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Tharoors and Shabana Azmis took a classic liberal stand on ‘Kerala Story’. They must rethink

I do think we should debate how to respond when popular culture is used to divide the Indian people. India is changing. Perhaps our responses should change too.

Modi isn’t Manmohan, it’ll take more than a media frenzy to fire Brij Bhushan

If the BJP feels that the wrestlers’ protest will influence the Karnataka election (which it hasn’t so far) or seriously affect the Prime Minister’s image, it will act.

It’s hard to be optimistic about Congress. Easier to praise leaders like Tejashwi Yadav

Narendra Modi wins largely because the Congress does not know how to stop him

Be horrified by reaction to Atiq Ahmed killing. But stop calling Indians bloodthirsty fools

The public has lost faith in the ability of the legal system. It is convinced that because powerful criminals will never face justice, it is easier and quicker to bump them off.

No, Covid vaccines didn’t cause those heart attacks. Don’t let hysteria win

The pandemic was such a traumatic period, full of death and desolation that most of us have blacked it out. We forget about the panic and misinformation.

Deleting history from NCERT textbooks is lying to children. It’s also betraying parents

The intention behind rewriting textbooks is to make children grow up with the view that Muslims are the enemy. And that they have no place in India.

BJP has done a huge favour to Rahul Gandhi — gifted him his lost credibility

The attempt to get Rahul thrown out of the Lok Sabha over his remarks in the UK and the disqualification suggest that BJP is worried about him.

Prashant Kishor is right. Modi’s nationalist pitch makes him undefeatable, not Hindutva

Easy for intellectuals to laugh at Modi's nationalist claims. But it is silly to dismiss them. Because the truth is that this strategy is working.

Indian journalists should be grateful BBC lost the ‘impartiality’ battle

BBC's impartiality trait that it showed during Modi documentary went in hiding when football presenter Gary Lineker tweeted against British govt's immigration policy.

BJP is obsessed with Nehru, freedom struggle. This keeps Rahul Gandhi in the news forever

People who vote for the BJP support it because they admire Narendra Modi. Nobody votes for the BJP because of anything that occurred in the freedom struggle.

On Camera

India’s $44 billion space dream rests on getting SATCOM right

The Satellite Communication vertical is expected to contribute approximately $14.9 billion by 2033, with $12.7 billion projected from the domestic market and $2.2 billion from exports.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.