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Waterlogged Dreams
It took just one night of rain to drown the government’s credibility. As the first heavy showers of an exceptionally early monsoon lashed...
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May 27, 20252 min read


Family Farce
Once again, Bihar’s most storied political family has traded governance for melodrama. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founded by Lalu...
Correspondent
May 26, 20252 min read


Urban Surge
India’s federal compact, frequently invoked but rarely invigorated, often stumbles under the weight of political parochialism and...
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May 25, 20252 min read


Federal Overreach
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has in recent years acquired a reputation as one of the most feared arms of the state. Empowered...
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May 23, 20252 min read


Red Reckoning
The killing of Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), in the jungles of...
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May 22, 20252 min read


Uniform Arrogance
Pakistan has a habit of repeating its darkest chapters. In 1959, General Ayub Khan awarded himself the rank of Field Marshal just after...
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May 21, 20252 min read


Traitor Talk
Operation Sindoor is not over. It has merely paused as the Indian government and the nation awaits perfidious Pakistan’s next move with...
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May 20, 20252 min read


Influencer Idiocy
The arrest of Haryana-based YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra for dallying with Pakistani intelligence operatives is much more than a serious...
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May 19, 20252 min read


Courtly Rot
The Congress party’s vendetta against Shashi Tharoor over Operation Sindoor is a case study in political self-harm. A statesman with...
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May 18, 20252 min read


Measured Authority
In his first pronouncement since taking the oath as India’s 52nd Chief Justice, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai has made his presence felt with...
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May 16, 20252 min read


Gutter Politics
At a moment when India finds itself in the throes of geopolitical turbulence in a conflict triggered by Pakistan, a senior BJP minister...
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May 15, 20252 min read


Street Salvation
Few policies are as unambiguously virtuous as helping homeless children. In approving the expansion of a scheme involving mobile outreach...
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May 14, 20252 min read


Nuclear Nonsense
Why does United States President Donald Trump play diplomat in a region he neither understands nor respects? In a startling display of...
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May 14, 20252 min read


Peace Posturing
It was a spectacle only Donald Trump could conjure: a ceasefire between two nuclear-armed rivals, India and Pakistan, announced not...
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May 12, 20252 min read


Unfinished Business
It should have been the beginning of the end. After the slaughter of Indian tourists in Pahalgam on April 22, Operation Sindoor was...
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May 12, 20252 min read


Selective Outrage
India’s left-liberal media has long prided itself on being the torchbearer of secularism, dissent and moral rectitude. In the aftermath...
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May 9, 20252 min read


Murderous Neighbour
Even as India targeted terror with surgical precision, Pakistan answered with savagery. Hours after Indian forces executed ‘Operation...
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May 8, 20252 min read


Retributive Resolve
For far too long, Pakistan has treated terrorism not as a scourge but as a strategic asset. Its top brass dares speak of peace while...
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May 7, 20252 min read


Systemic Stonewalling
The Supreme Court of India was compelled to do what Maharashtra’s government ought to have, but has not done so far. The Apex Court has...
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May 6, 20252 min read


Martyr Trap
The clamour for President’s Rule in West Bengal has grown louder. A scathing report from Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, submitted to the...
Correspondent
May 5, 20252 min read
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