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Ambedkar was wrong, Gandhi wrote against untouchability in Gujarati journals too

Urvish Kothari -
Ambedkar said it at a time when not many authentic compilations of Gandhi's writings were available.
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The four A-list weddings of the year give us an idea of the new feminism emerging in India

Kaveree Bamzai -
From Sonam Kapoor to Priyanka Chopra, there is an almost gleeful and defiant embrace of hyper-ritualistic ostentations.
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Ram Mandir to Maharashtra cop video: IPS officer’s guide to fighting caste & religious bias

S R Darapuri -
The behaviour of lower rank police officers often depends on the attitudes and biases of the higher level IPS officers.
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Modi ji, stop repeating Vajpayee’s mistake on the economy

TN Ninan -
The Vajpayee govt suppressed food prices and lost, while the first Manmohan Singh govt corrected that and was re-elected. It’s good politics and good economics.
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Horrific Maharashtra cop video shows how the New Dalit is threatening old system

Guru Prakash Paswan -
In the shocking video, a Maharashtra policewoman is seen talking about beating up Dalits to vent her ire against them.
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Michel extradition & Dubai princess: Inside story of how ‘James Bond’ Ajit Doval guided CBI

Jyoti Malhotra -
Spymaster Ajit Doval is going where no man has dared to go before.
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No sweaters and clichéd romance: How Kedarnath lets Sara Ali Khan down

Sharanya Munsi -
Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput's film Kedarnath has little imagination and falls flat despite an interfaith love story.
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What Trump’s USA must remember about terrorism when negotiating with Taliban & Pakistan

Husain Haqqani -
While trying to persuade Taliban and Pakistan to deliver peace, the US cannot afford to ignore the concerns of the Afghan govt.
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2019 elections will see greater mudslinging between Modi-Rahul than state polls

Seshadri Chari -
It is doubtful if voters will ever get to vote for a party that gives them a balance sheet of their performance.
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Modi’s efforts to target Nehru are ignorant at best, malicious at worst, says Manpreet Badal

Manpreet Singh Badal -
Barrage of election speeches given by BJP leaders are centred on ‘alleged’ blunders committed by the previous Congress governments.
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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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