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2024 is an open race. But the question is what can change the game before election

Basic equation for 2024 isn't hard to spell out. BJP’s SWOT analysis is all around Modi. And while economics presents an opportunity for opposition, politics is its biggest threat.

Military cross postings crucial for theatre command system. It must begin with logistics corps

The fires in Manipur aren't going to subside for a while. Inter-Service cooperation is the only way to overcome it—and cross postings is a step to inculcate that spirit.

Driving the BMW M2 Competition feels like a good gym workout – tiring but satisfying

The previous M2 Competition had an ex-showroom price of Rs 85 lakh; this one might be closer to a crore.

Go beyond Sengol. Why there’s such hype about Chola dynasty in India today

The Cholas are now Hindu nationalist heroes. And the BJP is keen to link itself with this image. But The resurgence of the Cholas in political memory is strange.

TV coverage of Delhi murder shows why you want IPL to continue forever

Only a ‘Foreign attack by Ra Ga’ pressed pause on the video of the grotesque crime in the capital relayed by every news channel since Monday morning.

Throw open India’s border areas, make it the tourist capital of the world

Territorial integrity is best safeguarded by development, civic infrastructure, settlements and footfall of tourists. China has been following this policy for a decade.

Questions for Modi—why alienate middle class, why pick gangster over women, is it worth it?

It’s been almost a month and while PM Modi has toured the world and ceremonially embraced the Sengol, he has acted as though the women wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar do not exist.

China building a new city to ease Beijing. 6 years on, Xiong’an still a construction site

Launched in 2017 as Xi’s pet urban project, Xiong’an has faced delays and limited progress despite the talk of turning the area into the next Shenzhen or Shanghai.

Ethnicity was manipulated to control Manipur insurgency–the hate this unleashed set it on fire

Finding resolutions to identity conflict needs genuine democratic institution building, which will allow communities to meaningfully exercise power over their own lives.

After Amethi, Smriti Irani rumoured to contest from Wayanad. She clearly doesn’t want to

Ashwini Vaishnaw and Pushkar Dhami had kulfi together. Then they fought over the bill

On Camera

Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.

Indian airlines are on path to capture 50% of market for international travel to & from the country

Adding new routes and more aircraft, Indian airlines are now looking to cash in on the post-pandemic surge in international travellers.

Retired Indian Army Colonel working with UN killed in Rafah, Israel orders probe

Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’. 

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.