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Badri Raina

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Why Bharat Cannot Stand Up To America While Iran Can

Urban Naxals chronically opposed to the Modi dispensation never tire of digging up one fake issue or another with which to berate the proud, patriotic...

23.06.2026 10

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Badri Raina

What Is to Be Done? The Opposition's Last Chance to Stop India's Rightward Tilt

Listen to this article: There now seems to be general recognition about the praxis the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), via the state it controls,...

17.06.2026 10

The Wire

Badri Raina

A Challenging Time Confronts the INDIA Bloc

Listen to this article: It is a good augury for the Republic that the INDIA opposition bloc with as many as 23 parties in attendance has regrouped,...

12.06.2026 20

The Wire

Badri Raina

A Reply to the Philosopher from the Cockroach, In a Lighter Vein

Listen to this article: It has been said that these are the desirable, indeed required, qualities for anyone who seeks to take on a public leadership...

04.06.2026 20

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Badri Raina

However Kashmiris May Excel, They Remain Outliers

Listen to this article: Think that you had just topped the all-India NEET examination, if and when it did not leak, and then were denied admission to...

27.05.2026 20

The Wire

Badri Raina

Now God, Stand Up for Cockroaches

Listen to this article: Why this appeal to god, you will ask, and that too from an unredeemed sceptic. Because there are indeed times in history when...

25.05.2026 20

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Badri Raina

West Bengal: Mission Accomplished

Listen to this article: In a ruthlessly crafted mission, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being...

08.05.2026 30

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Badri Raina

West Bengal: Mission Accomplished

Listen to this article: In a ruthlessly crafted mission, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being...

08.05.2026 20

The Wire

Badri Raina

The Institutional Collapse of Indian Democracy

Listen to this article: West Bengal is due to vote for a new Assembly on April 23 and 29. The voter lists stands finalised – with one mortal glitch:...

13.04.2026 20

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Badri Raina

Team Work Shouldn’t Merely Be a Tactical Invocation

Listen to this article: Among the many ideological predilections that Donald Trump and Narendra Modi share as agents of history is this: they spend...

02.04.2026 20

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Badri Raina

We the People vs the Election Commission of India

Listen to this article: There is this to be said for the honourable Om Birla, speaker of the Lok Sabha: as a No-Confidence motion came to be tabled...

18.03.2026 20

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Badri Raina

Let us Cut Through the Hogwash About Neutrality

Let us cut through the disingenuous hogwash: India is now unabashedly in the Zionist camp. It is best to acknowledge that Modi’s recent two-day trip...

09.03.2026 30

The Wire

Badri Raina

The Art of Not Letting Hatred Take Over

28.02.2026 20

The Wire

Badri Raina

Jammu & Kashmir's Sporting Success Is a Happening to Cherish

Listen to this article: In the late 1950s, Tej Saraf was a budding journalist working with The Statesman in Calcutta. His senior colleague there was...

21.02.2026 20

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Badri Raina

Donald Trump, Vishwaguru

10.02.2026 20

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Badri Raina

Peddling Lord Ram as a Slick Commercial Acronym

23.12.2025 20

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Badri Raina

Delhi Riots Case: Are the Accused to be Tried or Simply Held?

25.09.2025 30

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Badri Raina

In Bihar, a Diminished Narendra Modi is Banking on the Politics of Outrage

06.09.2025 30

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Badri Raina

India's Democracy on a Precipice: Will the State Take a Step Back in Bihar?

26.07.2025 30

The Wire

Badri Raina

Perhaps, This is Why The Innocent Men-Tourists Died in Pahalgam

27.05.2025 20

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Badri Raina

Is Modi's Friend up to Mischief, or Is He Telling the Truth?

14.05.2025 30

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Badri Raina

From Pahalgam, Voices that Ought to Shame the Sectarian Zealot

03.05.2025 20

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Badri Raina

Rebuked by Kashmiris, Let Not Pakistan’s General Munir Succeed in Other Parts of India

29.04.2025 20

The Wire

Badri Raina

What is it that Irks Totalitarian Regimes the Most?

05.04.2025 30

The Wire

Badri Raina