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Opinion | From Right To Guarantee: Rethinking Rural Employment After MGNREGA

Opinion | From Right To Guarantee: Rethinking Rural Employment After MGNREGA

Whatever the name—MGNREGA or the VB-G-RAM-G Act—the policy should not be a continuation of doles and freebies but a pathway to systemic solutions

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Pavan K Varma

Opinion | The Illusion Of Inclusion: Reclaiming The Moral Core Of Women, Peace And Security

Opinion | The Illusion Of Inclusion: Reclaiming The Moral Core Of Women, Peace And Security

WPS runs the risk of becoming a hollow vocabulary—a framework that can be rented, repackaged, and reused by the very actors it was intended to...

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Tehmeena Rizvi

Opinion | Why Financial Literacy Is The Missing Link In The Sustainability Conversation

Opinion | Why Financial Literacy Is The Missing Link In The Sustainability Conversation

If we truly want a sustainable future, we need to widen the lens and look beyond products and practices and start examining systems

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Juveca Panda Chheda

Opinion | The Silent Custodians: IRS Officer Pratap Singh’s Memoir Reflects On Indian Bureaucracy's Evolution

Opinion | The Silent Custodians: IRS Officer Pratap Singh’s Memoir Reflects On Indian Bureaucracy's Evolution

In his memoir, Pratap Singh brings out the ethical, emotional and personal dimensions of public life, such as family sacrifices and the weight of...

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Priyansh Verma

Opinion | Tarique Rahman’s Tough Call: Nashta In New Delhi Or Banquet In Beijing?

Opinion | Tarique Rahman’s Tough Call: Nashta In New Delhi Or Banquet In Beijing?

Tarique is not exactly an Indophile, but those close to him vouch that he dislikes the Chinese perhaps a little more.

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Baseless, Misleading And Politicised: The Anatomy Of The Aravalli Controversy

Opinion | Baseless, Misleading And Politicised: The Anatomy Of The Aravalli Controversy

The new definition does not permit mining automatically in any area. It only standardises what constitutes the Aravalli range using scientific &...

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Sanju Verma

Global Watch | Why Pakistan’s Security Outreach To Bangladesh Raises Red Flags For India

Global Watch | Why Pakistan’s Security Outreach To Bangladesh Raises Red Flags For India

History suggests that trusting Pakistan’s security promises comes at a high price, one that the region can ill afford to pay again.

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Arun Anand

Opinion | Faith Without Fear: The Legacy India Inherited From Shaheedi Saptah

Opinion | Faith Without Fear: The Legacy India Inherited From Shaheedi Saptah

To understand why this week matters to India as a whole, one must look beyond ritual remembrance and examine the ethical legacy it left behind

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Tejinder Singh Sodhi

Opinion | Why Modi Government’s Observance Of Veer Bal Diwas Is Laudable

Opinion | Why Modi Government’s Observance Of Veer Bal Diwas Is Laudable

The initiative bridges communities, corrects historical oversights, & builds a resilient India ready to face contemporary challenges with same...

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Tuhin A Sinha

Opinion | Blood And Silence: The Long, Never-Ending Persecution Of Hindus In Bangladesh

Opinion | Blood And Silence: The Long, Never-Ending Persecution Of Hindus In Bangladesh

Dipu Das was not the first Hindu to be sacrificed at the altar of blasphemy in a rapidly degenerating Bangladesh, nor will he be the last.

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Chandni Sengupta

Opinion | Tarique Rahman’s Hamletian Dilemma: Avenge Awami League Or Block Jamaat?

Opinion | Tarique Rahman’s Hamletian Dilemma: Avenge Awami League Or Block Jamaat?

Tarique Rahman’s return to Bangladesh after 17 years of exile places him on the brink of power. However, he faces some fraught choices.

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Reasons Behind DMK’s Impeachment Move Against Justice Swaminathan

Loss of credibility in the court system by frivolous cases of impeachment motivated by judgements that are not to the liking of the petitioner does...

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Vivek Gumaste

Opinion | From Democracy To Mobocracy: Bangladesh At The Edge Of Political And Moral Collapse

Opinion | From Democracy To Mobocracy: Bangladesh At The Edge Of Political And Moral Collapse

Without urgent governance reforms and fair, inclusive polls, Bangladesh risks democratic collapse and the permanent erosion of its pluralism,...

