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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.
3 min |
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
5 min |
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
4 min |
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
10+ min |
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
5 min |
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
5 min |
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
5 min |
June 06, 2026
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THE TEEN TORNAD
At the age of 15, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is already a cricketing legend
10 min |
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.
4 min |
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.
4 min |
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.
5 min |
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
7 min |
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
6 min |
June 06, 2026
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Split Wide Open
The INDIA grouping has frayed, its regional pillars have fallen, and what remains is a set of broken relationships, and an Opposition still waiting for someone to lead it
7 min |
June 06, 2026
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For the People
The Directorate of Enforcement is not just busting financial scams and nabbing kingpins across realty, narcotics and crypto, it's also returning monies to victims
4 min |
June 06, 2026
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A Pandora's Box
Manipur is going through one of its worst moments
5 min |
May 25, 2026
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Death Will Follow
This is a work of fiction. The author wrote it as an entry for an annual crime writers' short-story competition, hoping it would make at least the longlist
7 min |
May 25, 2026
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The Fiery Himanta
“EVERY woman will receive benefits from the Orunodoi scheme if you vote the BJP back to power,” Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma declared at a public meeting in March, just before transferring Rs 9,000 under his government’s flagship welfare scheme, barely a month before elections were announced in Assam.
2 min |
May 25, 2026
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Maverick Vijay
On the last day of campaigning for the Tamil Nadu election, actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay was scheduled to address a public meeting at the YMCA Ground in Chennai.
2 min |
May 25, 2026
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One-Party System
It is difficult to predict whether the political order shaped by the BJP will endure as long as the Congress system did
2 min |
May 25, 2026
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Piggybacking Politics
Due to numerical weakness, regional parties in Assam always ended up providing significant support to national parties but could seldom emerge on their own
5 min |
May 25, 2026
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All Fall Down
The march of the saffron party has been relentless in the East. It has moved through the cracks left behind by ageing regional satraps, turning every faultline into a foothold
10 min |
May 25, 2026
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The Algebra of Expansion
The emerging political order reflects a form of federalism in which regional voices still matter-but national priorities will prevail
6 min |
May 25, 2026
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Southern Discomfiture
The recent election results in Kerala suggest that a crack may be emerging in the state's long-standing political pattern
8 min |
May 25, 2026
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Declawing the Tiger
The Bharatiya Janata Party didn't just defeat the Shiv Sena; they dismantled it from within
5 min |
May 25, 2026
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Experiencing the Bodhisattva
Sangha Tales captures the contemporary perception of Buddhism in India. It gives a real-time ethnographic coverage of Buddhism being shaped beyond the sectarian conflicts of various yanas
5 min |
May 25, 2026
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The Single Pole OF POWER
Regional strongholds are turning into besieged fortresses, facing the relentless advance of the BJP with the ambition and machinery to ocupy the national centre almost alone
9 min |
May 25, 2026
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The Great SHIFT
If you board a train from Haryana to Howrah, you will pass through five Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-ruled regions—Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
1 min |
May 25, 2026
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Paradigm Shift
The drift towards national parties, with the Congress as the distant competitor of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is quite evident today
5 min |
May 25, 2026
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Come As You Are
He sits down across the kitchen dining table. He has just moved the dining plates from his kids—some broccoli still on the plates—into the dishwasher.
3 min |