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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

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

Arvind Kumar -
With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

India is unprepared for its demographic shift — elderly outnumbering children

India can’t achieve strategic autonomy by chasing GDP stats. Break away from Western influence

Economy

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

Sampurna Panigrahi -
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

Defence

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

National Interest

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Shekhar Gupta -
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.

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