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Opinion | Kerala's Minerals May Be India's Key To Long-Horizon Strategic Independence
Kerala's heavy minerals include monazite, ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and sillimanite - materials indispensable to energy transition, defence manufacturing, electronics, and advanced metallurgy. And yet, India has barely begun to value this endowment.
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Opinion | Bangladesh To Pak, An Embattled India Steps Into 2026 - By Shashi Tharoor
The events in our backyard offer a reminder that being a "Global South" leader is a hollow title if one's own immediate periphery is on fire.
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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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"Appreciate Dhaka's Condemnation, But...": S Tharoor On Hindu Man's Lynching
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday reacted to a Hindu man's lynching in Bangladesh amid the ongoing unrest in the country. In a post on X, Tharoor said, "An unbearably tragic incident amid the mob rule that is raging across Bangladesh."
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Opinion | The 'SHANTI' Bill Is A Radioactive Gamble With India's Future
The Bill shields foreign suppliers from being sued. It blocks citizens from the courts. It looks like a law written by the nuclear lobby, for the nuclear lobby.
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"Should've Held Game In Kerala": Shashi Tharoor As India vs South Africa T20I Abandoned Due To Fog In Lucknow
India vs South Africa 4th T20I: While there was dense fog throughout in Lucknow, pollution played a big part in the abandonment
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Opinion | What The IndiGo Crisis Reveals About The Fragility Of Indian Aviation
The indelible images of passengers sleeping rough on cold terminal floors, captured and broadcast across every channel, will outlast a thousand corporate advertising campaigns by IndiGo. The urgent push for reform can no longer be ignored.
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Opinion | Navigating the Tightrope: Why Putin's Visit Is A Masterclass In India's Foreign Policy
India's engagement with Russia is not without risks. Its decision to host the summit, nonetheless, and continue its trade ties despite overt disapproval from the West, is a clear exercise of strategic autonomy.
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Opinion | The Imran Khan I Know - By Shashi Tharoor
"I have known Imran Khan in three distinct phases of his life. Our first meeting was in New York, during my UN years. His sister, a UN colleague, hosted a gathering, and Imran, then a cricket celebrity, was present. I was struck by his warmth."
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Opinion | On A Friend's Death And Dying With Dignity - By Shashi Tharoor
Last Wednesday, I received an email that turned me inside out. It came from a friend of thirty-five years. His message began warmly, praising my latest essay, but then turned devastating. "If all goes well, by next Monday I'll be no more," he wrote.
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Shashi Tharoor's "Ideological Purity" Comeback To PM Speech Post Criticism
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday offered in-party critics a brief lesson in practicality and expediency in India's multi-party federal set-up and called on these to display a 'willingness to cooperate across ideologies' to serve the people.
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Opinion | The Reel Is Over, But The Light Remains: Remembering Dharmendra
From the moment he strode onto the silver screen in the early 1960s, a whirlwind of raw, rustic charm, Dharmendra was an instant phenomenon. He embodied the soul of a transitioning India: tough yet tender, deeply flawed yet utterly lovable.
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Shashi Tharoor's Post On Trump-Mamdani Meet Gets BJP Thumbs-Up
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has praised US President Donald Trump's meeting with newly elected New York mayor Zohran Mamdani at the White House as upholding democratic spirit despite making fierce attacks against each other during the polls.
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In Shashi Tharoor's Post For Indira Gandhi, A "For Good And Ill" Reminder
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday honoured the "towering legacy" of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary and said "today, one remembers a figure who left a major imprint, for good and ill."
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Opinion | Kerala's Minerals May Be India's Key To Long-Horizon Strategic Independence
Kerala's heavy minerals include monazite, ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and sillimanite - materials indispensable to energy transition, defence manufacturing, electronics, and advanced metallurgy. And yet, India has barely begun to value this endowment.
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Opinion | Bangladesh To Pak, An Embattled India Steps Into 2026 - By Shashi Tharoor
The events in our backyard offer a reminder that being a "Global South" leader is a hollow title if one's own immediate periphery is on fire.
-
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.
-
"Appreciate Dhaka's Condemnation, But...": S Tharoor On Hindu Man's Lynching
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday reacted to a Hindu man's lynching in Bangladesh amid the ongoing unrest in the country. In a post on X, Tharoor said, "An unbearably tragic incident amid the mob rule that is raging across Bangladesh."
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Opinion | The 'SHANTI' Bill Is A Radioactive Gamble With India's Future
The Bill shields foreign suppliers from being sued. It blocks citizens from the courts. It looks like a law written by the nuclear lobby, for the nuclear lobby.
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"Should've Held Game In Kerala": Shashi Tharoor As India vs South Africa T20I Abandoned Due To Fog In Lucknow
India vs South Africa 4th T20I: While there was dense fog throughout in Lucknow, pollution played a big part in the abandonment
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Opinion | What The IndiGo Crisis Reveals About The Fragility Of Indian Aviation
The indelible images of passengers sleeping rough on cold terminal floors, captured and broadcast across every channel, will outlast a thousand corporate advertising campaigns by IndiGo. The urgent push for reform can no longer be ignored.
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Opinion | Navigating the Tightrope: Why Putin's Visit Is A Masterclass In India's Foreign Policy
India's engagement with Russia is not without risks. Its decision to host the summit, nonetheless, and continue its trade ties despite overt disapproval from the West, is a clear exercise of strategic autonomy.
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Opinion | The Imran Khan I Know - By Shashi Tharoor
"I have known Imran Khan in three distinct phases of his life. Our first meeting was in New York, during my UN years. His sister, a UN colleague, hosted a gathering, and Imran, then a cricket celebrity, was present. I was struck by his warmth."
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Opinion | On A Friend's Death And Dying With Dignity - By Shashi Tharoor
Last Wednesday, I received an email that turned me inside out. It came from a friend of thirty-five years. His message began warmly, praising my latest essay, but then turned devastating. "If all goes well, by next Monday I'll be no more," he wrote.
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Shashi Tharoor's "Ideological Purity" Comeback To PM Speech Post Criticism
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday offered in-party critics a brief lesson in practicality and expediency in India's multi-party federal set-up and called on these to display a 'willingness to cooperate across ideologies' to serve the people.
-
Opinion | The Reel Is Over, But The Light Remains: Remembering Dharmendra
From the moment he strode onto the silver screen in the early 1960s, a whirlwind of raw, rustic charm, Dharmendra was an instant phenomenon. He embodied the soul of a transitioning India: tough yet tender, deeply flawed yet utterly lovable.
-
Shashi Tharoor's Post On Trump-Mamdani Meet Gets BJP Thumbs-Up
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has praised US President Donald Trump's meeting with newly elected New York mayor Zohran Mamdani at the White House as upholding democratic spirit despite making fierce attacks against each other during the polls.
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In Shashi Tharoor's Post For Indira Gandhi, A "For Good And Ill" Reminder
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday honoured the "towering legacy" of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary and said "today, one remembers a figure who left a major imprint, for good and ill."
