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Why a typical Bollywood hero is Gandhian on the streets, but sings lustfully in the sheets

Sanjay Suri -
In every Bollywood film, songs express the desires that the heroes sacrifice or reject in the actual story.
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15 August is special for Assam and it’s not just about Independence Day

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty -
While Assam was asleep, a historic pact was signed past midnight on 15 August.
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You can’t change your boss, but you can change yourself: How to prevent workplace burnout

Anju Jain -
Being cynical about work, coming to office tired in the morning, and not being fully ‘present’ during discussions. Are you one of those people?
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In 1947, Gandhi told Lt Gen Sen that wars were inhuman, but to fight for Kashmir with all means

L.P. Sen -
In his book, Slender Was The Thread, Lt Gen. L.P. Sen wrote about being airlifted to Srinagar in 1947 and taking over the Indian defence of Kashmir.
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What Nehru wrote to Sardar Patel on Kashmir & its ‘oblivious’ Hindu Maharaja

Purushottam Agrawal -
In a letter written in 1948, Nehru complained that Kashmir's then Maharaja behaved in an inexplicable manner and irritated the people of the Valley.
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As Brig Nisar passes away, read how he led Pak artillery to break Indian attack in Chawinda

Amarinder Singh -
India ignored an elementary principle – it is not enough to neutralise defenders on the objective without, at the same time, rendering impotent the guns supporting them.
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How liberals lost Gandhi as they lost their own intellectual moorings

Barun S. Mitra -
Some liberals lost Gandhi because he was a democrat, who refused to surrender the individual to the mob in the name of majority rule.
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Right-wing exaggerates number of Kashmiri Pandits killed. Militants targeted Muslims more

Gowhar Geelani -
Groups like Panun Kashmir used ‘ethnic cleansing’ claim to brand Kashmir’s political movement as an ultra-radical Islamist movement.
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Rahul Dravid’s 5-point wishlist to make sports available for every Indian

Rahul Dravid -
As much as we have seen the impact of IITs, IIMs and other institutions, sports education must be prioritised, says Rahul Dravid.
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Days before her death, Sunanda Pushkar said this was the only man she ever truly loved

Sunanda Mehta -
Life began to look up for Sunanda Pushkar in her second marriage. But that too would come to an end with a death under mysterious circumstances.
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Opinion

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

Shishir Priyadarshi -
India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

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AI integration for military is risky business. Combat monopoly must remain with soldiers

Economy

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

Mayank Kumar -
As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Defence

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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