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Not by the Textbook
The new school textbooks in India have turned into walls that stand between students and the world of reality and truth
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September 11, 2025
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Staking Claim to the First Spot
Letters to the Election Commission of India, election petitions in court and Right to Information queries—the opposition bloc has done it all since the Maharashtra Assembly polls last year
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September 11, 2025
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Authentic Memory
The growing silence between father and son becomes almost a theme in its own right in Jey Sushil's Dukh Ki Duniya Bhitar Hai
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September 11, 2025
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Politics of Slogans
From high-profile slogans to structural reforms, India's Opposition finds it difficult to sustain outrage over corruption
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September 11, 2025
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Captured on Camera
In the 1980s and 90s, booth capturing in Bihar was a threat to democratic functioning. Men with their faces covered and holding guns told people their votes had been cast. Now, voters in Bihar feel the Special Intensive Revision is another way to disenfranchise them
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September 11, 2025
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Translating Resistance
The translation of Kannada writer and activist Banu Mushtaq's work is not only an aesthetic act; it is a public intervention
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September 11, 2025
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Keep the Faith
Religion and mental health need not be adversaries. One speaks the language of spirit, the other of science. But both seek the same thing: healing
6 min |
September 11, 2025
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Ganga-Cauvery Rhythm
At first glance, it seemed like a meme.
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September 11, 2025
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Attack on Past & Present
School textbooks present a version of history at odds with Kashmiri recollections
6 min |
September 11, 2025
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The Iron in the Institutions
The Election Commission failing the test of democracy is a bad turn for our Republic
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September 11, 2025
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How Free and Fair?
By presiding over processes that narrow democratic participation, the Election Commission of India betrays the very idea of universal adult suffrage
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September 11, 2025
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“Un”suitable Histories
What is the impact of distortions in historical textbooks on institutions?
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September 11, 2025
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Mahadevapura: Where Strangers Came to the Rolls
At ground zero of Rahul Gandhi's campaign against 'vote theft', electoral rolls have long been an arena of political contest and controversy
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September 11, 2025
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A Class of Controversies
The NCERT has released new modules titled 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' for Classes VI to XII, stirring debate
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September 11, 2025
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As Goalposts Shift
The Opposition accuses the Election Commission of furthering the ruling establishment's political agenda. The ECI dismisses the charges as politically motivated
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September 11, 2025
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A Dulling of Memory
Books live beyond bans. In the digital age, measures like banning books are not only moot, but also reiterate that the state continues to fear ideas
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September 11, 2025
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The Penalty Checkmate
India can possibly absorb the 25 per cent tariff; our economic growth will not be materially affected. All eyes are now on the 25 per cent penalty tariff
6 min |
September 01, 2025
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The Fable of Free Trade
The BJP regime's foreign policy successes have come unstuck with Trump's announcement of fifty per cent tariffs
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September 01, 2025
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Don't Let the Dogs Out
Delhi has over a lakh community dogs that have coexisted with the city's human population for decades. Now the country's top court wants them gone
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September 01, 2025
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Enduring Embers
What has made Sholay infallible in the public imagination? What makes the film tick even after 50 years of its release?
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September 01, 2025
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Fear Looms Large
The tariff imposition by the United States has cast a shadow over cities like Tiruppur, India's knitwear capital, that depend on the ebb and flow of international demand
7 min |
September 01, 2025
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The Silk Route Beckons
A tough call is to be made at the SCO meeting as India's foreign policy must Act East with deeds beyond words
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September 01, 2025
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Agriculture Through The Prism Of Water
If an elephant fills in 85% of a room, its occupants are unwittingly conditioned to engage only with the little leftover space. Celebrities posing to close a dripping tap reminds me of this situation. If India has to conserve water for future-gen, apart from striving to \"Catch-The-Rain\", it also has to do effective demand-side management of water. Accounting for 85-89% water usage in India, agriculture, the elephant in the room, is to be specifically targeted for this, not the dripping pipe.
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September 01, 2025
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Enlightenment from an Unlikely Envelope
Adil Jussawalla's memory palace is full of fond ephemeral objects, soft and hard
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September 01, 2025
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Diamonds Ain't Forever
Uncertain times for diamond workers in Surat as tariff threatens trade
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September 01, 2025
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Over Ruled
The MSPSA gives the state-corporate nexus the legal means to suppress participatory democracy under the guise of public security
7 min |
September 01, 2025
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The Applecart is Upset
Pulwama orchard farmers pray for salvation amid tariff tussle, increasing imports
6 min |
September 01, 2025
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'Brother, I Haven't Eaten in Three Days'
Gaza reflects the haunting collapse of humanity and the hunger war is consuming Palestinians
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September 01, 2025
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A Harsh Harvest
Farmers, dairyists and small businesses in India are grappling with tariff threats from the United States
7 min |
September 01, 2025
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The 65 Lakh Hole
The opposition vs the ECI: India's mega political play begins with the Bihar march; Bengal braces to become the next battlefield
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