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Two-sided triangle: Fast-growing India is caught in China-Pakistan pincer in Modi’s 10th year

Pakistan is a near-nothing on most metrics, China isn’t slowing & India’s is a remarkable success story of a country becoming so enormously powerful long before it became rich.

Naroda Gam to Atiq killing is a straight line. What you get is India’s ‘thok do’ culture

Total denial of justice, as in the cases of Naroda Gam, the Jaipur bombings & gangsters like Atiq Ahmed, is why faith in the system has fallen so low. It's what fuels vigilante culture.

Opposition unity without one leader, shared ideology is the political equivalent of selling snake oil

In the past, 'Opposition unity' has proved to be a bogus, defeatist, and repeatedly failed idea. As Arun Jaitley once said, elections are not just about arithmetic.

At 43, how Brand BJP evolved from Vajpayee vision to Modi might

While founders never had majority & had to keep a diverse coalition intact, today's BJP doesn’t need allies. Credit goes to Modi-Shah but they should thank founders, especially Vajpayee.

UAPA judgment isn’t isolated case. Judiciary appears to be changing lanes from reformation to retribution

Two contradictory court judgments this week raise an uncomfortable question: Has the judiciary, from the trial court to the Supreme Court, moved from a reformative institution to a retributive one?

Four reasons the Sikhs are hurting. And it’s not about the K-word

'Causes' of anger are dera threat to Sikhism, incarceration of ‘Bandi Singhs’, inaction in sacrilege cases, & ‘if BJP-RSS want Hindu Rashtra, what’s wrong with Sikh Rashtra?’

You’ve heard of jobless growth. But Tata, Birla, Ambani, Adani, have given India brandless growth

Modi govt's thrust on manufacturing is much-needed but it is pushing Indian manufacturing in the direction of outsourcing, same as our services industry.

Who are India’s friends & foes? Modi govt is caught in a messy US-China-Russia-Pakistan jalebi

Modi government has let, even fuelled the building, of a Westophobic & pro-Moscow public opinion while the course it has set on strategic policy is exactly the opposite.

Northeast a success story not just for BJP but all of India. It’s all about getting to end of bell curve

People of northeast respond positively to a good outreach from 'Dilli'. Peace, connectivity & India’s booming services economy have furthered feeling of Indianness.

When Amritpal with K-word wades into Punjab’s vacuum, overruns police station & a craven state surrenders

If the visuals we have seen from Amritsar these past couple of days — radical followers of the new charismatic preacher Amritpal Singh overrunning...

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.