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AGE OF SATRAPS
If the centre cannot hold, things fall apart-goes the line. But the colossal figures who rose across the Indian map were a sign of a rainbow nation, a democracy speaking many languages
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January 12, 2026
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LIGHT THAT FAILED
What raised expectations after a righteous democratic triumph collapsed from within, its moral centre splintering into petty dissonance
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January 12, 2026
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THE COLLAPSE OF TRUST
Mega-scams shattered state credibility, paralysed governance and ignited mass anti-corruption protests, turning graft into a political liability that eroded trust, weakened institutions and damaged the ruling establishment
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January 12, 2026
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FEAR AND LOATHING
As the communal climate warmed dramatically in the 1980s, caste was added to the mix in the controversy over the mass conversion of Tamil Dalits to Islam. In Assam, a student-led 'anti-outsider' agitation combined with tribal sentiments to spark a shocking massacre of Bengali Muslims
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January 12, 2026
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SOUTHERN DHAMAKA
This was the decade the South Indian film caught the national imagination and OTT showed viewers what choice looked like
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January 12, 2026
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SCAM BANG
As big money oozed in, the era of big scams dawned. Post Bofors, it was a lurid collage: arms dealers, stock scamsters, icky godmen and tales of hawala gravy floating to the top
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January 12, 2026
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THE COMEBACK
Indira Gandhi bided her time as the Janata leaders squabbled. She stormed back in 1980 before the bloody end of her remarkable career
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January 12, 2026
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DAY OF THE AAM AADMI
From an anti-corruption crusade into a political force that successfully converted RTI activism and public anger into electoral power, the Aam Aadmi Party was once unassailable in the national capital but failed nationally against Modi's broader leadership appeal
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January 12, 2026
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THE ONE AND THE MANY
India began clocking international wins in individual sports like never before: shooters, weight-lifters and tennis players led the charge
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January 12, 2026
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The Rise of the Angry Hero
Anger—at injustice and inequality—spilled out on to streets and into gritty films. Its unlikely mascot? A lanky, unconventionally handsome man they often called 'Vijay'
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January 12, 2026
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THE INSCRUTABLE REFORMER
The compromise PM was not expected to do much, except be a harmless place-holder. But Narasimha Rao did not remain a stage prop for long-by the time he exited, he had altered India's grammar
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January 12, 2026
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FRAGMENTS OF A VISION
Rao, Gowda, Gujral, three times Vajpayee, and then Manmohan. In an era of fragile coalitions, India found a new synthesis in Vajpayee
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January 12, 2026
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MONUMENTAL LEGACY
Modi's idea of India has gleaming highways and bullet trains, a statue of Patel and a new Parliament building
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January 12, 2026
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THE CURRENCY EMERGENCY
The sudden invalidation of high-value notes to end black money sent people into a tizzy. Was the pain worth it? The debate continues
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January 12, 2026
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COUNTRY ON A CANVAS
ICONIC AT DAG DELHI BRINGS TOGETHER THREE CENTURIES OF INDIAN ART
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December 29, 2025
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ON A ROAR HOW TO SUSTAIN THE UPSURGE
An 8.2 per cent growth in GDP in Q2 of FY26, along with benign inflation, has placed the Indian economy in a unique sweet spot. Can it put the country on a high-trajectory growth path, give the job market a much-needed boost?
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December 29, 2025
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RUINED BY STATECRAFT
It's a bleak Christmas as Trump's tariffs take a toll on Kashmir's handicrafts exports sector. Artisans see business plunging by two-thirds in peak season
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December 29, 2025
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THE NEW HEIRLOOMS
What happens when two powerhouses, one with inherited style and grandeur and the other reshaping India’s design language, come together? Pure magic
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December 29, 2025
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A NEW ENEMY AT THE GATE
Pakistan-bashing has long been a favourite subject in Bollywood films. The industry is now mining the rich history of Indo-China conflict for inspiration
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December 29, 2025
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CALL OF CLAY
Song of the Clay Pot seamlessly blends memoir with music history
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December 29, 2025
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The Way of Trees
ANJU DODIYA's solo show in Mumbai explores vulnerability, imagination and the self
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December 29, 2025
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SIR Turns Into Battle Strategy for Stalin
DMK transforms voter verification into a mass mobilisation programme laden with high rhetoric
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December 29, 2025
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The Weight of Loss
IN CALORIE, HIS 540TH FILM, ANUPAM KHER PLAYS MOHAN SINGH WHO NAVIGATES LOSS, SILENCE, MISUNDERSTANDING, AND BURIED HURT
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December 29, 2025
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Taste of Tradition
Past has been perfected, as this dinnerware for children marks the return to much-needed basics
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December 29, 2025
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NEW-GEN LEADER
The party chooses low-key, five-term Bihar MLA Nitin Nabin to lead it into the future. But Modi-Shah's dominance in organisation affairs continues
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December 29, 2025
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WHERE THE HORIZON MEETS HOME
We head to Goa to explore a new villa project by the river that reinterprets local architecture and is a living symphony of design and environment
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December 29, 2025
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AHMEDABAD'S QUEST FOR GLORY
AS THE CITY PREPARES TO HOST THE CENTENARY COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN 2030, IT TAKES A CRITICAL STEP TOWARD THE 2036 OLYMPIC AMBITIONS—AN OPPORTUNITY SHAPED AS MUCH BY RISK AS BY RESOLVE
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December 29, 2025
India Today
RUINED BY STATECRAFT
It's a bleak Christmas as Trump's tariffs take a toll on Kashmir's handicrafts exports sector. Artisans see business plunging by two-thirds in peak season
2 min |
December 29, 2025
India Today
AHMEDABAD'S QUEST FOR GLORY
AS THE CITY PREPARES TO HOST THE CENTENARY COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN 2030, IT TAKES A CRITICAL STEP TOWARD THE 2036 OLYMPIC AMBITIONS—AN OPPORTUNITY SHAPED AS MUCH BY RISK AS BY RESOLVE
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December 29, 2025
India Today
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
Harinder Baweja's They Will Shoot You, Madam, is an engaging account of reporting from conflict zones
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