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What Would Victory Look Like?
A toughened bureaucrat like India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had to lock his X account after the dastardly trolls got after him and his family for announcing the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
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June 01, 2025
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Caste Calculus
Loyalty of the extremely backward among the “backwards” or the “maha” Dalit among the Dalits—that's the crux of the upcoming elections in Bihar
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June 01, 2025
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The Troll Tax
Operation Sindoor wasn't just a military episode—it was a mirror held up to the nation, in which it saw trolls
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June 01, 2025
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Here, and There
India and Pakistan share one of the most militarised borders in the world.
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June 01, 2025
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Let the Guns Rest
India's relationships with most of its neighbours are far from warm and friendly today
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June 01, 2025
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Response in Real Time
On April 22, 2025, terrorists affiliated with the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) opened fire on a group of tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam.
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May 21, 2025
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Living War Rooms
Every time tensions flare between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, drawing- room generals, WhatsApp warriors, and tea-stall tacticians flood the airwaves with unsolicited military advice—while real lives hang in the balance
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May 21, 2025
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The Fate of a Boy's Rubber Ball
Residents of places close to the border desperately hope that the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan will de-escalate
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May 21, 2025
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Parted, Again
After the Pahalgam terror attack, many families had to say abrupt goodbyes to their loved ones after they were sent back to Pakistan. Future is uncertain for those who are still living here
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May 21, 2025
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Long-range Response
The transformation of India's strategic restraint to calibrated retaliation against Pakistan
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May 21, 2025
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War and TRUTH
A war is not just an armed conflict for physical control of a geographical territory; it's also about shaping larger public opinion with carefully curated propaganda
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May 21, 2025
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A Fragile Calm
SOUTH Asia has stepped back from the brink of war with the announcement of a ceasefire by India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. What threatened to spiral into a full-blown conflict between nuclear-armed neighbours, India and Pakistan, has, for now, given way to a fragile calm.
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May 21, 2025
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No Neutral Move
The sudden legislative dismantling of waqf institutions is a calculated political step
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May 21, 2025
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Journalism of Courage
A son and a granddaughter, Chander and Jyotsna Mohan, chronicle the history of Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper. But it turns out to be much more than that—it juxtaposes the bravery and stature of freedom fighters in pre-Independence India with the current rulers’ preening and pretensions
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May 21, 2025
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Alike is Hell, or Paradise, or Heaven
The brunt of the military escalation between India and Pakistan was felt by people in the Valley, especially near its fraught borders, far away from the studios that amped up the war talk
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May 21, 2025
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The Coded War
In the theatre of modern warfare, names carry weight.
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May 21, 2025
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The Sindoor Playbook
With nuclear arsenals on both sides, the international community has called on India and Pakistan to de-escalate the situation
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May 21, 2025
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What's in a Name?
With the symbolism of Operation ‘Sindoor’, whose grief are we honouring, and whose agency are we erasing?
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May 21, 2025
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Indian Education Gets Universally Competitive & Appealing
On the threshold of pursuing an education befitting a future of professional and personal success is a testing time for parents and students, as well. Choice of college/university and subject is largely a dilemma for students, particularly, who have high scores yet missed the qualifying cut-off mark by a whisker. As more and more campuses have qualified or are levelling-up to meet the demanding standards at par with world-class education, it's interesting to observe what makes such institutions to stand tall as a link between the aspirations of students and their beckoning future.
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May 11, 2025
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Future Forward with IEM-UEM
A robust ecosystem integrating academic discipline with practical learning, industry exposure with an inbuilt extra-curricular system, and a commitment to excellence makes the IEM-UEM Group one of the leading engineering and management education providers in India
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May 11, 2025
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'Violence Thrives Where Dialogue is Absent'
Across the Valley, people mourned with silent prayers and spontaneous vigils after the terrorist attack at Pahalgam
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May 11, 2025
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Ajeenkya D Y Patil Innovation University, Pune
Rethinking Education for an Innovative Future
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May 11, 2025
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Ready for the world, with GGU
Godavari Global University honing students to become all-round personalities who excel in academics, are professionals achievers and global citizens
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May 11, 2025
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For How Long?
For how long do we have to keep writing about hatred, killings, violence, pain, misery and despair? About innocent lives made to end abruptly
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May 11, 2025
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CM Nayab Singh Saini's first Budget mirrors PM's vision of Viksit Bharat
Under the dynamic leadership of Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi's, Haryana is making stellar contribution towards realising the vision of Viksit Bharat
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May 11, 2025
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Echoes of Mourning
Amid emotional funerals, salutations and promises for justice, the families of those killed in Pahalgam are struggling to make sense of the unforeseen tragedy
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May 11, 2025
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Is War an Option?
The sheer uncertainty and costs of war, present levels of preparedness and the nuclear balance discount war as a rational option for India, certainly at the present stage
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May 11, 2025
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The Storm Inside
“Under the dark shades of the one I have lost I have come again to the city of a tribe lost. Searching the earth taken under the fabric white Where children had buried their toys and lost. The trees are on fire melting the winter frost And night shedding its dark, but the beloved is lost.”
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May 11, 2025
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The Siren is Wailing
It is clear that India will retaliate. But a war between the nuclear-armed neighbours is a nightmare not just for India and Pakistan, but for the entire region
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May 11, 2025
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Odisha's Energy Transition: From Coal Powerhouse To Green Energy Leader
Odisha's energy sector is undergoing a transformational shift, driven by a bold vision to align with India's broader goals of sustainability, self-reliance, and climate resilience.
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