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Opinion | The Elephants We Love, The Elephants We Harm

Opinion | The Elephants We Love, The Elephants We Harm

Perhaps the real measure of Kerala’s love for elephants is not how loudly we celebrate them, but whether we are willing to change the way we treat...

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Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | Why Oppn's Manufactured Outrage Over Electoral Rolls Is A Threat To Democracy

Opinion | Why Oppn's Manufactured Outrage Over Electoral Rolls Is A Threat To Democracy

The Special Intensive Revision is not 'disenfranchisement'; it is a vital constitutional exercise to clean up corrupted rolls and protect national...

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Prosenjit Nath

Opinion | From Ground Zero: Why Drug-Free Bharat Is An Imperative

Opinion | From Ground Zero: Why Drug-Free Bharat Is An Imperative

Under the vision of PM Modi and the determined execution of HM Amit Shah, India has set itself an ambitious, time-bound goal: to uproot drug trade by...

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Tuhin A Sinha

Opinion | Punjabi Belongs On J&K's Official Language List

Opinion | Punjabi Belongs On J&K's Official Language List

Punjabi-speaking communities have deep historical roots in the region, and Punjabi has been part of J&K’s linguistic and cultural landscape for...

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Tejinder Singh Sodhi

Right Word | A Verdict That Dismantles The ‘Theft Of Votes’ Narrative

Right Word | A Verdict That Dismantles The ‘Theft Of Votes’ Narrative

As the Opposition keeps alleging “theft of votes” and questioning EC and the Modi government, the Supreme Court’s May 2026 order on SIR gives a...

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Arun Anand

Opinion | India's Defence Diplomacy Has A New Roadmap: What RAKSHA Means For Next Decade

Opinion | India's Defence Diplomacy Has A New Roadmap: What RAKSHA Means For Next Decade

The defence ministry called defence diplomacy "a core pillar of India's foreign policy" and said the document gives a clear, actionable vision for the...

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Vallari Parashar

Opinion: The Cinema Hall Has A Lakshmana Rekha. OTT Needs One Too

Opinion: The Cinema Hall Has A Lakshmana Rekha. OTT Needs One Too

It is important that OTT platforms follow the same basic standards we have long applied to films in a cinema hall

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Siddhartha Chepuri

Opinion: Why Demography Panel’s Religious Data Drive Is Crucial For India’s Future

Opinion: Why Demography Panel’s Religious Data Drive Is Crucial For India’s Future

Policymakers can use such detection to safeguard social welfare benefits, electoral rolls, and public distribution systems

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Real Deal: The Girls Bollywood Didn’t Quite Launch

Opinion | Real Deal: The Girls Bollywood Didn’t Quite Launch

For decades, Bollywood decided when a heroine had arrived. Now, sometimes, the audience gets there first.

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Tavishi Paitandy

Opinion | India's Manufacturing Surge

Opinion | India's Manufacturing Surge

Modinomics has been able to deftly broaden and deepen the industrial Capex cycle, while maintaining the tempo of the Services sector, in healthy...

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Sanju Verma

Opinion | Slow-Poisoning The Bharatiya Mind

Opinion | Slow-Poisoning The Bharatiya Mind

Social media platforms are frequently steered to broadcast words and ideas, calculated to weaken the Bharatiya psyche

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Manoj Raghuvanshi

Opinion | From Corridor To Network: Why IMEC Must Be Built For A World Of Disruption

Opinion | From Corridor To Network: Why IMEC Must Be Built For A World Of Disruption

Trump’s renewed backing gives the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor momentum. But the conflicts around Hormuz, Red Sea and Levant reveal...

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Prosenjit Nath

Opinion | PM Modi's 12-Year Return On A Clean India

Opinion | PM Modi's 12-Year Return On A Clean India

Political ownership and verified results together made Swachh Bharat the public health achievement of Modi's 12 years

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Sohil Sinha

Opinion | 34,000 Ft Terror: Israel’s ‘Victim Or Aggressor’ Question Returns

Opinion | 34,000 Ft Terror: Israel’s ‘Victim Or Aggressor’ Question Returns

If 166 Israelis go home tonight without a scratch, it is all down to the bravery of one single Indian, Captain Smit Machchhar

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Rahul Shivshankar

Global Watch | Pakistan At UN: Credibility Gap Exposes Hollowness Of Its Peace Pitch

Global Watch | Pakistan At UN: Credibility Gap Exposes Hollowness Of Its Peace Pitch

Islamabad’s selective invocation of human rights and self-determination also exposes the limits of its diplomatic narrative when its own record...

