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David Frawley is the American hippy who became RSS’s favourite western intellectual

Kaveree Bamzai -
His command over Hindu scriptures and ability to quote from them in multisyllabic English make him a great catch for the Sangh.
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Why Delhi Metro carries far fewer riders than almost any other city’s system worldwide

TN Ninan -
Increased Metro ridership can improve Delhi’s air, where banning private vehicles cannot.
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Where I see the rise of an illiberal, irritable and sometimes petulant new India

Shekhar Gupta -
French President Emmanuel Macron has sparked a fresh global debate on nationalism versus patriotism. Here is what I had written in August 2014. Good time to put it to a reality check.
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What if Barkha Dutt had joked about Konark Temple’s erotica instead of Abhijit Iyer Mitra?

Barkha Dutt -
What if Barkha Dutt had joked about Konark Temple’s erotica instead of Abhijit Iyer Mitra?
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PM Modi seeking Tata’s help won’t secure Jet Airways for many reasons

David Fickling -
Squashing Jet and Vistara together isn’t going to be nearly enough to achieve extraordinary profits once it stopped competing so hard for customers.
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By demonising RSS in Madhya Pradesh, Congress is only helping BJP

Seshadri Chari -
It is not clear why Congress should antagonise RSS in Madhya Pradesh when its president is busy brandishing his Hindutva identity.
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From Congress to BJP, everybody is afraid of OBC data

Dilip Mandal -
Without fresh OBC data, caste issues are resolved through muscle power.
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Nation wants to know something about fashion-daring Ranveer Singh’s wedding clothes

Sharanya Munsi -
At the end of the day, Ranveer Singh is perhaps just another guy who wants to pose handsome beside his bride Deepika Padukone.
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China wants Imran Khan’s Pakistan to be dependable before being dependent

Husain Haqqani -
China shows Imran Khan that Pakistan’s ‘locational narcissism’ isn’t enough.
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5 books Shashi Tharoor must write after Congress loses 2019

Shivam Vij -
The prolific author-politician has been missing the woods for the trees.
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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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