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On Tuesday, politicians will once again find out the real price of onions

Andy Mukherjee -
Low onion prices, despite rising input costs, are emerging as a symbol of India's wider rural discontent.
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Reporting on Khashoggi case shows media can no longer differentiate between news & opinion

Arnab Neil Sengupta -
Slanted reporting have bulldozed barrier separating news from commentary, making an opinion section practically redundant.
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Why Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown is pushing corrupt officials to suicide

Ananth Krishnan -
Chinese bureaucrats are working seven days a week, particularly when their bosses serve on one of the dozen panels that Xi sits on.
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With Jamal Khashoggi killing, the mask has fallen off Mohammed bin Salman

Taslima Nasreen -
Women thought Mohammed bin Salman was a blessing to Saudi Arabia, he is the opposite.
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Takeaways from the state elections that Rahul Gandhi must not ignore

Maneesh Chhibber -
Rahul Gandhi must enable local leadership, end the influence of Delhi-based political strategist and have a killer instinct’s for Congress to move forward.
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If Congress wins even two states, Rahul Gandhi is set to become a bigger Brahmin

D.K. Singh -
Competitive Hindutva could become central to the public discourse if the Congress wins two of the three BJP-ruled states Tuesday.
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Savarkar wanted to smash caste system, cooked prawns and didn’t worship the cow

Vikram Sampath -
From his criticism of the caste system to disapproval of Gandhi’s views, Savarkar, in his thoughts and writings, was far ahead of his times.
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Forget 2029, the Sangh Parivar is not even sure of 2019

Kumar Ketkar -
As the euphoria has settled down over Modi’s 2014 win, BJP and RSS are worried about the disillusionment over the NDA regime that has crept in.
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Delhi Comic Con is proof that Indians are great at ‘jugaad’

Neera Majumdar -
Delhi Comic Con is all about pizza, chai, cosplay and merchandise. This year, there is also a ‘star’ attraction from Game of Thrones.
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If not Modi or Rahul, whom would you vote for in 2019?

Shivam Vij -
The 2019 general election, seen through a conversation with strangers in a train.
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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

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

Modi’s Nari Shakti pitch is fake. Men hold real power in BJP

BJP wants to be the party of Nari Shakti. Here’s a list to make that happen

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Economy

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

Udit Bubna -
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.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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