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Pak Flag Or The IS Flag?
OBOR's binding terms perplex some in Pakistan, put India on careful watch, open up a vista of geo-political transformation
6 min |
May 29, 2017
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Several Wrongs Make The Right
Ironclad conservatives of the darkest shades, with a collective net worth of $35 billion, will fill up the Trump cabinet.
5 min |
December 12, 2016
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Basit’s Quiet K-Diplomacy
Post-unrest, the Kashmiri ‘mainstream’ is courting Pakistan to recover lost ground.
6 min |
December 12, 2016
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On Home Turf, A Party That Can't Afford to Lose
With an eye on 2019 and Modi again as ­mascot, the BJP’s readying to do all it takes to keep Gujarat.
6 min |
November 13, 2017
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Taking It Beyond Wazwaan
To the PDP, the ex-IB chief’s appointment as interlocutor is a chance to reconnect with the people. But the mainstream opposition and the separatists are not enthused.
8 min |
November 13, 2017
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Talking About, Talking With Kashmir
Now that convulsions on Kashmir’s streets have subsided, the Centre makes a careful bid for talks, appointing Dineshwar Sharma as interlocutor. Too late in the day, say detractors; from a position of strength, says the government. But for talks to bear fruit, all stakeholders have to be engaged, backed by flexibility from Delhi.
8 min |
November 13, 2017
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Cascading Misery
The domino-like latecomer effects of demonetisation, from farm to dinner table
6 min |
November 13, 2017
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Donald Trump Remark Raises Doubts About American Support For The Israel-Palestine Solution
Trump’s remarks raise the fearful spectre of a single Jewish­ Palestinian state.
6 min |
March 06, 2017
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Your Whisky Is Nothing But A Desi Daru!
It is a miracle worked by the Bureau of Indian Standards that turns spirit made of molasses —plain desi daru—into whisky, rum and brandy with a lot of added colour and flavour.
10+ min |
March 06, 2017
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A Singular Yet Lesser Win
The BJP’s only hit among all misses in recent Lok Sabha bypolls came via an ex-Congress leader
3 min |
June 18, 2018
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A Secret Ballot At The Box Office
The success of Rajinikanth's latest film Kaala, will be vital for his political ambitions.
5 min |
June 18, 2018
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Slide Down An Oil Slick
A falling rupee and unstable oil prices may threaten recent robust growth, hitting trade in particular
5 min |
June 18, 2018
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Six Days That Created A Paradigm For Middle Earth
The Six-Day War split and recast power centres in West Asia, shaped jehadism, consigned Palestinians to a harrowing fate and deepened Israel’s self-justificatory, racist paranoia
7 min |
November 06, 2017
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Shooting the Brother
Shot at, jailed, assaulted, branded a deserter. All this for exposing his seniors in a theft of seized gold. After 26 years of a traumatic ordeal, the army officer has been reinstated. The full story...
10+ min |
February 20, 2017
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In Raag Dehlavi
The Dilli gharana of Tanras and Chand Khan has a gentle prima donna.
6 min |
February 20, 2017
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The Jury Is Still Out
Do private schools outdo government schools? No proof exists for that.
4 min |
October 09, 2017
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Enter The Apple Shift
Apple orchards are taking over the paddy fields of Kashmir. There’s promise and a fear.
5 min |
October 09, 2017
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'My Whole Career Has Been Built Upon Rejection, But I Never Give Up'
National award-winning director Hansal Mehta talks about this happy, hectic time, the joys of film-ma­king and working with actors such as Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao.
7 min |
October 09, 2017
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Mundra: The Port of No Call
Neither the state govt nor the Centre, neither the UPA nor the NDA, has acted again st Adani Port's depredations.
5 min |
August 1, 2016
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The Suns of This Soil
“We have learned to ignore what people say,” says 10-year-old Gurnail Kaur.
7 min |
August 29, 2016
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Sports For Poor And Rich!
Why some sports attract champions from the poor, while others largely remain with the rich
7 min |
August 29, 2016
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Harappan Ships Go Up Mountains
A callous anachronism has ruled Bollywood costume and set design. Exemplars exist, but no one learns.
4 min |
August 29, 2016
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Minority Position
Siddaramaiah has survived the threat of a rift in his cabinet by recognising the Lingayats as a religious minority. But this may not be the end of his troubles.
5 min |
April 02, 2018
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Digital Falsities To Prime Likes
Cambridge Analytica caused quite a kerfuffle when it was outed by whistleblowers on its questionable tactic of snagging 50 million profiles from FB
5 min |
April 02, 2018
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Raga Darbari On High Notes
The stage is clearly set for a no-holds-barred faceoff. There is little room for doubt now on whether Rahul would lead his party into the 2019 Lok Sabha polls
10 min |
April 02, 2018
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Sister's Need For Unity
As the BJP targets Bengal, Mamata looks at the Left, which has eyes only for the Congress. She’s a leading mover behind talks for an inchoate ‘federal front’.
7 min |
April 02, 2018
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Square Leg Umpire's Sixer
After clipping wings of BCCI supremos, an irate Vinod Rai threatens to hold elections without recalcitrant affiliates
6 min |
April 02, 2018
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A Bitter Harvest
Multiple agitations show all’s not well with the ‘rich’ state of Maharashtra.
7 min |
April 09, 2018
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Scholar, SUI Generis
The mercurial devourer of knowledge—and giver of care and affection—in youth has crafted his own, unique path. Ram Guha is a category- efying scholar who takes on bhakts and mullahs.
4 min |
April 09, 2018
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That Chink In The Wall
No point delivering liberal homilies to a hierarchical society. But Guha has discarded the questions of power.
6 min |