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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

Opinion | A Troubled Neighbourhood: Bangladesh’s Turmoil And India’s Strategic Tightrope

Opinion | A Troubled Neighbourhood: Bangladesh’s Turmoil And India’s Strategic Tightrope

Since its creation in 1971, Bangladesh has never fully embraced a pro-India stance. In the best of times, it could be described as India-neutral

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Sandip Ghose

Opinion | US President Signs Peace Treaty With Marijuana. Is It Time India Took A Relook?

Opinion | US President Signs Peace Treaty With Marijuana. Is It Time India Took A Relook?

While the Ministry of Ayush has acknowledged the growing interest in cannabis and its potential in medicinal applications, the regulatory framework...

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Dr G Shreekumar Menon

Opinion | A Thaw With Caveats: Why India Must Read China’s Visa Overture Carefully

Opinion | A Thaw With Caveats: Why India Must Read China’s Visa Overture Carefully

Beijing’s simplified visa regime signals economic pragmatism but New Delhi should balance engagement with strategic vigilance.

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Prosenjit Nath

Opinion | Why PM Modi’s Outreach To The Matua Community Matters

Opinion | Why PM Modi’s Outreach To The Matua Community Matters

History has been profoundly unfair to the Matuas, who have endured over a century of communal violence and persecution in Bengal

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Tuhin A Sinha

Opinion | Manufacturing In India: Not Declining, Just Late To Scale

Opinion | Manufacturing In India: Not Declining, Just Late To Scale

India’s manufacturing story is a story of late but steady industrialisation, shaped by historical policy choices, democratic constraints and...

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Mousumi Roy

Opinion | Debunking The Aravalli Fakery: It Is About Protection Not Plunder

Opinion | Debunking The Aravalli Fakery: It Is About Protection Not Plunder

The Aravallis span across Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, and Delhi and have long suffered from inconsistent definitions across states, fuelling...

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Shehzad Poonawalla

Opinion | India’s Cooling Dilemma: Efficiency, Equity & The Energy Equation

The task ahead is clear: India’s space cooling future must not become its warming fate

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Dr Megha Jain

Opinion | Decoding Modi's Triumphant Three-Nation Tour Beyond MoUs

Opinion | Decoding Modi's Triumphant Three-Nation Tour Beyond MoUs

The awards bestowed upon PM Modi are a sign of global recognition of India's rise under his stewardship

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Sanju Verma

Opinion | Charari Sharief: The Epicentre Of Sufism In Kashmir

Opinion | Charari Sharief: The Epicentre Of Sufism In Kashmir

As the epicentre of Sufism in Jammu & Kashmir, Charari Sharief continues to inspire, educate, and guide generations

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Farooq Wani

Opinion | From Farms To The Future: How Organic Food Can Build Viksit Bharat 2047

Opinion | From Farms To The Future: How Organic Food Can Build Viksit Bharat 2047

The convergence of organic farming and the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision is a pillar of sustainable national development

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Rajesh Mehta

Opinion | Who Really Suffers From A Cultural Inferiority Complex?

Opinion | Who Really Suffers From A Cultural Inferiority Complex?

The question of the inferiority complex turns back on those who seek to diagnose it and examine its causes

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Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | AI In Indian Classrooms: Implications For Pedagogy, Equity And Systemic Reform

Opinion | AI In Indian Classrooms: Implications For Pedagogy, Equity And Systemic Reform

The future of AI in Indian education will be shaped in legislative forums and technological laboratories, but equally in everyday interactions...

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Shobhit Mathur

Opinion | What Bangladesh Unrest Means For Dhaka’s Politics

Opinion | What Bangladesh Unrest Means For Dhaka’s Politics

The protests mark a shift from symbolic protest to physical disruption of political and economic activity

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Shivangi Sharma

Right Word | How Amit Shah Wrote A New Political Grammar By Reframing The RSS Debate

Right Word | How Amit Shah Wrote A New Political Grammar By Reframing The RSS Debate

The deeper implication of Amit Shah’s statement is its rejection of a dynastic culture that reeks of inherited political entitlement

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Arun Anand

Opinion | Smart Spending, Smart Growth: Harnessing Public Expenditure For India's Future

As India moves from a developing to a developed economy, efficient public expenditure will have to be the cornerstone of its fiscal and development...

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Vinay K Srivastava

Opinion | The Price Of Monopoly And What IndiGo’s Crisis Reveals

Opinion | The Price Of Monopoly And What IndiGo’s Crisis Reveals

If we do not act to inject competition back into the market or impose strict utility-style regulation, we face a perilous future

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Manoj Sinha