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Arun Anand

Opinion | Kerala Minister Shaji May Have Rightly Prophesied About Muslim Women Challenging Islam

Opinion | Kerala Minister Shaji May Have Rightly Prophesied About Muslim Women Challenging Islam

Shaji's community-based party fears losing the mindspace of young women who now have mobiles and academic degrees to support themselves

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | When Pressure Becomes Too Much, Life Must Still Go On

Opinion | When Pressure Becomes Too Much, Life Must Still Go On

The IIT Bombay tragedy should make us ask a larger question. What are we teaching our young people about failure, pressure and responsibility?

29.09.2026 20

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Lt Gen Devendra Pandey

Opinion | How Communists Have Started Losing The Culture War In West Bengal

Opinion | How Communists Have Started Losing The Culture War In West Bengal

One of the biggest battles is being waged to reclaim the spiritual heart of Durga Puja from the ‘secularisation’ foisted on the festival by the...

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Abhijit Majumder

Screens Of Subversion: Unregulated OTT Platforms Are Fracturing The Indian Family

Screens Of Subversion: Unregulated OTT Platforms Are Fracturing The Indian Family

India's social fabric, built on family values and respect for elders, faces erosion from OTT platforms promoting foreign social paradigms.

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Colonel Rohit Dev

Drones, Dollars, And Diplomatic Rifts: Trump-Backed Defence Venture Raises Eyebrows In New Delhi

Drones, Dollars, And Diplomatic Rifts: Trump-Backed Defence Venture Raises Eyebrows In New Delhi

The agreement with Pakistan marks a significant pivot in regional security dynamics, signaling a notable warming of defense tech collaboration between...

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Colonel Rohit Dev

Opinion | The Economics Of Agreement

Opinion | The Economics Of Agreement

Why the organisations that set the terms of interaction, rather than those that merely build the best products, will define the next era of economic...

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Aditya Vikram Kashyap

Opinion | Convenience Economy: The Hidden Labour Behind A Frictionless Life

Opinion | Convenience Economy: The Hidden Labour Behind A Frictionless Life

The more accustomed we get to instantaneity, the lower our threshold for waiting becomes, eventually eroding the way in which we interpret efficiency

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Yashee Jha

Straight Talk | India Cannot Protect Women From Rape By Making Their World Smaller

Straight Talk | India Cannot Protect Women From Rape By Making Their World Smaller

India has spent years telling women how to avoid rape. It's time to spend those years teaching men & boys why they must never commit it & why those...

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Sanbeer Singh Ranhotra

Opinion | Ashok Singhal, A Great Personality, Committed To Nation-Building

Opinion | Ashok Singhal, A Great Personality, Committed To Nation-Building

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pens a tribute to Ashok Singhal on his birth centenary, recalling the VHP leader’s lifelong commitment to Ram...

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Narendra Modi

Write Mind | Educational Malpractice Has No Caste. Why Does The Investigation?

Write Mind | Educational Malpractice Has No Caste. Why Does The Investigation?

A student’s death has reignited the debate over caste, academic discipline and the SC/ST Act. But should allegations take precedence over an...

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Yuvraj Pokharna

Opinion | Reel Deal: Curious Case of Salman Khan - Superstar Who Refuses to Follow PR Rules

Opinion | Reel Deal: Curious Case of Salman Khan - Superstar Who Refuses to Follow PR Rules

In an industry obsessed with controlling the narrative for image building, Salman Khan remains unusually comfortable letting his heart do the talking.

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Tavishi Paitandy

Opinion | Jihad – Pakistan’s Tool Of Statecraft Or Witchcraft?

Opinion | Jihad – Pakistan’s Tool Of Statecraft Or Witchcraft?

Terror groups operating within Pakistan and supporters hibernating in Kashmir should live in constant fear of severe military retaliation

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Dr G Shreekumar Menon

Opinion | Building A Cultural Legacy: The Soorya Story

Opinion | Building A Cultural Legacy: The Soorya Story

Soorya Krishnamoorthy’s remarkable contribution to art, theatre, cinema, and culture has earned him recognition from governments, national...

25.09.2026 20

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Vishnu Kumar R

Opinion | Make In India’s Defence: Modi Turned India From An Import Dependent Nation To Arms Supplier

Opinion | Make In India’s Defence: Modi Turned India From An Import Dependent Nation To Arms Supplier

The government has set a target of Rs 50,000 crore in defence exports by 2029

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Vallari Parashar

Opinion | Disagreement Among Election Chiefs Only Proves The Process Is Working

Opinion | Disagreement Among Election Chiefs Only Proves The Process Is Working

So far, not a single court or auditor has red-flagged the ECI’s decisions.

