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Ploughing Backwards
Repeated farmer protests in Punjab which masquerade as a movement for rights risks derailing the state’s economy and deepening its...
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Mar 24, 20253 min read


Quotas in the Name of Faith
The Congress’ decision to reserve government contracts for Muslims in Karnataka is unconstitutional and a troubling precedent in India’s...
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Mar 23, 20253 min read


A Perpetual Inferno
Manipur A fresh wave of violence in Manipur’s Churachandpur district has once again exposed the deep fault lines in the state’s ethnic...
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Mar 20, 20253 min read


Lingua Pragmatica
As Southern leaders like M.K. Stalin rage against Hindi, Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu offers a model of pragmatism...
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Mar 19, 20253 min read


Can The Red Star Rise Again?
Despite a decade in the political wilderness, the CPI(M) hopes to regain lost ground in 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls. But can it...
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Mar 18, 20253 min read


Keeping the Sacred Sacred
The Kedarnath Temple controversy underscores that if mosques and churches can enforce strict codes, then why should temples be treated...
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Mar 17, 20253 min read


Enduring Fracture
New Delhi’s attempt to enforce free movement exposes deeper ethnic fault lines in the restive northeastern state. Manipur The embers of...
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Mar 11, 20253 min read


A Cabinet for the Future
Bihar Nitish Kumar, the perennial helmsman of Bihar, has made what is likely his last reshuffle before the 2025 assembly elections. The...
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Mar 6, 20253 min read


The Himalayan Peril
Uttarakhand The devastating avalanche which struck the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp at Mana-Badrinath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli...
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Mar 5, 20253 min read


Ruthless House Cleaning
Mayawati’s expulsion of her nephew Akash Anand yet again may be an attempt to enforce her primacy, but the move risks diminishing the...
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Mar 4, 20253 min read


Hindi-Dravidian? Nahin Nahin!
Tamil Nadu’s Language Wars rage on in right earnest as M.K. Stalin spearheads the state’s age-old resistance to Hindi imposition,...
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Feb 27, 20253 min read


From Commoner’s Crusader to Common Swindler?
The CAG report on the erstwhile AAP govt.’s liquour policy adds yet another nail in the coffin of the AAP’s credibility. Delhi The fall...
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Feb 26, 20253 min read


The Grand Indira Melodrama
The Congress’ extreme reaction over a casual remark on Indira Gandhi which brought the Rajasthan Assembly to a standstill is political...
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Feb 25, 20253 min read


The Wolf and the Sheep
The feud between O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami that is rupturing the AIADMK has all the makings of a Shakespearean drama,...
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Feb 24, 20253 min read


The Department That Wasn’t There
The Aam Aadmi Party’s chaotic governance anarchic governance reaches new heights as it fumbles in Punjab after losing Delhi. Punjab The...
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Feb 24, 20253 min read


An Inconvenient Murder
The killing of a whistleblower in Telangana revives scrutiny of KCR’s rule and the murky politics of the Kaleshwaram project. Telangana...
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Feb 22, 20253 min read


Guarding the Hills
Uttarakhand’s bold land law which restricts land sales is a necessary shield against predatory expansion and cultural erosion....
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Feb 20, 20253 min read


Centralized Education, Regional Defiance
The clash between Tamil Nadu and the BJP-led Centre over the National Education Policy is the latest chapter in the long-running Hindi vs...
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Feb 18, 20253 min read


A Southern Cauldron
As Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, vie for supremacy, the Congress in Karnataka finds itself in a precarious...
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Feb 17, 20253 min read


A Most Wanted Rival
The seething political rivalry between Himanta Biswa Sarma and Gaurav Gogoi has escalated into accusations of espionage and national...
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Feb 16, 20253 min read
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