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The Myth That Geography is Destiny And The Attack on Iran

Listen to this article: For a few weeks, the Strait of Hormuz has been the cynosure of all eyes. The world is on edge. The cessation of the US and...

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Arjun Appadurai

Rajya Sabha Chairman Accepts 'Merger' of 7 AAP MPs With BJP, AAP Calls It ‘Constitutional Fraud'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan on Monday accepted the ‘merger’ of seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs with...

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The Wire Staff

Explained | The Controversy Over Akhilesh Yadav's Backing of a Fatehpur Chaiwala

New Delhi: A dispute at a tea stall in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur has spiralled into a political flashpoint, with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh...

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Akanksha Kumar

Why the Yashwant Varma Committee Need Not End with his Resignation

Listen to this article: A question now sits on the Lok Sabha Speaker’s desk. Should the inquiry committee that was examining the allegations against...

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The Wire Analysis

'Correct Wrongs in Ladakh': Sonam Wangchuk, Other Leh Apex Body Leaders Say Ahead of Amit Shah Visit

Listen to this article: Srinagar: The Union government should announce some “trust building” measures to make the upcoming visit of Union home...

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Jehangir Ali

In Bengal’s Poll Violence, It is the Poor Who Pay in Blood

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Sabina Yasmin does not start with politics. Over the phone from Nadia’s Kaliganj, she begins the chat with her...

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Anwesha banerjee and

How Assam’s Farmers Are Losing Their Indigenous Seeds

Listen to this article: Today, April 26, is celebrated as International Seed Day. “Our fields are still green, but they no longer carry the same...

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Monuhar pegu

AAP to BJP? Anti-Defection Law Meant to Prevent Political Defection, Not Facilitate It

Listen to this article: The anti-defection law has attracted national attention with Raghav Chadha, a member of Rajya Sabha belonging to the Aam Aadmi...

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P.d.t. achary

The Things I Learnt With Raghu Rai

Listen to this article: Raghu and I, entered the portals of The Statesmen, New Delhi, in the same year – 1964-65. A paradox attended his adoration...

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Saeed Naqvi

What Should the Slogan for This May Day Be?

Listen to this article: May day is just around the corner. As a workers group with primarily rural women members, we celebrate May day every year –...

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Nikhil Dey

India, China and the Asian Century

Listen to this article: Nehru once said that India and China working together could introduce an Asian golden age. The same thought was echoed by...

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Krishnan srinivasan and

Raghu Rai: The Man Who Saw Everything

Listen to this article: The well known news photographer Raghu Rai, who could see beauty in every street corner, draw out divinity and the comic in...

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Binoo k. john

Is Kavitha’s Telangana Rashtra Sena Just a Family Property Dispute?

Listen to this article: Post-colonial democratic movements share a tragedy. A ruling elite appropriates the immense sacrifices of ordinary people and...

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Pavan Korada

Only Marginally Better Than AI Slop, 'Michael Uses' Its Subject as a Meal-Ticket

Listen to this article: As someone who has been watching Bollywood biopics for the last decade, there should be little in Antoine Fuqua’s Michael...

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Tatsam Mukherjee

The Killing Discourses: Resisting the Erasure of Personhood in War

Listen to this article: Every time America or Europe decide to interfere with the Eastern world or West Asia, narratives and images are dropped before...

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Sameena Dalwai

It's the Small Things | Sun Day

Listen to this article: On a Sunday, I watched the sun set. It had been a long time since I last did, and this was the closest I’ve come lately to...

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Shailja chaurasia

Two Truck Drivers Chased, Assaulted by ‘Hindutva Gang’ in Maharashtra; Victim in ICU

Listen to this article: “They chased our truck for more than 20-30 kms. In the beginning, they were five or six, but by the time they overtook and...

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Sukanya Shantha

Saakhi: Jhaalmurification of Elections

Listen to this article: He na janaave sadharan, anna brahma roop jaan. Thus spake Saint Gyaneshwar of Maharashtra. Food is splayed all over our...

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Mrinal Pande

International Media’s Reaction to SIR Indicates Indian Democracy's Slide Under Modi Regime

Listen to this article: On the day when voting for the state assembly of West Bengal commenced, with names of slightly more than two and half million...

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S.n. Sahu

Day 58 of US-Israel War on Iran: Yet to See if US is Truly Serious About Diplomacy, Says Iranian FM

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The crisis in West Asia triggered by the US and Israel’s war on Iran entered day 58 on Sunday (April 26). Iranian...

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The Wire Staff

Trump Unharmed After Shooting Incident at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Listen to this article: Washington (AP): A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside a high-profile journalists’ dinner attended by...

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Seung min kim

Confession That Tore Down Modi’s Aura

Listen to this article: That’s the question: Where is India lagging behind? Everybody knows where India is lagging behind. Unemployment, rising...

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Sanjay K. Jha

A Year After Pahalgam, the Dialogue Ball Still Remains in the Modi Govt's Court

Listen to this article: Anniversaries are important. They serve as a sombre reminder of lives lost; of grief that lingers. Anniversaries, like that of...

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Harinder Baweja

Anju Begam Could Not Vote

Listen to this article: Anju Begam, 40, travelled around 1,600 km from Noida to West Bengal’s Cooch Bihar to cast her vote in the assemble...

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Toufiq Rashid, Indiaspend.org

India Now Among Countries Where Facebook, Instagram Can 'Automatically Restrict Content': Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India is now among the “limited countries” where Facebook and Instagram can “automatically restrict content,...

