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The Penalty Checkmate
India can possibly absorb the 25 per cent tariff; our economic growth will not be materially affected. All eyes are now on the 25 per cent penalty tariff
6 min |
September 01, 2025
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The Fable of Free Trade
The BJP regime's foreign policy successes have come unstuck with Trump's announcement of fifty per cent tariffs
6 min |
September 01, 2025
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Don't Let the Dogs Out
Delhi has over a lakh community dogs that have coexisted with the city's human population for decades. Now the country's top court wants them gone
5 min |
September 01, 2025
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Enduring Embers
What has made Sholay infallible in the public imagination? What makes the film tick even after 50 years of its release?
5 min |
September 01, 2025
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Fear Looms Large
The tariff imposition by the United States has cast a shadow over cities like Tiruppur, India's knitwear capital, that depend on the ebb and flow of international demand
7 min |
September 01, 2025
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The Silk Route Beckons
A tough call is to be made at the SCO meeting as India's foreign policy must Act East with deeds beyond words
6 min |
September 01, 2025
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Agriculture Through The Prism Of Water
If an elephant fills in 85% of a room, its occupants are unwittingly conditioned to engage only with the little leftover space. Celebrities posing to close a dripping tap reminds me of this situation. If India has to conserve water for future-gen, apart from striving to \"Catch-The-Rain\", it also has to do effective demand-side management of water. Accounting for 85-89% water usage in India, agriculture, the elephant in the room, is to be specifically targeted for this, not the dripping pipe.
3 min |
September 01, 2025
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Enlightenment from an Unlikely Envelope
Adil Jussawalla's memory palace is full of fond ephemeral objects, soft and hard
5 min |
September 01, 2025
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Diamonds Ain't Forever
Uncertain times for diamond workers in Surat as tariff threatens trade
8 min |
September 01, 2025
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Over Ruled
The MSPSA gives the state-corporate nexus the legal means to suppress participatory democracy under the guise of public security
7 min |
September 01, 2025
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The Applecart is Upset
Pulwama orchard farmers pray for salvation amid tariff tussle, increasing imports
6 min |
September 01, 2025
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'Brother, I Haven't Eaten in Three Days'
Gaza reflects the haunting collapse of humanity and the hunger war is consuming Palestinians
5 min |
September 01, 2025
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A Harsh Harvest
Farmers, dairyists and small businesses in India are grappling with tariff threats from the United States
7 min |
September 01, 2025
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The 65 Lakh Hole
The opposition vs the ECI: India's mega political play begins with the Bihar march; Bengal braces to become the next battlefield
6 min |
September 01, 2025
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That Sinking Feeling
Revealing the monoculture underbelly of the US-dominated export market, Trump's tariff hike makes hunger stalk fishing villages and the workers go hungry even as the ponds are full of export-quality shrimp
6 min |
September 01, 2025
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Trust Deficit
How India-US ties pan out is anyone's guess. But one thing is clear: India cannot fully trust the US as a reliable partner in times of need
7 min |
September 01, 2025
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Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad
How a dog's life compares to a refugee's life in India
9 min |
September 01, 2025
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The Stree Syndrome
Mental health needs to be reframed as a human right—especially for women in India who have been silenced, stretched thin, or made to feel small
6 min |
August 21, 2025
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We Need to Talkin Whispers
Which moments—those fleeting, profound fragments of our existence—would linger and haunt us in our final breaths?
3 min |
August 21, 2025
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When Will I Go Home?
Desperate to leave, inmates of the century-old mental health facility near Ranchi open our eyes to the world of those deemed too \"ill\" to live with others in society
7 min |
August 21, 2025
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Fifty Shades of Pink
The prevalence of conversion therapy stems from the ingrained stigma around queerness in the society, leading to the pathologisation of sexual orientation as a mental illness
6 min |
August 21, 2025
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Life. Together
My father suffered from a combine of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder for more than four decades. In all this time, our family battled social ostracisation, structural stigma and the healthcare system's inability to deal with mental illnesses effectively
9 min |
August 21, 2025
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Autumn Sonata
Is India prepared to meet the needs of its ageing population?
8 min |
August 21, 2025
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Forbidding City
India's rapid urbanisation and digital saturation amplify the paradox of people hyper-connected online but isolated in their real-life contexts of proximity without intimacy
7 min |
August 21, 2025
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Sadness in Places that None Can See
WHEN I was younger, I would wonder why my mum didn't make me lunch like the mums of other kids would.
3 min |
August 21, 2025
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To Break the Binaries
Mental well-being is rooted in the complex relationship between society and the individual. Laws and policies alone cannot fix it
9 min |
August 21, 2025
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The Bearable lightness
In cities as far apart as Chennai and Ratnagiri, people living with mental illnesses are being reintegrated into society through independent homes and facilities as part of a new approach to care. In these rooms, bonds form between those who know each other's silences and care is built on the belief that no one is alone
8 min |
August 21, 2025
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A Difficult and Necessary Place
Instead of reforming mental hospitals, India is shutting them down
4 min |
August 21, 2025
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Je Suis Nightingale
The journey of caring for a loved one living with mental illness is a bittersweet one. A few carers share their personal experiences
10+ min |
August 21, 2025
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"I lived With My Mother's Corpse for a Day"
MY name is Srividya. I did my schooling in Kalpakkam, near Chennai.
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