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Gautam R Desiraju

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Opinion | Re-Imagining The Mandala Doctrine: India Must Stop Punching Below Its Weight

Opinion | Re-Imagining The Mandala Doctrine: India Must Stop Punching Below Its Weight

The essence of this Mandala Doctrine lies in the recognition that it emphasises the importance of clearly defining and safeguarding a regional...

11.12.2025 7

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Opinion | Supply Chains And Spheres Of Security

Supply chains will continue to engage the attention of politicians, diplomats, bureaucrats, economists, management experts, industrialists and...

20.09.2025 20

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Opinion | Modi’s War Or America’s Miscalculation: The Truth Behind US Tariffs On India

These tariffs have nothing to do with Russian oil. Many countries including the EU and the US are profiteering from Russian natural resources such as...

05.09.2025 20

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Opinion | A Nation At War: Operation Sindoor Continues

In the India-Pakistan context, our overall policy would be to contain Pakistan so that it does not pose a physical danger to us

21.08.2025 10

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Opinion | Is Hindi A Marker Of National Identity?

The status of Hindi in Bharat today is unusual. It is definitely some kind of a linking language, if it is not exactly a link language

04.08.2025 10

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Opinion | State Universities in Higher Education and Research

We are at a crossroads with respect to education. Unless we train a very large number of young men and women in an all-round holistic manner, we are...

22.07.2025 10

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Opinion | Operation Sindoor And After: Why War Of Attrition Must Be Avoided

Both sides, Western as well as Chinese, would be greatly interested in pulling Bharat down into a longer, messier conflict as in the Ukraine

26.06.2025 10

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Opinion | Indian Entrepreneurship In Times of War

A war needs warriors. Will the MSMEs of today’s Bharat rise to the occasion?

12.06.2025 20

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Opinion | Tower of Babel: Languages Are No Longer Impenetrable Silos That Divide People

The need for a formal link language is, however, not as acute as it was in say 1950 when linguistic groups were sharply demarcated

02.06.2025 20

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Opinion | Even After Operation Sindoor, Gilgit-Baltistan Will Be Crucial To The Bigger Picture

The reclamation of Gilgit-Baltistan will be a strategic and economic watershed moment for Bharat

09.05.2025 10

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Opinion | Time To Explore The Idea Of Seven Small Kannada-Speaking States?

Most of Karnataka's chief ministers are from different districts and regions, who saw Bengaluru as a capital where the powerful resided

01.05.2025 10

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Opinion | The Concern Over Delimitation In Tamil Nadu Is A Political Ruse

The alarm over delimitation in Tamil Nadu is a ruse. The real objective is neo-feudalism through soft-secessionism

01.04.2025 20

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Opinion | Delimitation and States Reorganisation Should Be Taken Up Together

Any reorganisation of states must capitalise on our main advantage as a nation, and this is our rich micro-diversity in terms of culture, language,...

17.03.2025 10

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