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Question nobody’s asking on Meghalaya murder: Why is inter-caste love a rebellion in India?

Sonam Raghuvanshi from Indore, accused of murdering her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, couldn’t marry the man of her choice–seemingly because her lover...

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Amana Begam

US engaging Pakistan is plain statecraft. There’s no room for India’s “feelings”

Canada’s invitation to PM Modi is driven by economic and geopolitical necessities, not a resolution of bilateral tensions. The room for morality or...

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Ajay Ahlawat

Obama was the deportation-in-chief first. Trump must share credit

The Democrats and Republicans remain at loggerheads over illegal immigration, and the ICE action in LA is being seen as a curtain raiser to Trump’s...

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Seshadri Chari

Anything that weakens Iran’s proxies is a win for India. Even Israel’s Operation Rising Lion

India is deeply entwined with the Gulf. Its abstention from the latest UNGA vote on Gaza ceasefire speaks volumes: Neutrality, in this case, is not...

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Swasti Rao

Grisly Meghalaya honeymoon horror or Modi govt anniversary? TV news chased Sonam all week

TV reporters asked Raja’s family, “What punishment do you want for Sonam?” and by Wednesday, his mother and brother were calling for the death...

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Shailaja Bajpai

Yunus is struggling to remain relevant in Bangladesh

For the common Bangladeshi, it is neither the election date nor the new currency notes that has been the biggest cause for concern after the fall...

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Deep Halder

Dogs were adored in medieval India. They saved cows from asuras, fought boars & tigers

When Alexander arrived in the Indus Valley in 326 BCE, a local Indian tribe entertained him by setting their mastiffs loose on lions.

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Anirudh Kanisetti

Canada’s defence spending declaration is a wake-up call for India. US’ credibility is low

By monetising security agreements at any opportunity, Washington has only lowered its own credibility ratings in the global security sphere.

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Manvendra Singh

Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric is tearing LA apart—a city built by Mexican settlers in 1781

Chinese massacres, Zoot Suit beatings, Watts violence, and Rodney King riots show how Los Angeles has always been America's testing ground for...

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Praveen Swami

Israel’s biggest fight is against propaganda. Fact-checking is a duty

Israel remains committed to the safety of both Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Every aid shipment, every ceasefire proposal, and every...

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Guy Nir

Victor Gao claims all land north of Ganga for China. People say he’s a ‘diplomatic fighter’

Beijing is content to avoid resolution, distract with historical revisionism, and provoke through offensive rhetoric. This is hardly the posture of...

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Sana Hashmi

Don’t count countries above India in per capita GDP. Look at the population instead

While it is certainly a reason to celebrate that India has become the world’s fourth-largest economy, this economic milestone is only part of the...

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Ashwani Mahajan

Telangana is still fighting for its water 10 years after breaking away from Andhra Pradesh

The Centre's Krishna River Management Board has failed to stop Andhra Pradesh from repeatedly taking more than its allocated share of Krishna river...

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Yunus Lasania

Return of revenue overestimation should be a wake-up call for those managing Indian economy

Among the Budgets Nirmala Sitharaman has presented over the past six years, revenue overestimation was a big problem in the Budget for 2019-20, her...

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A K Bhattacharya

Goa’s ‘taxi mafia’ crisis is rooted in broken promises. Tourists, residents pay the price

In a state where hotel ownership, restaurant businesses, and even beach shack operations have increasingly moved to outside investors, the taxi...

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Karanjeet Kaur

What Ram Vilas Paswan did to Lalu in 2005 must haunt Nitish in 2025 as Chirag enters poll fray

What if Chirag Paswan also has the numbers to take the opposition’s tally to the majority mark? After all, Paswan has maintained a ‘brotherly’...

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D.k. Singh

Frederick Forsyth made geopolitics sexy with 3 aces. His death is also a little bit personal

What elevated Frederick Forsyth’s charm was that he was a fighter pilot, intelligence operative, and journalist – all in one.

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Nisheeth Upadhyay

India forgot revolutionary Rash Behari Bose. Abhishek Banerjee brought him back into focus

Rash Behari Bose planned the attack on Viceroy Charles Hardinge in 1912, was among the key organisers of the Ghadar Revolution, and founded the...

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Deep Halder

India’s myopic view on tax policy hurts FDI. Fix it before it breaks the camel’s back

It is time for more proactive thinking on tax policy, which can no longer be guided only by the limited objective of revenue maximisation or...

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Samrridhi Kumar

From Brutus to hero—How former Sikkim CM Dorjee’s image changed in state’s history

Biraj Adhikari blames the MEA for treating the Chogyal’s 1956 visit as a ‘state visit’ and playing the Sikkim anthem. His book captures his...

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Sanjeev Chopra

Chenab Bridge is a ‘mile sur mera tumhara’ moment. Now Bollywood should return to Kashmir

Like the steel used in the construction of the Chenab Bridge, Indians have forged a new future that is different from the traps set for us. Our...

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Meenakashi Lekhi

Indian armed forces need functional integration, not geographic theaterisation scheme

Five years after establishing the CDS, India's geographic theaterisation model remains stalled because it's built on outdated warfare concepts.

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Ajay Ahlawat

Alcaraz’s French Open win against Sinner proves that rivals bring out the best in us

What Alcaraz and Sinner proved on Sunday is that performance is rarely forged in isolation.

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Anindya Dutta

Just protecting borders from drone attacks isn’t enough. Look at Ukraine & Russia

India must designate vulnerable areas as ‘no-fly zones’ and treat violations as serious offences under the National Security Act, not as minor...

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