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The Bengal voter is silent. Is it fear or quiet determination?

Deep Halder - April 22, 2026

A perfect storm? High energy prices, the West Asia war, and India’s narrowing fiscal space

Why ‘disgustingly well-read’ is a win for modern literacy

Fixing power distribution can reduce India’s energy vulnerability. Start with DISCOMs

The hits and misses of Arun Jaitley’s Budgets

TN Ninan - January 26, 2019

Govt finances and revenues will certainly show improvement, but school education has stagnated and India’s defences look increasingly vulnerable.

Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika is your guide to becoming a good Bharatiya

Sharanya Munsi - January 25, 2019

Kangana Ranaut-starrer Manikarnika is high on nationalism, and low on content.

Thackeray the film is as confused as Shiv Sena today

Manasi Phadke - January 25, 2019

Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Thackeray is a propaganda film trying to rationalise the Shiv Sena leader's ideology.

Kashmir conflict: Making of child soldiers like Burhan Wani in the time of social media

Khalid Shah - January 25, 2019

The state must show greater sensitivity in dealing with children participating in political violence and make efforts to rehabilitate them.

To keep Thackeray alive, Shiv Sena must go beyond Balasaheb’s legacy

Seshadri Chari - January 25, 2019

Balasaheb Thackeray’s ability to win friends and influence adversaries made him a national figure, feared and revered at the same time.

No Rahul Gandhi, BJP doesn’t want to destroy Constitution. It’s more complicated

Hilal Ahmed - January 25, 2019

RSS-BJP’s relationship with the Indian Constitution has changed over the years.

Imran Khan must snap out of his delusion, establishment has loved & ditched many: Reham Khan

Reham Khan - January 25, 2019

The first 100 days of Imran Khan’s ‘democratic’ government have not given the common man a single thing to cheer about.

Draconian Essential Commodities Act needs to go if India wants to raise farm incomes

Ila Patnaik - January 25, 2019

The fear of the Essential Commodities Act may explain the lack of formal warehouses and silos in India.

Why constant surveillance & loss of privacy doesn’t really bother most Chinese

Adam Minter - January 25, 2019

Chinese see 'Big Brother' as a means to generate something the country sorely lacks: trust.

India’s Constitution makers Nehru, Patel & Ambedkar were divided on parliamentary system

Bhanu Dhamija - January 25, 2019

Neither Ambedkar nor Patel was in favour of a strictly parliamentary system.

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The Bengal voter is silent. Is it fear or quiet determination?

A perfect storm? High energy prices, the West Asia war, and India’s narrowing fiscal space

Why ‘disgustingly well-read’ is a win for modern literacy

Fixing power distribution can reduce India’s energy vulnerability. Start with DISCOMs

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