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When we don’t demur in the face of injustice

When we don’t demur in the face of injustice

The boorish conduct of vice-chancellor Alok Kumar Chakrawal towards writer Manoj Rupda at Guru Ghasidas University in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, is...

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Apoorvanand

Who cares for India’s workers?

Who cares for India’s workers?

The timing of two recent Bills, introduced hastily and passed equally hastily by Parliament, has puzzled most observers. What prompted the ruling...

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Arun Kumar

Iran: Is the revolution in danger of being hijacked?

Iran: Is the revolution in danger of being hijacked?

Iran has once again entered a familiar and dangerous moment. Since late December, protests that began over soaring prices, unpaid wages and...

previous day 10

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Ashok Swain

SIR: A purge and a voter list made to order

SIR: A purge and a voter list made to order

On 27 October 2025, the Election Commission of India (ECI) launched a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across nine states and...

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Ashok Swain

Europe should remember that before Greenland there was, and is, a Gaza

Europe should remember that before Greenland there was, and is, a Gaza

Folks who know me are aware that I am no diplomat; the only piece of diplomacy I know is that one should take a quick, and long, walk in the forest...

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Malay Mishra

India needs a Zohran Mamdani

India needs a Zohran Mamdani

Wearing his democratic socialist heart on his sleeve, Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office as the mayor of New York in a decommissioned subway...

previous day 10

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Malay Mishra

The lives of ‘employer-less’ gig workers

The lives of ‘employer-less’ gig workers

A few years ago, outside the transport commissioner’s office in Bandra, thousands of Ola and Uber drivers staged a protest. Their demands were...

11.01.2026 2

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Ajit Ranade

How America is throwing it all away

How America is throwing it all away

There is much to admire about America, and quite a lot to dislike. The thing to admire most is how it is both able to attract many of the world’s...

11.01.2026 20

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Yajnaseni Chakraborty

RSS isn’t changing, it’s unfolding: Bhagwat’s botanical spin

RSS isn’t changing, it’s unfolding: Bhagwat’s botanical spin

Mohan Bhagwat insists the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) isn’t changing — it’s just “evolving” and “unfolding” like a cosmic banyan seed that...

11.01.2026 3

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Yajnaseni Chakraborty

You care for us Muslims? Show up!

You care for us Muslims? Show up!

I am tired of those messages in my inbox that go ‘tsk-tsk’ and ‘I am so sorry’ whenever a video of brutality on Muslim bodies goes viral. While we...

11.01.2026 1

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Sabika Abbas

More vignettes of ‘Viksit Bharat’

More vignettes of ‘Viksit Bharat’

On 5 January, the Supreme Court denied Umar Khalid (and Sharjeel Imam) bail, while letting rapist Ram Rahim out on his 15th parole. Co-accused in...

10.01.2026 6

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Yogendra Yadav

SIR 2.0, the new chapter of disenfranchisement

SIR 2.0, the new chapter of disenfranchisement

Human beings have a curious capacity for adaptation. We can get used to almost any reality. We learn to live with tragedy and brutality, absorb...

10.01.2026 3

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Yogendra Yadav

Indore’s paradox: ‘Clean’ city, dirty water

Indore’s paradox: ‘Clean’ city, dirty water

For the past four months, the residents of Bhagirathpura, a densely populated area lying cheek-by-jowl with an industrial area in Indore, had been...

10.01.2026 3

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Yogendra Yadav

Literally, the last laugh

Literally, the last laugh

The year 2025, vandalised by the likes of Trump, Netanyahu and Putin, is now thankfully history, and I earnestly hope we see the backs of these war...

10.01.2026 10

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Avay Shukla

Why ED is on the backfoot after raiding I-PAC in Kolkata

Why ED is on the backfoot after raiding I-PAC in Kolkata

There are reasons why the Enforcement Directorate (ED) finds itself between a rock and a hard place after its ill-advised raids on the Kolkata...

10.01.2026 3

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Avay Shukla

Whither Uttarakhand? From environment to tourism, it's all wrong

Whither Uttarakhand? From environment to tourism, it's all wrong

In 2020, a Dalit girl was gang-raped and murdered in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. There was considerable delay in filing the FIR. The police hastily...

10.01.2026 1

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Naveen Joshi