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Does Sonia Still Have The Credentials To Revive Congress?
Full speed ahead, in back gear...Congress’s old guard refuses to let go offthe past
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August 26, 2019
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A Hospital Forged In Fire
Kashmir’s Government Medical College has improved drastically since the tumultous 1990s through sheer will.
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June 17, 2019
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Time To Get Skilled
Developing vocational courses, and integrating them with higher education, is improving career prospects.
4 min |
June 17, 2019
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Modi Still BJP's Trump Card
After the tough Gujarat polls and ­Rajasthan drubbing, in the duo’s last mile dash, Modicare, MSP, even DeMo will all be ammunition to snipe at the Congress’s scam skeletons. But BJP insiders agree it is not an easy task.
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February 19, 2018
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Modi-Yogi Bhakts Aplenty, But Jobs?
Besides Muslims, Dalits are the only vocal section that has turned against the BJP in UP
8 min |
February 19, 2018
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Where Party Has Withered Away
A tie-up with Congress would have yielded zilch, given the total absence of CPI(M) cadres in the Bengal countryside
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February 19, 2018
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I Would Love To Carry The Bequest Of My Dida, But With My Own Persona
In a freewheeling interview, Raima Sen looks back at her journey as an actress, her memorable roles in Hindi and Bengali cinema, sibling rivalry at home with Riya Sen, her mother’s foray into politics and, above all, her legendary grandmother’s decision to turn a recluse at the height of her fame.
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February 19, 2018
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Festoon Of Schemes Dangling
Siddaramaiah is sure about retaining power, banking on an array of welfare projects
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April 16, 2018
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Keep It Simple, Stupid
Focussing on citizens’ behaviour and segregation at source brings results
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April 23, 2018
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Not Exactly Virgin Soil To Plough
BSY is Karnataka BJP’s face in the battle for power. The party doesn’t want signs of its past mistake to re-emerge.
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April 23, 2018
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Service, Then Jubilation
Young Indians are plucking gold at the CWG at will. Tougher challenges await them at August’s Asiad.
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April 23, 2018
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The Beneficial Distributaries
Cauvery may have been the stated cause but DMK has a more mundane agenda: increase its Delta votes
6 min |
April 30, 2018
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Vachana Versus Vachana
Theology and politics? Questions of self-definition roil Lin gayat country ahead of polls.
8 min |
April 30, 2018
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Raptors Of Hatred
An eight-year-old girl’s gory end took J&K’s ruling coalition to the brink and back
9 min |
April 30, 2018
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Default Sinkholes
The regulatory tool seeking to minimise damage from the menace of mounting NPAs was given new teeth, but it will be a long and hard road to recovery
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April 30, 2018
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Saved, Yet Shamed
India trims the annual increase of HIV/AIDS cases by 57 per cent since 2000. But social stigma lives on.
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April 30, 2018
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Tiger Tiger, Burning Bronze
Tiger Shroff breaks the Box Office as a ‘dance­action’ star
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April 30, 2018
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Passing Shot At The Summit
Srikanth climbs atop the badminton heap. True grit bears fruit. Doggedness will keep him there.
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April 30, 2018
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With Allah On The ­Loudspeaker
The BJP rustles up a mix of Indian nationalism and Kashmiri Muslim identity for a toehold in the Valley
7 min |
January 15, 2018
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Still, The Pen Remains Mightier
Gauri Lankesh never compromised with truth-telling. This anthology charts her career, including that courageous switch to Kannada journalism.
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January 15, 2018
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Wanted: More Women Heading The Machine
Women directors have yet to follow the trend their male counterparts are encashing—turning producer
3 min |
January 15, 2018
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Thinking Out Of The Witness Box
Mahmood Farooqui’s rape conviction for forced oral sex opens a hectic debate about the ‘lacunae’ in the amended criminal law
6 min |
September 26, 2016
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Scripting A Good Ending
To the PDP, ‘permanent solution’ means dialogue and the opposite to its ally, the BJP.
6 min |
June 19, 2017
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A Bird's Past, and Future...
The Praful Patel years, which all but grounded AI, come under the lens just as privatisation looms.
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June 19, 2017
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Doctors And Their Devices
Imported medical devices are often indispensable. But 1,000 % mark-ups in prices? Hospitals, traders and doctors are playing a fast, smooth game, pushing patients towards financial ruin. Will the government ever wake up to these immoral medical practices?
10+ min |
June 19, 2017
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The Monk Who Stung A Hornet
The Dalai Lama’s Arunachal visit worsens Sino­Indian ties, as neighbours reap the benefits of their competing largesse
7 min |
April 17, 2017
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New-Found Mahatma Love
The PM’s appropriation of Gandhi is helping the BJP shape a new political persona
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April 17, 2017
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Vaccine Vendors' Greed Gone Viral
Immunisation is a nexus controlled by big private vaccine makers, mostly foreign, that decides your baby gets 15 shots more for the doctor to make money. Even if the vaccine is useless—not to talk of the huge mark-ups.
10+ min |
April 17, 2017
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Shompa Sengupta
Tales of women who fought against taboos and gender bia­ses, not to mention poverty and illiteracy, to emerge successful businesswomen abound in Calcutta, women who, without so much as the rudiments of training, have beaten competitors by dint of innate intelligence and hard work.
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October 02, 2017
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A Prayer Sent Out Loudly
Mamata Banerjee’s token gestures towards Muslims have caused a communal divide without really empowering the community
6 min |