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Seema Chishti

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The Assembly Poll Results Take Us Back to the 1967 Moment: Not the End but the Beginning of the Real Fight

Listen to this article: The moment being experienced in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu immediately brings to mind the last time such a seismic shift...

07.05.2026 20

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Seema Chishti

Full Text | Christophe Jaffrelot on Delimitation and Modi Govt's Plans for Centralised 'Akhand Bharat'

Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, author, political scientist, scholar of South Asia with a keen understanding of India’s political landscape, speaks...

17.04.2026 10

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Seema Chishti

‘Delimitation Like This Meets Ideological Goals of RSS-BJP, Also Mirrors Pakistan’: Prof. Jaffrelot

Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, author, political scientist, scholar of South Asia with a keen understanding of India’s political landscape, speaks...

17.04.2026 20

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Seema Chishti

Orban Is Not Viktorius, and the Ramifications Are Felt Globally

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A non-work trip to Budapest, just three weeks before the general election there, was shocking for someone...

13.04.2026 20

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Seema Chishti

US-Israel’s Iran Misadventure is Pushing The World in a Diametrically Different Direction From Where 9/11 Took It

Listen to this article: Any rudimentary assessment of the US and Israel’s Iranian misadventure immediately brings to mind the US and the UK’s 2003...

11.04.2026 10

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Seema Chishti

Trump’s Iran War Reckless But Is His Political Call, Unlike Modi Passing China Buck to Army Chief

Listen to this article: Parliament was stalled in the Budget session as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) refused to answer questions over its conduct...

05.03.2026 30

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Seema Chishti

Come On, Be a Sport: Decoding Sunil Gavaskar and Other Cricketers' Letter in Support of Imran Khan

Listen to this article: Cricket pundits may deny that this is a Basil D’Oliveira moment. The letter sent by 14 test cricket captains, two Indians...

19.02.2026 20

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Seema Chishti

Global, Regional, Internal: How Many More Self Goals Will the Modi Government Score?

05.01.2026 40

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Seema Chishti

Why So Much Rides on Bihar – Particularly for the BJP

14.11.2025 30

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Seema Chishti

The Churn in 2025: Making Sense of Bihar's Political Moment

19.10.2025 20

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Seema Chishti

Why NCW's Statement on Pahalgam Victim Naval Officer's Wife is Cringe-Inducing

06.05.2025 10

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Seema Chishti

Modi’s Somersault on Caste Census is a U-turn Fraught with Long-Term Challenges for the RSS-BJP

01.05.2025 30

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Seema Chishti

Trump’s Tariffs are Modi’s Demonetisation Redux: The Wrecking Ball of Economic Illiteracy

12.04.2025 20

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Seema Chishti

Why the Waqf Bill Passage Is Not a 'Muslim' Issue, It Affects all of India 

04.04.2025 20

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Seema Chishti

Trump and Modi’s ‘Rule by Headlines’ Does Not Come Cost-Free

12.03.2025 20

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Seema Chishti

In Trump’s Uncertain World, India Needs Internal Harmony but Modi Govt Is Threatening It

03.03.2025 10

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Seema Chishti