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Ask Rahul Gandhi about Emergency and he calls it a ‘mistake’. And Modi is ‘fascist’

Arvind Narrain -
In 'India's Undeclared Emergency', Arvind Narrain draws a parallel between Indira Gandhi's 1975 era and the present.
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This is how I made Indian CEOs understand Northeast migration problem

Sudeep Chakravarti -
In ‘Eastern Gate’, Sudeep Chakravarti asks what would happen to India’s NE if Bangladesh were to suffer a series of storms due to global warming?
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India was once the cradle of civilization. Now it’s a ‘chalta hai’ country because of ‘jugaad’

Ramesh Venkateswaran -
In ‘The Happiness Trail’, Ramesh Venkateswaran lays down five easy-to-follow approaches to a happy and successful life, which he calls the five I’s.
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Long before Gandhi, Godse pulled out a knife to stab Mahasabha chief for allying with Nehru

Dhirendra K Jha -
In ‘Gandhi’s Assassin’, Dhirendra Jha writes that Godse believed the Hindu Mahasabha should stay away from the government to establish a Hindu rashtra.
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Indian sex writers are too embarrassed to write well. Unlike good sex, they lack passion

Suresh Menon -
In 'Why Don't You Write Something I Might Read?', Suresh Menon says Indian sex writing evokes either laughter or pity.
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Discipline can’t override justice. India needs independent prosecution within military

Navdeep Singh -
In 'March to Justice', Navdeep Singh says military justice can be improved with independent trials. But India has none of it.
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Sufi mystics from 1370s changed Kashmir’s identity. But orthodoxy of 1970s is the challenge

Sumantra Bose -
In 'Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st-Century Conflict' scholar Sumantra Bose presents an authoritative account of the Kashmir conflict.
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One way for women to tackle an uneven playing field—choose a boss, not a job

Nishtha Anand -
In 'Awakening the Rainmaker', Nishtha Anand maps out how women have carved out their own space within a corporate world.
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When a lightman referred to Amitabh Bachchan as ‘bhagwan’ during a shoot

Anupama Chopra -
In 'A Place in My Heart', Anupama Chopra gives an insight into what it means to be both a fan and a critic in Bollywood.
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Kashmir was never an issue. India moved on from Partition, but Pakistan couldn’t

General N.C. Vij -
In 'The Kashmir Conundrum', General N.C. Vij looks into the troubled history of Kashmir, and how Pakistan kept the pot boiling.
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Opinion

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Ritesh Malik -
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Countdown to 2027 has begun. India must pick strategic alliance with US, balance with old friendships

AI can fix India’s reputation as a TB hub

Economy

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Defence

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

National Interest

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

Shekhar Gupta -
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.

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