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Hindi, Hindu, Tribalistan

Shekhar Gupta -
How the RSS's Hindu-isation gameplan in Arunachal draws upon Nehru's Hindi-isation policy for what was then NEFA.
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Promise and underperformance

Shekhar Gupta -
Even a doomsayer like Nouriel Roubini says India is in a sweet spot. If only we'd live upto the promise.
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The Doval detail

Shekhar Gupta -
He's brought a compulsive operational mind to the NSA's job, and to that extent, makes the position much newsier.
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Beyond bijli, sadak, pani

Shekhar Gupta -
Climate change, air quality, nutrition, even connectivity are joining the political agenda, and it will force a shift in policies.
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When proxy comes to shove

Shekhar Gupta -
That attack is on Arun Jaitley, but the target is Narendra Modi — so watch the next four weeks to see how the PM responds.
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I, me, myself, to the power of three

Shekhar Gupta -
The political price of Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal referring to themselves third person.
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Rajbala Vs State of Haryana = No more Pakori Lals

Shekhar Gupta -
Why I disagree with Supreme Court's clearance of a Haryana law stipulating literacy, solvency and hygiene qualifications to contest panchayat elections.
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Democracy by danda

Shekhar Gupta -
That's how our politics is with no inner-party democracy. That's why we should listen to Hilary Benn speech.
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Don’t smile too much, Congress

Shekhar Gupta -
The post-Bihar "revival" of the Congress is limited to the front pages - the party's secular decline has not been reversed.
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Narendra Modi – candidate to PM

Shekhar Gupta -
Why the prime minister's legacy will depend on how he governs, not the number of state elections he fights as personality contests.
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Opinion

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

Seshadri Chari -
So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Dismiss debate on EC functioning as ‘hoo-haa’, then hail India as ‘robust democracy’

Economy

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Mrinalini Dhyani -
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Defence

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

Moushumi Das Gupta -
New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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