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Book review: Judging the judges

Book review: Judging the judges

Title: A Controversial Judge Author: Ayaskanta Das & Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Publisher: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Year of publication: 2025 Before...

04.04.2026 10

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Wars, ecocide and the Doomsday Clock

Wars, ecocide and the Doomsday Clock

It's a disturbing sign of the times that the global levers of power today are controlled by genocidal murderers, sex offenders, megalomaniacs,...

29.03.2026 20

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Low on oil, but we have plenty of gas!

I can't be sure, but I'm fairly positive that the most Googled word this fortnight was 'gas', thanks to the Gulf conflict and the...

21.03.2026 20

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A State afraid of its own reflection

The smell of censorship hangs heavy over Delhi these days, enveloping two books — one for perhaps containing official secrets, the other for calling...

15.03.2026 20

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Indian Railways: Running late for 2047?

I've said it before and I'll say it again for the doubtful benefit of this hearing-impaired government — putting old wine in new bottles...

07.03.2026 20

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An Indian view of the Epstein files: We are like this only

Epstein who? Emails when? Meetings where? Every era produces its own prophets, who inscribe their wisdom on our digital walls; the year 1 AE (After...

01.03.2026 30

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Budget 2026-27: What about the environment, madam finance minister?

Preservation and protection of the natural environment has never been a priority in our annual Budgets; ALL Finance Ministers have taken it for...

15.02.2026 30

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Too many forwards? Your phone’s carbon footprint is laughing at you

01.02.2026 10

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Why ED is on the backfoot after raiding I-PAC in Kolkata

10.01.2026 9

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Literally, the last laugh

10.01.2026 20

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The Aravallis — Defining an eco-system with a tape measure

05.01.2026 10

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The invitation dilemma

27.12.2025 10

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The Vande Bharat paradox

14.12.2025 20

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It’s all about the money, honey…and a dash of blackmail

13.12.2025 10

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Best, yes, but not quite good enough

10.11.2025 7

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India should worry about the US–China–Pak threesome

10.11.2025 8

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AI has arrived. What’s the point of going on living ?

09.11.2025 8

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Mr & Mrs Murt(h)y’s lessons for India’s unwashed masses

01.11.2025 10

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Why is Modi avoiding his ‘dear friend’?

01.11.2025 10

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The day after Diwali, and why Amitabh 'Kant' be faulted

01.11.2025 10

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It’s still a pause more than peace in Gaza

18.10.2025 10

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Himachal's reliance on 'advisers' offers a lesson in cadre mismanagement

18.10.2025 10

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The sophistry and selective courage of retired CJI Justice D.Y. Chandrachud

28.09.2025 10

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Of watering holes and silent heart attacks

28.09.2025 30

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Weights and measures

20.09.2025 10

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The resounding success of Remake India 2025

14.09.2025 10

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A sovereign right to privacy — or secrecy?

14.09.2025 10

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It’s not about dogs — it’s about us and a morally decaying society

30.08.2025 10

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GST 2.0: A Good and Simple Tax it still won’t be

24.08.2025 10

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India's Pakistan policy: Flip this way, flop the other

24.08.2025 10

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The abiding mystery of Indian citizenship — is it another legal fiction?

24.08.2025 10

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The casino is rigged; long live the casino!

26.07.2025 10

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Havoc in the Hills: Overtourism and under-planning

05.07.2025 20

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To B(2) or not to B(2): A nuclear question

28.06.2025 10

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Dhela Thatch — my hideaway for the day after

21.06.2025 10

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We are India, and we have chosen to be transactional with the world

15.06.2025 8

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Thoughts on jihad, cigarettes and the perfect pleasure

15.06.2025 8

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Who's afraid of the new normal?

07.06.2025 10

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Holy cows and loose cannons — the duffer zone chronicles

19.04.2025 20

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India hasn’t joined the queue to beg Trump for mercy; nor has China

13.04.2025 10

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Time to book your condo on Mars?

13.04.2025 10

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Dog-walkers and the future of employment in India

30.03.2025 10

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Grok, the new sheriff in town

24.03.2025 10

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‘Stale leaders’, or, a rumination on the 11-year rule

16.03.2025 10

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Are bankers driving you bonkers?

16.03.2025 10

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It's official, we are now a nation of parasites

22.02.2025 10

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Last bus to Mandi

01.02.2025 10

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Review: MG Devasahayam's Book is a Plea to Remember Emergency And Worry About the Present Times

28.01.2025 30

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If not my wife, whose wife should I stare at, sir?

18.01.2025 10

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Himachal has no option but to bite the financial bullet

11.01.2025 9

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