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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...

yesterday 10

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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...

yesterday 8

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 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 20

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Badri Raina

The Art of Not Letting Hatred Take Over

28.02.2026 20

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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 10

The Wire

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

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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 20

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Badri Raina

From Pahalgam, Voices that Ought to Shame the Sectarian Zealot

03.05.2025 10

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Badri Raina

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

29.04.2025 10

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Badri Raina

What is it that Irks Totalitarian Regimes the Most?

05.04.2025 20

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Badri Raina

Let Not Delimitation Be a Limitation on Performance

19.03.2025 30

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Badri Raina

The New Global Disorder Matches Climate Catastrophe

09.03.2025 10

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Badri Raina

The Very Important Hindus and the Ones That Are Not Counted

18.02.2025 30

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Badri Raina

Trump's Antic Disposition May Lead the Globe to Ruin

10.02.2025 10

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Badri Raina