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Sinister Designs
Leh, which is synonymous with serenity, its monasteries and mountain vistas than for violence, has been transformed into a scene of...
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Sep 25, 20252 min read


White Hat
Few umpires are remembered as warmly as the players they judged. Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird, who has aged 92, was the rare exception who...
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Sep 24, 20252 min read


Fractured Faith
The recent decision of the Karnataka-based KudalasangamaPanchamasaliPeetha Trust’s decision to expel a Lingayat seer for consorting with...
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Sep 23, 20252 min read


Divine Resilience
As India dons its festive finery, the air hums with the anticipation of Navratri, the nine-day festival venerating Maa Durga in her nine...
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Sep 22, 20252 min read


Hit and Run
Rahul Gandhi has turned the charge of alleged ‘vote theft’ into his newest political prop. In recent weeks the Congress Leader of...
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Sep 19, 20252 min read


Red Retreat
India’s longest-running insurgency appears to have reached its end. The statement of Abhay, spokesman of the Communist Party of India...
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Sep 18, 20252 min read


Enduring Power
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached the milestone of 75 years. In a country where political fortunes often fluctuate, sustaining...
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Sep 17, 20252 min read


Waqf Stalemate
The Supreme Court’s interim order staying several key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, marks another chapter in a familiar...
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Sep 16, 20252 min read


Heady Days
India’s tennis players are not often the subject of national pride. While cricket dominates the public imagination, the country’s few...
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Sep 15, 20252 min read


Lion Loss
It is shocking that India, the proud custodian of the world’s last population of Asiatic lions, is witnessing such a high toll of its...
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Sep 12, 20252 min read


Legacy Reclaimed
India’s men’s hockey team delivered a stirring performance at the Asia Cup in Rajgir, Bihar, asserting its dominance in the continent and...
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Sep 11, 20252 min read


Loyalist Installed
The election of C.P. Radhakrishnan as India’s 15th Vice-President comes as less a surprise than a calculated consolidation of political...
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Sep 10, 20252 min read


Digital Unrest
The streets of Kathmandu have turned into a battlefield, as young Nepalis clashed violently with police over the government’s attempt to...
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Sep 9, 20252 min read


Iconoclastic Folly
India prides itself on its secular Constitution which has been so designed to accommodate its bewildering plurality. Yet, the desecration...
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Sep 8, 20252 min read


Towards Normalcy
A fresh pact between New Delhi and two powerful Kuki insurgent groups finally opens a narrow path towards peace in Manipur. The Kuki...
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Sep 6, 20252 min read


Caste Calculus
Few things unsettle Maharashtra’s politics more than the volatile interplay of caste and quotas. The Maratha agitation for reservations,...
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Sep 4, 20252 min read


Canny Chieftain
The Maratha agitation that threatened to paralyse Mumbai has ended, and with it comes a reminder of Devendra Fadnavis’s political craft....
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Sep 3, 20252 min read


Pedigreed Hypocrisy
South Mumbai likes to imagine itself as the custodian of Mumbai’s heritage. Its colonial facades, art deco apartment blocks and seafront...
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Sep 2, 20252 min read


Cautious Reset
Donald Trump’s tariffs have jolted India into searching for strategic alternatives. Of these, Narendra Modi’s meeting with Xi Jinping in...
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Sep 1, 20252 min read


Pacific Hedge
Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Japan comes at a moment of unusual strain in India’s relations with America. Donald Trump’s announcement...
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Aug 31, 20252 min read
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