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South's Tax Revolt
The objection of southern states over tax devolution alludes to broader challenges in India’s federal structure exacerbated by the impending delimitation exercise
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April 11, 2025
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Bollywood Bliss
RAJASTHAN'S STORIED ROYAL HERITAGE AND SPECTACULAR LANDSCAPES MAKE IT ONE OF THE TOP DESTINATION WEDDING LOCALES IN INDIA. IF YOU WANT TO GET HITCHED BOLLYWOOD STYLE, CHECK OUT THESE AMAZING VENUES WHERE THE \"STARS\" HAVE ALIGNED
4 min |
April 11, 2025
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Star Wars
With old alliances fracturing and new ones being forged, the global order is not just shifting—it is being rewritten in real time
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April 01, 2025
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All the President's Men
Is the US reset with Russia due to the China factor?
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April 01, 2025
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Interminable Chaos
Is the ongoing global geopolitical security crisis ephemeral or a continuum?
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April 01, 2025
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Enter, a New Perilous Era
How long will it take us to understand a profoundly transformed global order?
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April 01, 2025
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Where is My School?
Has the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme met its target to push for girls' education a decade after it was launched?
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April 01, 2025
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Shivaji's Rabindra Sangeet
How does Bengali literature perceive Maratha heroism, especially in an age of religious polarisation?
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April 01, 2025
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Mother Russia
Just a couple of days before we landed at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, there had been a major drone attack by Ukraine in the Russian capital.
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April 01, 2025
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Endangered Globe
It is time for a definitive political and societal policy reset
6 min |
April 01, 2025
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ReOrient
China's ultimate aim is to replace the US and become the pre-eminent power in the world
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April 01, 2025
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Exchange Rate
Intentions, strategy and the global impact of US-driven tariff wars
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April 01, 2025
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Evolution of World Orders
Over the centuries, the global order has shifted at regular intervals. With the rise of Third World powers, the post-Cold War US hegemony may have to face consequences
10 min |
April 01, 2025
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The Disruptor
Donald Trump's gradual shift to transactional diplomacy has one long-term motive- to counter the Chinese challenge. It won't be such a bad thing for India
6 min |
April 01, 2025
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In Trump's Court
The slew of litigation filed by states' attorneys in the USA challenging Trump's executive orders on citizenship, federal funding and agency restructuring speaks to a nation at a critical constitutional juncture
6 min |
April 01, 2025
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Bromance
How the Indian PM and the US president do the tango of 'America First' and 'India First'—similar sounding mottos that make them partners, mainly in politics, as well as competitors, especially in trade
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April 01, 2025
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Ode to a Connoisseur
The crackling noise of the radio; a few minutes spent in tuning into the right station; and then, a song—these were the most recurrent sounds that came from Dad’s room, whenever he would lie in bed.
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April 01, 2025
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E for Eclipse
The 21st century is turning on two hinges, where different forms of the European nation-state and its sovereign integrity are involved
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April 01, 2025
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Life is a Mela
Modern intellectuals are yet to appreciate the specialness of melas, a unique Indian cultural phenomenon
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March 21, 2025
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Shopping With God
What is lost through the glitz that Mecca has acquired is the subtlety of the spiritual experience
6 min |
March 21, 2025
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Religious Itinerary
In India, religious tourism is not a new thing, but the upsurge is unprecedented, leading to a very evident mixing of religion and politics, where temple reconstruction is one of its features.
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March 21, 2025
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No Brotherhood, This
India's foreign policy initiatives in recent years have shown signs of giving in to pressure from the United States
7 min |
March 21, 2025
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The Chak De! Gang
Unconditional love for the sport and systemic support have resulted in Jharkhand turning into a nursery of hockey players, especially for tribal girls
7 min |
March 21, 2025
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Piecemeal PEACE
Forget a ceasefire, the spat between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump at the White House has further complicated the situation, with Europe seeking to put a spanner in Trump's plans for a peace deal
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March 21, 2025
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The Lord's City Sits on Sand
As the underwater search continues for relics from the mythical Dwarka of Lord Krishna submerged under the Arabian Sea, are ecological threats to the still- inhabited city on the Gujarat shore getting less attention than they deserve?
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March 21, 2025
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In Baba-Land
The advent of social media changed life in the sleepy town of Gadha, where a 28-year-old Dhirendra Krishna Garg aka Bageshwar Baba, has amassed an unbelievable following who believe he has supernatural powers
9 min |
March 21, 2025
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Sitakund
With Sitamarhi in Bihar included in the central government’s Ramayan Circuit list, Sita’s birthplace may finally get the same stature as Ram’s in Ayodhya
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March 21, 2025
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Sacred Games
Pilgrims are being fast-tracked into 'spiritual tourists'. This places impossible demands on the vulnerable Himalayan region
6 min |
March 21, 2025
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Writing Rebellion
“Come to think of it, for us, that is, for us Muslims, it is said that, other than Allah above, our pati is God on earth.
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March 21, 2025
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Turn Right for Religion
Behind the obvious global rise in pilgrimage and religious tourism is not just the growing religiosity across societies, but also choices made by governments on the kind of infrastructure to develop. This trend has the backing of a market-driven push for commodification of faith and the Right-wing strategy of religion-based mass mobilisation
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