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The Wire Staff

Anju Begam Could Not Vote

Listen to this article: Anju Begam, 40, travelled around 1,600 km from Noida to West Bengal’s Cooch Bihar to cast her vote in the assemble...

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Toufiq Rashid, Indiaspend.org

Rape, Beatings, Addiction: The Incalculable Burdens Borne by Delhi's Homeless Girls

Listen to this article: A sullied hand tugs insistently at your clothes. You turn to see a little arm outstretched – peremptory and tentative at the...

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Harsh mander

It’s the Small Things | The Way I See Myself

Listen to this article: The way I see myself has been shaped by the comments I’ve heard from my parents since childhood. People often say that...

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Apoorva vascha

‘Shaming Its Own Leaders’: Telangana's Congress Govt Under Fire For Invoking UAPA Against Handle

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Telangana police have invoked the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the social media handle...

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Pavan Korada

Collapse of the AAP Mirage: From Anna's Square to the Ruins of a Broken Promise

Listen to this article: The departure of seven MPs from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is unfolding a situation that is bruising, public and irreversible....

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Gurdeep sappal

If Women Constitute Half the Population, Why Not Give Them Half the Republic?

Listen to this article: The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, failed in the Lok Sabha. This bill was intended to pave the way for expanding...

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Tribhuvan

Delimitation Could Create Permanent Winners and Losers in Representation

Listen to this article: The original law on women’s reservation, the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, was passed unanimously by Parliament as a...

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Banojyotsna Lahiri

Mysterious Explosion in Kashmir's Kishtwar District Sparks Fire, Panic Among Residents

Listen to this article: Srinagar: A mysterious explosion ripped through a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday (April 24),...

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Jehangir Ali

Day 57 of US-Israel War on Iran: US Sends Envoys Witkoff and Kushner For Talks as Iran's Araghchi Lands in Pakistan

Listen to this article: New Delhi: With Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi reached to Pakistan for “bilateral consultations” last evening,...

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The Wire Staff

Anger, Distrust, and a Cycle of Unfinished Justice: Manipur on the Brink Again

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The chapters unfolding in Manipur today may appear new, but they echo a script the state has already lived through....

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Yaqut Ali

BRICS Fails to Agree on Iran War at Delhi Meeting

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A meeting of BRICS deputy foreign ministers and special envoys on West Asia ended on Friday without a joint...

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The Wire Staff

With Nine Charges, 73 Opposition MPs Move Fresh Notice in Rajya Sabha to Remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Listen to this article: New Delhi: From “partisan asymmetry” in enforcing the Model Code of Conduct to “public denunciation of a recognised...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

Manipur Needs No More Repression or Coercion. It Needs a Deeper Understanding

The violence in Manipur is escalating at an alarming rate. However, no one incident can explain the complexity of the situation. We need to see the...

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Nandita Haksar

IMF Pauses Loan Plan For Bangladesh: How Did Dhaka Get There?

Listen to this article: Dhaka: At a time when Bangladesh is in serious financial stress amid rising costs of energy import and a historic revenue...

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Jebun nesa alo

Are They Really Freebies? What the Welfare Debate Reveals About Tamil Nadu’s Political Culture

Listen to this article: Welfare policies targeting women became a flashpoint in political debates during the recent election campaigns in Tamil Nadu....

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Preethi pandian and

Ram Madhav Says Indian Govt Accepted US Demands on Oil and Tariffs, Later Says 'Was Wrong'

New Delhi: After embarrassing the Bharatiya Janata Party government, admitting to a global audience in the US capital that India had acquiesced to US...

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The Wire Staff

Raghav Chadha, Six Other AAP MPs to Join BJP

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Weeks after a public fallout with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which moved to suspend and then replace him in Rajya...

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The Wire Staff

In Numbers: How BJP Deploys Central Agencies Like the Enforcement Directorate During Elections

Listen to this article: New Delhi: As West Bengal enters the final phases of its assembly elections, central investigative agencies have intensified...

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Pavan Korada

A Look Back on Kashmir’s Unprecedented Response to Pahalgam Attack

Listen to this article: Militancy drew national attention to Kashmir twice in 2025 – first in April, when militants killed 22 tourists in Pahalgam,...

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Rekha Chowdhary

How Parliament Buried the Supreme Court's 2018 Mandate on Legislators' Assets

Listen to this article: New Delhi: On April 16,  Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan disposed of a contempt petition filed by the NGO Lok...

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The Wire Analysis

'Ironic': Supreme Court Dismisses Petition of Bengal Electoral Officers Deleted from Rolls

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Supreme Court has refused to entertain petitions by electoral officers who are themselves deleted from the...

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The Wire Staff

Gavai and the ‘Godman’: The Unravelling of India’s Social Justice Project Continues Apace

Listen to this article: The spectacle of former Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai meeting a self-styled godman, Dhirendra Shastri – known by the...

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Vivek Deshpande

US Military Competence and the Myths it Rests on

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Over the past several decades, the US has cultivated a mythology of military competence and moral clarity in its...

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Rahul Bedi

Day 56 of US-Israel War on Iran: Trump Says He is Under No Pressure to End War

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The war triggered by the US and Israel’s attack on Iran entered day 56 on Friday (April 24). US president Donald...

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The Wire Staff

From #2 to #1.5: How Amit Shah, Always Looming Large, Now Looms Larger

Listen to this article: On Wednesday (April 22), on the eve of the first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal, it was not Prime Minister...

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Sravasti Dasgupta