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Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - April 23, 2026

India’s economic reforms can’t be a potted plant approach

The Social Stock Exchange is India’s answer to inequality

Why India’s young would rather pay for a crowd than sit quietly in a library

Future of democracy is literally in India’s hands — through smartphones

Pankaj Mishra - April 21, 2019

The smartphone is dramatically reconfiguring human character in India, and the long-term consequences for the country’s fragile democracy.

Reduced to tears by an Indian aunty’s pesky questions? Here’s how you can fight back

Harnidh Kaur - April 21, 2019

Indian aunties don’t understand the concept of emotional autonomy and a youngster’s right to privacy.

Move over Taimur, Ziva Dhoni is the new star kid on the block

Kaveree Bamzai - April 21, 2019

But Indian paparazzi’s obsession means they will continue to hunt for the next baby celebrity, like Shahid and Mira Kapoor's children Misha and Zain.

India’s caste problem has a silver lining: urbanisation, and inter-caste marriage

Ramanath Jha - April 20, 2019

Unlike villages, search for partners in cities shifts its focus from family and caste networks to friends and professional networks.

Pakistani establishment is waging a new war: against its own media

RFE/RL Gandhara - April 20, 2019

Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission says media firms facing attack for reports that are critical of security and intelligence agencies as well as militants.

Pakistani generals want to restore their golden era & that’s why Musharraf’s team is back

Husain Haqqani - April 20, 2019

Musharraf’s team was competent because it secured western assistance, pledging to fight terrorists while covertly assisting them at the same time.

‘Shehzada’ Rahul & Ahmed ‘Mian’ aren’t routine jibes on Congress, they are Modi’s bigotry

Shashi Tharoor - April 20, 2019

This is not a diatribe on how Modi and BJP have lowered the level of political language in India; it is to point out how exactly they do it.

With Sadhvi Pragya Singh fighting election, BJP has won half the battle across India

Seshadri Chari - April 20, 2019

As the Lok Sabha election pitch queers, all eyes will now be on Bhopal.

New Delhi finally gets Indo-Pacific wing but smaller regional powers are busy forum shopping

Srijan Shukla - April 20, 2019

Indian foreign policy is far from being realist and has failed to devise methods to secure strategic alliances with smaller regional powers.

Sadhvi Pragya’s nomination is no advertisement for Hindutva, whatever you may think of it

TN Ninan - April 20, 2019

In opposition, the BJP used to stand for law and order, and its leaders were known for measured language. The ticket to Sadhvi Pragya goes against all that.

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Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

India’s economic reforms can’t be a potted plant approach

The Social Stock Exchange is India’s answer to inequality

Why India’s young would rather pay for a crowd than sit quietly in a library

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