25.09.2026 30

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Target 2038: How Modi's Make In India Reboot Can Turn Trade Shock Into Strategic Win

Opinion | Target 2038: How Modi's Make In India Reboot Can Turn Trade Shock Into Strategic Win

A tariff works when American buyers can switch to another supplier, and it turns costly for Washington when they cannot

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Sohil Sinha

Global Watch | Street Power Vs State Power: PTI’s High-Stakes Gamble In Islamabad

Imran Khan’s unyielding stance and the military’s threat perception have landed him in jail on charges that remain deeply contested and highly...

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Arun Anand

Opinion | PM Modi’s Journey A Golden Chapter In India’s History

PM Modi’s five-decade political journey is not simply the story of an individual politician’s rise. It is a story of changing political priorities...

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Sheikh Khalid Jehangir

Opinion | Five Ways Premature Hounding Of Prof Doolla May Blow Up The Road To Viksit Bharat

Even a hint of bias or political opportunism may blow up the road that India has set out on.

23.09.2026 30

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Pakistan's Hajj Heist: Mecca Pact

Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistani ambassador to US, without wasting any breath, has described the pact as “more symbolic than substantive.”

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Adit Kothari

Right Word | Indus Waters Treaty: Six Decades Of Indian Restraint, Pakistan’s Strategic Miscalculation

India's decision reflects the view that water cooperation cannot be separated indefinitely from the larger security environment

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Arun Anand

Opinion | BRICS Gist: Alliances Weaken, Frenemies Bond As ‘Disloyal Diplomacy’ Goes Legit

Imagine a world in which a good marriage is judged by the number of public extramarital dalliances it withstands. That is exactly what geopolitics...

21.09.2026 30

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Abhijit Majumder

Payal Mehta, My ‘Sherni’: A Decade Of Journalism, Friendship & A Story That Will Live Forever

For those of us who worked alongside her, Payal Mehta was more than a journalist whose name appeared on a byline.

20.09.2026 40

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Tejinder Singh Sodhi

Opinion | Reel Deal: The Sleeper Hit Has Left The Building

Hanuman Ansh and Main Vaapas Aaunga revive Bollywood’s sleeper-hit model, showing why word of mouth and sustained box office growth can matter more...

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Tavishi Paitandy

Global Watch | Selected Over Elected: How Islamabad Overrides POK’s Mandate

The local population of the POK and the world at large have come to know about the dirty politics of Islamabad and how it controls the region

18.09.2026 30

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Arun Anand

Opinion | How PM Modi Made Foreign Policy A Domestic Product

PM Modi gave foreign policy a permanent home in Indian public life, with a vocabulary, a sense of nationalistic pride and rituals that ordinary...

18.09.2026 30

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Sohil Sinha

Opinion | From Vadnagar To World Stage—Narendra Modi’s Extraordinary Journey Of 25 Years

Born on September 17, 1950, in Vadnagar in Gujarat, Narendra Modi's early life was steeped in challenges which shaped both his humility and resolute...

17.09.2026 40

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Sanju Verma

Opinion | Narendra Modi Turns 76: Looking Back At India’s Greatest Reformer

For 25 years, Modi’s politics has been inseparable from governance reform. His achievement is making reform a governing habit

17.09.2026 30

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Tuhin A Sinha

Opinion | The Prime Minister Who Made Us Look Again At Bharat

What truly surprised me was PM Modi's knowledge of the Northeast — and, more particularly, Manipur.

17.09.2026 10

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M Asnikumar Singh

Opinion | UPI — Facts Vs Falsehoods

For the Congress to now cry wolf and undermine UPI’s integrity is sheer hypocrisy

16.09.2026 30

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Sanju Verma

Straight Talk | Modi At 76: The Man Making India ‘Bharat’

PM Modi has made it possible, again, for India to call itself Bharat without apologising for the word

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Sanbeer Singh Ranhotra

Opinion | When Due Process Fails: My Year Of Professional Exile At The WHO

Multilateral organisations like WHO are innately political in nature and therefore all senior leaders are vulnerable to political victimisation

15.09.2026 30

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Saima Wazed

Opinion | Drug Abuse On The Frontlines

Extended periods of intense stress, mixed with long stretches of uncertainty and fear of imminent death, create environments where substance use can...

15.09.2026 30

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Dr G Shreekumar Menon

Opinion | They Came, They Saw, But Did They Conquer? Part Duo

Apple’s strategy with the iPhone Duo feels clear: create a product that signals exclusivity. Not everyone will buy it, and that may be the point.

14.09.2026 30

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Anjan N. Ghosh

Opinion | How A School Bag Became A National Conversation

A letter to Jayant Chaudhary has sparked a wider debate on implementing a policy that could change the everyday lives of millions of children

14.09.2026 30

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Sundeep Bhutoria