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The UN’s Kashmir report is weirdly silent on Pakistan’s dreaded terrorist groups

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal are members of the UN Human Rights Council. India, with a brilliant record of upholding human rights, has no representation.

3 things that were wrong with Rahul Gandhi’s grand iftar party

Pranab Mukherjee’s presence and prominence ran contrary to Rahul Gandhi’s iftar attempt as a goodwill gesture towards Muslims.

Shujaat Bukhari took on Nawaz Sharif over Pakistan luring Kashmiri youth to take up arms

 After Hazratbal siege, Shujaat Bukhari predicted that militants had tasted blood and would become more powerful and get support in Kashmir.

The tiny ad that will stop IAS officers from believing they are superior human beings

The opening up of the civil service to qualified outsiders has brought down one of India's stoutest walls.

By prohibiting marijuana, India is giving free run to illegal drug cartels: Shashi Tharoor

We should establish a government-run medical cannabis programme so that this drug can be prescribed to, and used by, patients in need.

As world celebrates the Cup, a young football team from Kashmir dares to dream big

Out of the troubled soul of the Valley, a local Muslim partnered with his Hindu friend to raise Real Kashmir Football Club

Narendra Modi rocks. Sometimes, literally on a rock

To see netas huffing and puffing and twisting themselves into anything other than unlikely coalitions is disturbing.

Modi assassination plot: Threats to leaders boost their image, gives them new lease of life

Life threats and declaring war are two powerful weapons in politics, and India is no exception.

Reham Khan is not the lovely Alice in Imran Khan’s Neverland

Reham Khan’s purported book is not really an account of a journalist on a mission to unearth the Harvey Weinstein beneath the façade of a national leader.

Imran Khan and Amitabh Bachchan: How the heroes of 80s have fallen in India and Pakistan

Amitabh Bachchan and Imran Khan epitomised an urbane, defiant modernity in the 1980s. Today, both are regressing into apologist shells of their cultural pasts.

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Sabarimala god Ayyappa has many meanings. One of his forms is a deity for women

Tamil Nadu’s village-god Ayyanar is converging with the epic mythology and pilgrimage of Ayyappa at Sabarimala. This will have long-lasting effects on both.

Russia raking in a windfall from Hormuz blockade. Export revenues doubled to $19 bn in March, says IEA

Despite damage to key Russian oil infrastructure by Ukrainian drone strikes in March, International Energy Agency data shows Russia’s earnings in March were highest for any month since January 2024.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | 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.

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

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.