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Does the world believe our story?

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Apoorvanand

The right to speak freely

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Apoorvanand

A letter from a besieged republic

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Prem Panicker

When is a good time to ask questions?

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Prem Panicker

How (not) to put your best foot forward

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Herjinder

An education system on life support

The human species has come a long way to become truly humane. Evolving from tight-knit tribal collectivities into more diverse and complex...

18.05.2025 2

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Roop Rekha Verma

A war in all but name

The historian Max Hastings described World War II as primarily the death grapple between two gargantuan monsters — Adolf Hitler’s Nazi armies...

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Roop Rekha Verma

The need to win them over – again

The terrorist attack in Pahalgam and the security crackdown in its aftermath have shaken the people of Jammu and Kashmir to the core. A fragile...

18.05.2025 1

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Haroon Reshi

You can’t just bomb away terrorism

The horrific attack on innocent tourists in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025, which claimed 26 Indian lives, was an unspeakable act of terror that shocked...

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Ashok Swain

A strategic balance sheet after Operation Sindoor

The spectacle is over, and we are now on the freeway to forgetfulness. If we do not pause to remember the fallen, and to audit the costs and...

17.05.2025 20

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Ajai Sahni

5 questions after Operation Sindoor

#1 Did our security agencies fail to respond to ‘actionable intelligence’ that Pahalgam may be targeted? Between 2 and 22 February 2025, US space...

17.05.2025 1

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Herjinder

India’s need for a coherent national security strategy

India’s Defence Planning Committee (DPC) was set up on 19 April 2018. It was chaired by national security advisor Ajit Doval and included the...

13.05.2025 4

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Aakar Patel

West Bengal: Will happy pilgrims make happier voters?

The Bharatiya Janata Party is groping for a suitable response to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s debut into ‘hard Hindutva temple...

11.05.2025 5

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Shikha Mukerjee

Why the world needs to declare ecocide an international crime

First, the context. It's not working. The planet is headed for Armageddon in this century itself if we continue with our present unsustainable...

11.05.2025 4

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Shikha Mukerjee

Caste census for real or a pre-poll ‘jumla’?

The sudden U-turn by the Union government and the cabinet approval for the next census to enumerate castes has thrown up more questions than...

11.05.2025 2

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Herjinder