China must reconsider its perspective on India and Southeast Asia, viewing them not as mere pawns in the US strategy to contain China, but as sovereign countries with agency.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films may be over-the-top, but by shining the spotlight on women who are otherwise forced to work on the edges of acceptable society, he gives them agency.
In a period defined by mangalsutra politics, I truly admire Gandhi’s progressiveness. But he is far from the first political leader to highlight women’s unpaid labour.
The social safety net for the Indian population is adequate, though improvements in health and education infrastructure are necessary and can be achieved through reallocating capital expenditure.
To learn about dynastic politics, read ThePrint stories on the Sorens’ battle in Jharkhand, poacher Veerappan’s daughter Vidya Rani in Tamil Nadu, the Ansari family in Ghazipur, and more.
As per RBI data, Indians mortgaged their gold jewellery to borrow more than Rs 1 lakh crore in 2023-24, nearly five times more than they did in 2018-19.
The Election Mantri-sorry-Pradhan Mantri detests engaging with reality. He prefers Bollywood imagery, delusion, and a decorated photo op in sanitised surroundings.
BSC has tried prying on the fate of the UP topper. It hasn’t taken her side. I am not aware of advertising jargon, but this one is worse than a surrogate advertisement.
Vaccines have eliminated two diseases—smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle. If they were killing one in 50,000 people, we wouldn’t be rolling them out across the globe for decades.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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