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Pakistan doesn’t give citizenship on religion, but India is dangerously tilting towards it

Justice S.R. Sen's comment reopened an unfinished Partition debate about Hindus and Muslims in South Asia.

Sorry urban voters, election 2019 is all about wooing the rural Indian

The political theatre has shifted to rural India ahead of the 2019 election.

On Rafale, BJP is not corruption free but investigation free

BJP is finding it hard to defend Rafale deal on its technical and financial aspects, and thus turning to nationalism as a shield.

Naseeruddin Shah spoke up for Muslims, but dangerously alienated most of them

Naseeruddin Shah's comments, as well-meaning as they were, risk playing into the good Muslim vs bad Muslim binary.

The journey of BJP’s Sambit Patra from a trained surgeon to a nasty TV star

For someone who lives his life under studio lights, BJP's Sambit Patra is quite the mystery man.

Modi has a McKinsey-type plan for a New India. Question is, can he make it happen

By definition, anything that hopes to create a ‘New India’ in less than four years (i.e. by Independence Day in 2022) should invite scepticism.

Let’s ask why our former PM let Congress undermine his authority and that of his office

Shekhar Gupta asks why former PM Manmohan Singh let Congress undermine his authority and that of his office.

How much acting can Shah Rukh Khan do? Zero

But the real star of Zero is the supporting cast.

Why I would have walked out of Shah Rukh Khan’s film Zero within minutes

The fundamental right to see Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma-starrer Zero is denied to most in the disabled community.

How Modi stopped rural Indian women from inhaling an equivalent of 400 cigarettes per day

Narendra Modi government’s Ujjwala scheme has been a game-changer for millions of women across India.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.