left Kashmir. It was January 19, 1990. My father woke me at three in the morning. I can still feel that hand on my shoulder in the cold.
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The AI Overhaul: What India Can Learn From China's Massive University Shakeup
China has carried out the most sweeping university overhaul in the past five years. It has eliminated 12,200 undergraduate programmes and introduced 10,200 new ones. We in India need to sit with this news for a moment.
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Opinion | Why Pakistan Is Becoming Harder To Isolate - Despite India's Push
Pakistan's willingness to sell itself to the highest bidder explains its curious positioning in the world. India's only option now is to get creative as it tries to isolate it globally.
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Opinion | The Great Surrender: Why This Is America's Worst Humiliation In Over 50 Years
There is no precedent in recent US history for an American president accepting such humiliating terms as in the Iran deal.
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Opinion | Main Vaapas Aaunga Will Be Called A Masterpiece One Day, And It Should Be Today
I don't want to revisit Main Vaapas Aaunga in 2035 and announce that it was misunderstood. I would rather acknowledge what it is right now. A masterpiece.
