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The Long Road to Justice
The Supreme Court of India on July 24, 2025, stayed the recent Mumbai High Court order acquitting all 12 persons sentenced in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. The blasts, which were coordinated to happen over 11 minutes in the busy metropolis during rush hour, killed 189 people and injured over 800.
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August 11, 2025
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The Unconsoled
Denied the fixing of accountability for what befell them, survivors and kin of the slain in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts find their old wounds reopened after the recent acquittals
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August 11, 2025
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Half a Freedom
The night Mumbai bled and the wronged men who bled longer
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August 11, 2025
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The Maley Factor
From the 1940s to 2015, the Left parties in Bihar have had a shaky trajectory—from being a marginal force to becoming influential, and then again marginal. But 2025 shows hints of a revival. Can they impact the electoral outcome this time?
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August 01, 2025
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A Little Bit of Lalu
People cutting across castes are rooting for two-time deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav. Will his clean image and pro-development stance help him become the CM?
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August 01, 2025
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Nuclear Friction
Despite Iran's full compliance with the principles and norms of the NPT, the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran have put the nuclear non-proliferation regime in crisis
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August 01, 2025
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Kashmir to Udaipur: Files & Lies
Udaipur Files is just one film. A lot more films are in the making, one worse than the other. There is a need to pause and reflect on where we are heading
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August 01, 2025
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What's the Bihar Model?
From Mandal to modernity, Bihar is at a political crossroads
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August 01, 2025
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Paltu Chacha's 'Last' Battle?
Nitish Kumar risks losing his flock at every sharp turn
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August 01, 2025
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Roll Call to the Aliens
Bihar's Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls sparks whispers of disenfranchisement amid civic desire to keep the 'ghuspethiya' away
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August 01, 2025
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The Acid Test
The Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar is a test case for the constitutional soul of the republic
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August 01, 2025
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The Lone Ranger
By declaring that his party will field candidates in all 243 seats, is Chirag Paswan engaging in pressure politics to secure better seat-sharing, or is he looking to dent JD(U)'s prospects?
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August 01, 2025
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An Unconquerable State
Why has the Bharatiya Janata Party not been able to come to power in Bihar on its own?
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August 01, 2025
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Prada Wears Kolhapuris
When Italian luxury brand Prada showcased a designer version of the Kolhapuri chappal, no one asked who actually makes the chappal in India
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August 01, 2025
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The Hunted
Hundreds of women in rural Bihar have been branded witches and killed by their families, friends or neighbours
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August 01, 2025
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The Rule of the Katta
Bihar's crime graph continues to climb. Whether under Lalu or Nitish, jungle raj, it seems, remains difficult to root out
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August 01, 2025
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Liberation.Ink
For women in Bihar, voting is not allegiance. It's leverage
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August 01, 2025
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A Disaster Foretold
Weak regulations, under-trained staff and the lack safety mechanisms led to the blast at Sigachi Industries that claimed 42 lives
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July 21, 2025
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Writing Us, Reaching Us
Ableist and sexist tropes of disability in literature have changed to some extent, but there's still a long way to go
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July 21, 2025
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Ranking of Professional Colleges
Understanding the maze of metrics and meaning of ranking of professional colleges in India, decision-making for aspiring students and parents becomes much more specific and refined
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July 21, 2025
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Cold Promises
The Centre's recent regulations for land, jobs and cultural preservation aim to address concerns raised by civil society in Ladakh, but Ladakhis feel this is just a quick-fix bureaucratic solution as their primary demands—inclusion in the Sixth Schedule and statehood—have been ignored
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July 21, 2025
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Namazwad Vs Samajwad
Following Operation Sindoor’s low traction in its Bihar election campaign, the saffron party rakes up ‘socialism’. Will the ploy work?
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July 21, 2025
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The Great American Campus Dilemma
US President Donald Trump has gone after America’s Ivy League colleges, including freezing funding of $2.2 billion to the prestigious Harvard University.
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July 21, 2025
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Regressing Republic
India has fallen into a moral and intellectual stupor in the last 11 years
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July 21, 2025
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Fear and Loathing in the Ivy League
Ideological deportations aren't official policy, but they strike at the heart of United States Ivies
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July 21, 2025
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Thought Police
Are Indian universities turning into suffocating spaces where constant censorship and surveillance is leaving no room for protests or dissenting voices?
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July 21, 2025
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The Way Home
For India-born Danish conductor Maria Badstue, music is the one space where she truly belongs
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July 21, 2025
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A Good Read on a Long Flight
Off to Boston, for the long flight, I took two books- Pakistani-British writer Kamila Shamsie's Kartography was one of them. There is a backstory to it
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July 21, 2025
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Iran-e-Sagheer
Many Kashmiri students choose to study in Iran due to a combination of affordability and cultural familiarity. A degree in medicine is the most preferred option
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July 21, 2025
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The Othering of Learning
Once a magical place for learning, universities have become a space of conflict, of tension, a space to be derided and ridiculed
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