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Thugs of Hindostan has just one mission: Bringing Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan together

Sandip Roy -
If only Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan were as excited about being co-stars in Thugs of Hindostan as fans want them to be
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India is waiting for 2 things: Ram Mandir & India’s Got Talent winner

Shailaja Bajpai -
The underlying narrative in the cacophony of views is ‘mandir wahin at any cost’.
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Rahul Gandhi will benefit from personal jibes just like Narendra Modi once did

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay -
The Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duopoly have made the same mistake as Congress
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Why demonetisation was both Whatsapp-style jaadu economics and Kautilyan politics

Shekhar Gupta -
If you are not a fan of Modi govt, then demonetisation is the classical definition of governance by urban legends, WhatsApp forwards and early morning brainwaves.
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56 years after China war, India still lacks crucial strategic culture

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
India did not modify its strategy to make optimum use of limited capacity and virtually courted defeat in 1962.
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What are we to make of China’s plans to build a Silk Road railway through the heart of Asia?

David Fickling -
In China itself, rail traffic peaked in 2013 and has never quite recovered, despite an economy that’s grown by half since then.
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From Uber to Amazon, there is an orgy of rating and qualification happening

Noah Feldman -
We are no longer rated by only the credit reporting agencies, which are subject to extensive federal regulation.
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Mallika Akbar, Hillary Clinton, The Good Wife: Why women stand by predatory men

Harnidh Kaur -
Although it seems illogical, many women have defended men accused of sexual misconduct.
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Ram Mandir is so 1992 and Modi knows it

Shivam Vij -
Hindutva can't be the main narrative of the BJP for 2019 - and if it is, will backfire.
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Sorry Shashi Tharoor, you can’t give a clean chit to L.K. Advani in Ayodhya violence

Ramani Venkatesan -
If Advani was contrite after 1992, he should have worked towards resolving the temple issue, especially as the NDA-I strongman.
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Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

Amana Begam -
The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Russia has a window to exploit & defeat Ukraine. Otherwise, it will get sucked into endless war

Every time the Congress thinks it has a ‘revolutionary’ idea, it shoots its own foot

Economy

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Pia Krishnankutty -
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Defence

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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