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Pre-Truth

Shivakumar sells books that are not for sale & Kerala’s personal touch to lift BLOs’ spirits amid SIR

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty, and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

VIP delays Delhi-Patna flight, Naidu’s ‘old friend’ Singapore & Shivakumar’s midnight toil

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

DMK or Vijay? AIADMK breakaway leaders divided on best bet to pull EPS down

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

EC’s lawyers will now have to fight trolls too, and Shivakumar’s got a blessing from above

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

When an hour’s nap cost a senior BSP leader dearly & Allavaru’s pain is rivals’ gain

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Mayawati’s praise for another ‘bhatija’ at BSP rally & LDF-UDF spar over ice cream ad in Kerala

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

The secret behind Brajesh Pathak’s wardrobe change, and Shivakumar’s ‘foot-in-pothole’ moment

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Fractured ranks? BJP walks a tightrope from Yogi’s biopic buzz to Kerala’s AIIMS location battle

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government

NSUI’s DUSU poll drubbing deepens Kanhaiya-Varun rift & Left capitalises on Suresh Gopi’s misses

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

A UP minister’s son’s ‘fan moment’ with Rahul Gandhi & EC’s media blitz amid ‘vote chori’

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.