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Mammaries of the socialist raj

Shekhar Gupta -
The people caught most unprepared by the PM's strike on currency are the bureaucrats. The problem: They've been there, done that.
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The WhatsApp governance

Shekhar Gupta -
After sharp shifts on strategic policies, demonetisation without data, debate, de-risking or war gaming marks Mr Modi's governing style.
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Soft power, hard battles

Shekhar Gupta -
Soft power is not just about movies, sport, music and culture. It's also about quality of democracy and institutions, moral influence.
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Kitney Pakistani thhey?

Shekhar Gupta -
More the better, and better dead than alive. When journalism is reduced to touching simplicities, it begins to self-destruct.
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Pakistani Army’s delusion and self-destruction

Shekhar Gupta -
Pakistan's military is a formidable force that has consistently failed its country. The problem is nobody in Pakistan can dare question it.
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For whom the bell trolls

Shekhar Gupta -
Trolling isn't nice but it isn't substantive either. That it's public is a further test of your wisdom and sanity.
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Genetically ossified absurdity

Shekhar Gupta -
GM is already in our food chain for years. The approval for indigenous GM mustard should put fake fearmongering to rest.
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Faster, higher, stronger, but for God’s sake, be calmer

Shekhar Gupta -
No country can go from zero to hero in Olympic sports. A hundred Indians now feature in the top-25 and why that's real progress.
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Discourse on Delhi’s new daredevils

Shekhar Gupta -
Arvind Kejriwal may feel victimised by the Modi government but he is revelling in it too much, risking a constitutional breakdown
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How to lose your Kashmir, and keep it too

Shekhar Gupta -
New turn reveals our ugliest underside: it's not even about Kashmiri territory or Kashmiris, India or Pakistan. It's now Hindu Vs Muslim and a lose-lose
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Opinion

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Amana Begam -
Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

Vijay is winning nickname war in Tamil Nadu. He’s attacking Brand Stalin with ‘uncle’ taunt

I will keep attacking India even though my missiles reach nowhere: Pakistani General X

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Javaria Rana -
Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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