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Revisiting Jawaharlal Nehru’s India: A call to moral remembrance

Revisiting Jawaharlal Nehru’s India: A call to moral remembrance

In an era when India’s public conversation is dominated by noise rather than nuance, here Buddhdev Pandya’s reflection on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru...

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Sam Pitroda

Comrades in nation-building: Nehru and Patel, beyond the myth of rivalry

Comrades in nation-building: Nehru and Patel, beyond the myth of rivalry

Few relationships in modern Indian history have been as misrepresented — and as vital — as the one between Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar...

yesterday 3

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Hasnain Naqvi

Maulana Azad: The mind that shaped modern India

Maulana Azad: The mind that shaped modern India

Every November 11, India observes National Education Day — not merely to mark a birth anniversary, but to honour a mind that helped define the...

11.11.2025 3

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Hasnain Naqvi

The limits of billionaire power

The limits of billionaire power

The first amendment of the United States Constitution reads as follows:‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or...

11.11.2025 10

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Hasnain Naqvi

India should worry about the US–China–Pak threesome

India should worry about the US–China–Pak threesome

It’s back to the 1970s, when India was up against an unfriendly tripartite bloc consisting of the United States, China and Pakistan. It’s not...

10.11.2025 7

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Avay Shukla

Best, yes, but not quite good enough

Best, yes, but not quite good enough

At 80, Chathy has forgotten what it means to be seen. She lies on a sack spread on the damp mud floor of her hut in Melekakkupady, a hamlet in...

10.11.2025 2

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Avay Shukla

Is Sonam Wangchuk the next Umar Khalid?

Is Sonam Wangchuk the next Umar Khalid?

Today, on 10 November, a Monday evening, working my shift on the news desk sifting through emerging updates on various newsfeeds, I was tasked with...

10.11.2025 20

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Pratyaksh Srivastava

AI has arrived. What’s the point of going on living ?

AI has arrived. What’s the point of going on living ?

At nearly 75 years, I have for long endorsed Bob Hope's dictum: I'm not afraid of dying but I don't want to be around when it happens. But of late...

09.11.2025 2

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Avay Shukla

Ending wars not quite a cinch, Trump is finding out

Ending wars not quite a cinch, Trump is finding out

Donald Trump began his second presidency with the promise that he would end the Russia–Ukraine war “within 24 hours” of coming to power. It’s...

08.11.2025 2

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Ashok Swain

The quiet build-up of India’s household debt

The quiet build-up of India’s household debt

India’s households, long regarded as cautious savers, are quietly taking on record levels of debt. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s...

08.11.2025 10

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Ashok Swain