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How Vajpayee worked with leaders from rival parties to save the Sukhoi-30 deal in ’96

Shekhar Gupta -
The inside story of how IAF’s Su-30 dream would've crashed but for the sagacity of Narasimha Rao, Vajpayee, Jaswant Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav.
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A lesson from the Vajpayee school of large-hearted leadership

Shekhar Gupta -
Vajpayee was a remarkable leader, who despite Kargil, made three peace bids with Pakistan.
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Why the Internet doesn’t need to know your real name

Elaine Ou -
Digital identity should be approached as a standalone entity with limited impact on the rest of our lives.
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Modi admits failure when he compares himself to UPA-2 and not his own 2014 promises

Shivam Vij -
Keeping 2019 in mind, Narendra Modi wants India to forget the tall promises of 2014.
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Ajit Wadekar, the ‘commoner’ who dethroned the Nawab and took Indian cricket to glory

Pradeep Magazine -
No one can take away the credit Wadekar deserves for the feats the Indian team achieved when he was at the helm.
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Vajpayee on Nehru’s death: Bharat Mata has lost her favourite prince

ThePrint Team -
This is the tribute Atal Bihari Vajpayee paid Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, after he passed away on 27 May, 1964.
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The name is Idris Elba, and you better not call him Black Bond

Sandip Roy -
About time we got a non-white Bond, even the British royal family has entered the Meghan Markle age.
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Given Left’s grip on colleges, arranging marriages are easier than holding seminars in India

Chandrachur Singh -
The malaise towards Indian higher education has made our railway platforms cleaner and technologically better equipped than classrooms.
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Why booking an Uber may get twice or thrice as expensive

Shira Ovide -
Uber's free cash flow was negative $1.3 billion in the last 12 months, raising questions about the viability of its business model in the long run.
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Bangladesh and Tanzania have a lesson or two for India on open defecation

Bloomberg View -
Like Bangladesh and Tanzania, India can adopt strategies that generate shame and disgust to trigger collective action.
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The math behind India’s elections—Why proximity matters

Dishil Shrimankar -
It is one of the most consistent findings in electoral politics: voters are more likely to support candidates who come from their local area.

The inherited intolerance of ‘my-god-the-only-god’. Why peace fails

Operation Meghdoot—How Indian artillery repelled Pakistan at Bilafond La in 1984

Economy

US ends oil waivers but Russian crude flows to India ‘likely to remain steady’ amid Hormuz disruption

Udit Bubna -
India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.

Defence

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

Shekhar Gupta | Cut The Clutter -
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

National Interest

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

Shekhar Gupta -
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.

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