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Origins & evolution of BJP’s dalliance with Shia Muslims, the ‘minority within minority’

Traditionally, BJP’s outreach to Shias, who make up an estimated 15% of India's Muslim population, has been predicated on community’s religious leadership. But that is now changing.

Khalid Saifullah is hero of hot-button apps. He’s using tech to ‘save’ India’s Muslims

Hyderabad-based software engineer Khalid Saifullah is on a one-man tech crusade. He’s made an arsenal of apps for Muslims in Modi’s India, from 'Defeat NRC’ to ‘Missing Voters’.

From NOTA to win against electoral bonds, how IIM-A professors started ADR to fight for poll reforms

Non-profit organisation Association for Democratic Reforms on a mission to 'reduce money and muscle power in political system and make political parties more accountable, transparent'.

Himanta Sarma is reading RSS-Modi politics wrong. Hardliner image won’t help beyond a point

Himanta Biswa Sarma must remember that Modi today is all about Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual Hindutva, not Savarkar’s political Hindutva.

UPSC coaching industry is selling the impossible IAS dream to everyone. It’s overheating

With a coaching institute in every gully of Mukherjee Nagar and Karol Bagh, Delhi is becoming saturated. And now institutes want to build Mukherjee Nagars in every state capital.

Myanmar Generals’ nuclear dreams are Asian crime bosses’ hope to defend their last citadel

The case is entwined with the story of centuries-old criminal clans in Southeast Asia, who forged empires in the crucible of the colonial era using drugs, guns, sex, and political power.

Ladakh is future-proofing against climate change with ice stupas—less snow, melting glaciers

Engineers in Ladakh now collaborate with teams in the Andes and Switzerland, building artificial ice structures and stupas. But a fast warming climate has increased the urgency of villagers, organisations, and researchers.

From Bengal to Haryana and Tamil Nadu, what explains Congress’s obsessive fondness for Left

CPI was critical of Congress in yrs after Independence. Now, in TN, Congress has backed Samsung workers on strike, supporting CPI(M)-affiliated CITU. In Haryana, it left a seat for CPI(M).

‘Tejas’ to ‘Fighter’, Bollywood’s military movies are misfiring. Veterans explain why

Patriotic fever is at an all-time high. So, why are films like ‘Tejas’ and ‘Fighter’ bombing?

Russia’s gains in Ukraine more symbolic than strategic. But Kyiv is in a worse situation

Every major type of equipment that Ukraine needed—from artillery to longer-range missiles, tanks, and combat aircraft—has been supplied only after long delays, if at all.

On Camera

How Nitish Kumar turned all rules of voter behaviour on their head

The conventional wisdom is that if a govt fails to improve the lot of the voters, it is punished. Kumar presided over an economic disaster for 20 years and was re-elected by a landslide.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.