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Imran Khurshid

Right Word | What Mohan Bhagwat Means By Hindu Rashtra—And What Critics Get Wrong

Right Word | What Mohan Bhagwat Means By Hindu Rashtra—And What Critics Get Wrong

When Mohan Bhagwat or his predecessors speak of Bharat as a Hindu Rashtra, they aren't advocating a theocratic state, but invoking deeper...

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Arun Anand

Akhil Vaani | The Cost Of Avoiding Costs: How India’s Fear Of Fare Hikes Broke The Railways

Akhil Vaani | The Cost Of Avoiding Costs: How India’s Fear Of Fare Hikes Broke The Railways

In the past thirty years, no railway minister has bothered to increase fares even to neutralise rising costs. The result is worsening railway...

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Akhileshwar Sahay

Opinion | Dhurandhar: Beginning Of A New Era In Bharatiya Cinema

Dhurandhar is a prime example of how a cinema can become a visual spectacle if all those involved in the creative process share the director's...

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Sandeep Krishnarao Patil

Opinion | Bangladesh: From Successful Partner To India’s 'Archvillain'

Opinion | Bangladesh: From Successful Partner To India’s 'Archvillain'

The lesson for India is to rise above faith-based perspectives and work for humanity’s well-being

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Dr Ajay Majumder

Opinion | Dhurandhar Shows UP’s Journey From Fake Notes, Riots And Darkness To A Saffron Dawn

The movie is a mirror of how this hot mess of unbridled smuggling and violent communal politics kept UP backward for decades

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | The Wedge Campaign: How Online Provocation Is Straining India-Bangladesh Relations

Opinion | The Wedge Campaign: How Online Provocation Is Straining India-Bangladesh Relations

The objective is clear—manufacture distrust and create a permanent emotional distance between two societies that have lived as close neighbours for...

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Manoj Gupta

Opinion | US National Security Strategy-2025 Signals A New Era Of Global Politics

Opinion | US National Security Strategy-2025 Signals A New Era Of Global Politics

Balancing ties while demanding reciprocity, disrupting supply chains without economic shock, and deterring adversaries without escalation will test...

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Maj Gen Gg Dwivedi

Opinion | Bangladesh’s Anti-Hindu Violence: Blueprint To Derail February Poll, Benefitting Yunus & Islamists

Opinion | Bangladesh’s Anti-Hindu Violence: Blueprint To Derail February Poll, Benefitting Yunus & Islamists

Islamist movements across South Asia have historically thrived in conditions of prolonged transition and polarisation

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Sayantan Ghosh

Opinion | Prometheus With A Lighter: Why ‘Dhurandhar’ Is Obsessed With Smoking

‘Dhurandhar’ is perhaps first film in history to use much-reviled cigarette so consistently & subtly to underline brittle scaffolding of perverse...

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Sandipan Deb

Opinion | Bangladesh In Turmoil: Unrest, Anti-India Rhetoric And A Region On Edge

Opinion | Bangladesh In Turmoil: Unrest, Anti-India Rhetoric And A Region On Edge

The region’s peace may depend on whether cooler heads can rise above the rhetoric of the moment to pursue pragmatic, inclusive solutions

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Griha Atul

Opinion | Bangladesh: A Nobel Halo, An Islamist State, Terror Networks & Radicalisation As State Policy

Opinion | Bangladesh: A Nobel Halo, An Islamist State, Terror Networks & Radicalisation As State Policy

Global jihadists see an opening: a chance to reconnect their Pakistani networks with Bangladeshi extremists, reversing years of counterterrorism...

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Rahul Pawa

Opinion | Predicate Offence & Money Laundering: The Fate Of Prosecution

The offence of money laundering is intrinsically dependent upon the existence and establishment of a scheduled offence

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Rupali Bandhopadhya

Opinion | Like Pakistan, Bangladesh Has Turned Into An Open Marketplace For Murder

Opinion | Like Pakistan, Bangladesh Has Turned Into An Open Marketplace For Murder

By getting rid of the rule of law as a prerequisite to building an Islamist state, Bangladesh has unwittingly put a target on its own back

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Abhijit Majumder