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Pakistan’s peace calls with India scream strategic desperation. It won’t bear results

+TFP Lt General Prakash Menon -
For Pakistan’s strategic orientation to change, India must provide some reassurance. But India’s military is structured to capture some of Pakistan’s territory.
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Maulana Azad to Romila Thapar—Bharat Ratna and Padma awardees who refused to accept it

Sanjeev Chopra -
Indira Gandhi's principal secretary, PN Haksar was the first person to refuse the Padma Vibhushan award. He said he was simply doing his job and accepting the award would be discomforting.
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Why Muslims must consider the rainbow BJP is making. Identity matters in a democracy

Jaithirth Rao -
Identity groups need to make sure that they are able to bargain and leverage their support with multiple parties.
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PLA media villainises India as Xi inspects LAC troops ahead of Chinese New Year

Aadil Brar -
Xi has signed a troop mobilisation order for military training during the first week of every new year since 2018. But no such order was signed in 2023.
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Why BJP didn’t want PM Modi’s words about Pasmandas, Bohras, and Church to come out

+TFP D.K. Singh -
While PM Modi advocates outreach to sections of minorities, his BJP colleagues are wary of upsetting the party's core support base.
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Budget 2023 must focus on agricultural productivity, not production. Go beyond populism

Anit Mukherjee -
Data is a challenge, but with imaginative incentives, metrics, and solutions such as an AgriStack, we can look forward to a new agricultural revolution over the coming decade.
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BBC Modi documentary row highlights highly risky nature of India’s new image wars

Shruti Kapila -
In blocking any circulation or mention of the documentary on social media platforms, PM Modi has reinforced his image and actions as those of a strongman.
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‘I am a stranger to myself’—Hanif Kureishi is turning his tragic fall into a poignant story

Antara Baruah -
Kureishi was in Rome when he had a disastrous fall on 26 December 2022. Eleven days later, he began tweeting to a loyal audience.
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Kashmir is the solution to Pakistan’s water woes. But Islamabad must give up territorial claims first

Praveen Swami -
Failing to address the water problem, though, could end up empowering jihadists who threaten the stability of both nation-states.
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Apple checkmating regulators with wireless charging push. But it is exposing its technology

Sahil Mohan Gupta -
Since 2012, Apple has used the lightning connector on its iPhones. But the industry has leaned in favour of USB-Type C ports.
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How Hanuman offers lessons for India’s and the world’s public diplomacy...

Sudarshan Ramabadran -
Besides foreign minister Jaishankar calling Hanuman a great diplomat, the Hindu god is revered across Southeast Asia as the anchor of a 'civilisational nation state'.

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Economy

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Adani-Hindenburg row erupts into war of words, neither side backing down

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Adani Group calls Hindenburg allegations baseless, unethical, and in violation of law while the firm says Adani obfuscating truth, avoiding real issues of fraud.

Defence

A representational photo of Lockheed Martin headquarters at Bethesda, US | Commons

Fits between Tejas & heavier fighters — Why Lockheed wants India...

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF’s Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft programme acted as a catalyst for making fighters in the country, says William Blair, Lockheed Martin’s India vice-president and chief executive.

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Return of the Muslim: From Modi ‘sermon’ to Pathaan to Bharat...

Shekhar Gupta -
Most key Hindutva/RSS objectives have been achieved, and Modi & BJP now need social calm, at least till summer of 2024. A de-escalation of some sort is on.

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