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Kishwar Desai | Will Cameron rush to Tories' rescue? Blyton's Famous 5 makes comeback

It is rare for a former Prime Minister to come back to save his sinking party

11 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Pavan K. Varma | Whither democracy sans a functional Opposition?

It has become more than apparent by now that those at the helm in the Congress are just incapable of decisive and strategic planning.

10 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Stranger Encounters of the Intimate Kind

Sometimes, the stranger who passes you on the street has a better measure of you than a so-called old friend.

10 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Anita Katyal | No ‘son-rise’ in MP, Chhattisgarh, Raj; knives are out for Kamal Nath

Knives are out for veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath ever since the party suffered a shock defeat in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.

10 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | Right versus Left: Opponents aren’t enemies & can often stay friends

The powerless, or the impotent, who hold opposed political views can sometimes remain friends.

09 Dec 2023 12:48 AM

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Basic services a citizen’s ‘right’ or ‘gift’ from govt?

The questions are not new. Nor is the debate around the “citizen versus labharthi” template.

09 Dec 2023 12:42 AM

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will 2028 COP in India help us to battle climate change?

Mr Modi appeared to claim in Dubai that India was especially qualified to play host

08 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Dilip Cherian | ED has a new interim chief; watch out for its future actions

Mr Navin assumed the role in September 2023, succeeding S.K. Mishra

07 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Patricia Mukhim | Youth aspirations behind Mizoram vote for change

This is also the first time Mizoram has elected three women MLAs -- two from the ZPM and one from MNF.

07 Dec 2023 12:01 AM

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | 2024 Game On; But Cong, Opp. Need to Act Smarter

The reasons behind the BJP’s victory in this round -- Modi factor, Hindutva, welfarism and party machinery -- may not work across states

06 Dec 2023 12:00 AM

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Shikha Mukerjee | Congress Complacency Helps Modi win Back Hindi belt

In politics as in cricket, the better side wins. It is credit that must necessarily be shared between the leader/captain and members.

05 Dec 2023 12:11 AM

Aakar Patel | 1960 to 1990, India & China were at par. How did it then overtake us?

We can either accept that by looking at our actual performance and the hard data over 60 years or we can delude ourselves with our rhetoric.

05 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Saeed Naqvi | After war in Gaza, Israel will enter new world order, minus hegemon?

The media space was saturated with rocket attacks on Kabul, boosting Islamophobia sky-high.

04 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Local factors led to BJP’s Hindi belt poll triumph

The hard reality is that the Modi factor was absent in all the four states.

04 Dec 2023 12:01 AM

Shashi Warrier | The Leopard on WhatsApp

WhatsApp Panic: How Social Media Frenzy Ignited Leopard Rumors and Local Theories

03 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

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Manish Tewari | Why India must gird itself for Pak-Afghan showdown

The fundamental conflict between Afghanistan-Pakistan can be traced back to the late 19th century.

03 Dec 2023 12:02 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | UK must return all its loot… from the Elgin Marbles to the Kohinoor!

The Kohinoor was stolen from the young Dilip Singh by the East India Company’s Lord Dalhousie.

02 Dec 2023 12:09 AM

Shobhaa De | A not so grand goodbye to 2023… and here’s to 2024

Any and everything is converted into a self-seeking image building activity.

02 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Chandrakant Lahariya | Flu-like illnesses’ outbreak in China no real cause for concern in India

The flu season has changed in many countries and RSV related infections are more commonly being reported.

01 Dec 2023 12:47 AM

Indranil Banerjie | The Silkyara lesson: Can we unite to fight crises?

The country today stands divided, fractious, plagued by conflicting ideas and objectives.

01 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

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