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Sacred and Sublime
A road trip through Sikkim reveals how prayer flags, meditation caves and mountain monasteries weave Buddhism into the landscape
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June 22, 2026
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‘Modern Warfare is Network-centric’
In an exclusive interview with Neeraj Thakur and Saurabh Sharma, former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, who recently retired, speaks in rare detail about the unfinished project of military integration, lessons from Operation Sindoor, the future of India’s warfighting strategy and the growing importance of sovereign defence technology.
7 min |
June 22, 2026
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Balancing Competing Rights
The judgement may lead to more cases being filed concerning “religious character”
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June 22, 2026
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“The Impact of AI is Only Beginning”
India’s post-1991 middle-class growth model is reaching a breaking point. Saurabh Mukherjea’s Breakpoint: The Crisis of the Middle Class and the Future of Work examines how technological disruption, stagnant wages, debt and structural weaknesses in education and employment are reshaping Indian society and work. Automation and AI are reducing demand for routine cognitive work, especially in IT services, BPOs, finance and administrative roles. Edited excerpts from an interview with Nabodita Ganguly
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June 22, 2026
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Barricade the Border
The BJP's electoral success in West Bengal underlines a significant political shift in the largest state bordering Bangladesh. It is time to fence the border to counter large-scale illegal immigration
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June 22, 2026
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‘The Cockroach Always Survives’
It started as a satire.
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June 22, 2026
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Social Ailment
Artificial intelligence-based systems are not socially neutral; they are already exposing existing socio-cultural realities
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June 22, 2026
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The Transformer
The future of work in India will depend less on whether AI replaces jobs and more on how the country prepares to utilise AI and its workforce to work alongside it
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June 22, 2026
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‘Future Wars Will be Multi-domain, AI-driven’
Operation Sindoor marked a significant moment in India’s evolving military doctrine, showcasing growing synergy between the Army, Navy and Air Force across conventional and emerging domains of warfare.
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June 22, 2026
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Constitutional Freeze
Why Section 4 of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, does not apply
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June 22, 2026
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Beat the Irregularity
For freelancers and gig employees with erratic income, the biggest challenge is to navigate unpredictability and chalk out an effective savings and investment plan
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June 22, 2026
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The Heat is On
Lots of things in Delhi make you feel like you are participating in an extreme sport.
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June 22, 2026
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Slow Death of IT Sector Jobs
The IT sector has long been the engine of India’s middle-class aspiration and white-collar employment. As AI eats into jobs in the sector, India faces a massive socio-economic challenge
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June 22, 2026
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Double-Engine Puzzle
As metro corridors rise and bullet train tunnels bore through hardy landscape, the Mahayuti alliance is asking whether the Centre is keeping pace with the state's infrastructure ambitions
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June 22, 2026
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Quo Vadis?
It is difficult to slot Chief Minister Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam into Tamil Nadu's established political binaries
6 min |
June 22, 2026
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Representation Vs Reservation in UP Politics
Uttar Pradesh may be entering a second-generation Mandal moment
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June 22, 2026
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The Great CBSE Evaluation Mess
The CBSE’s on-screen marking (OSM) system, introduced to make evaluation faster and more transparent, has instead triggered allegations of blurry answer sheets and crashing portals, sparking a larger debate over the future of high-stakes public examinations
3 min |
June 22, 2026
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'Why GDP Growth Doesn't Always Translate Into Votes'
The recent election results have once again shown that economic growth alone does not guarantee electoral victory.
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June 06, 2026
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Lights, Camera, Othering
The establishment of Israel has been accompanied by a national cinema devoted to negating and erasing the Palestinian Other
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June 06, 2026
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Goodbye to All That
Booker-winning British author Julian Barnes' Departure(s) is a unique hybrid work: playful, philosophical, whimsical
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June 06, 2026
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Collapse of Trust
As the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak forced the cancellation of India’s biggest medical entrance exam, more than 22 lakh aspirants find themselves trapped in uncertainty
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June 06, 2026
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NO LONGER A TWELFTH MAN
Bihar cricket, which has languished in the shadows for long, is all set to improve its strike rate, thanks to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the new Bihari kid on the block
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June 06, 2026
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BLAZE OF GLORY
The challenges of being a celebrity cricketer at a young age can be tough to handle
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June 06, 2026
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THE SWASHBUCKLERS
A new generation of fearless stars is emerging and finding its feet at the very top of an extremely competitive cricketing environment
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June 06, 2026
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THE TEEN TORNAD
At the age of 15, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is already a cricketing legend
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June 06, 2026
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A Journey to Remember
The prerecorded message crackled over the din in the compartment: ‘Welcome to the Shatabdi Express.
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June 06, 2026
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Crossing Borders
Ruth Martin is the translator of German-Iranian author Shida Bazyar’s novel The Nights are Quiet in Tehran (originally written in German), which has been shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize.
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June 06, 2026
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'US Should De-hyphenate India-Pak'
Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton, who served during President Donald Trump's first term, talks about the growing bonhomie between Trump and Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir and why India remains a central pillar of America's strategic calculus against China.
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June 06, 2026
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The Slow Death of Care
More than 41 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, survivors are battling not only chronic illness but also collapsing health-care systems, delayed approvals, missing specialists and an exhausting bureaucracy that turns the fight for treatment into a daily struggle for dignity
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June 06, 2026
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A Time of Change
The decline of the AIADMK and the rise of chief minister Vijay's TVK mark a potentially transformative moment in Tamil Nadu politics
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