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Duties, duties, duties. Modi is going back to the Indira Gandhi Emergency era

Speaking in the Old Parliament for the last time, PM Modi said the Central Hall of Parliament inspires us to fulfil our duties. Earlier, he had changed Amrit Kaal to Kartavya Kaal.

Trudeau looking for payback for his Indian humiliations. He can do Bhangra instead

Why is Trudeau treated in India, a country that has traditionally enjoyed good relations with Canada, as somewhere between a figure of fun and enemy of our national interests?

No signs of a looming pro-Khalistan insurgency. India needn’t fear the ghost of BKI’s Parmar

In 1984, Parmar succeeded in turning his low-grade marketing campaign into a movement due to political missteps in Punjab, which empowered Bhindranwale.

‘My story was good enough, but not me?’ Yashica Dutt’s five weeks of hell

In the middle of relentless hate and negativity, Yashica Dutt's identity — from Dalitness to queerness — has been peeled bare in the public eye. The controversy is now one big intersectional khichdi.

Haryana villager’s suicide has a 166-yr backstory: British crackdown in 1857 & a wound yet to heal

Rohnat was declared 'village of rebels' by British after 1857 uprising, and residents' private & panchayat land seized & auctioned. The struggle to find succour continues to this day.

Issue that derailed women’s quota Bill in ’96 still stands—Indian feminism lacks diversity

Whether we liked Sharad Yadav’s ‘parkati mahila’ remark or not, it was an important moment of reckoning for the women’s movement in India.

Modi’s Women’s Reservation Bill has an OBC-sized oversight. Undermines inclusivity, fairness

After the rise of the BJP and Narendra Modi, OBC representation in the Lok Sabha has decreased.

Indians spending beyond their means. Don’t just fix it with freebies, bring policy changes

Most Indians are spending more on essential items than last year while earning either less or the same amount. No wonder they turn to 'buy now, pay later' schemes.

Odisha is becoming an IAS state. Patnaik-Pandian combo is changing grammar of governance

CM Naveen Patnaik has receded into the background, while a band of swashbuckling IAS officers has taken centrestage not only in managing state affairs but also in political events.

4 years on, Kashmir is changing. All because of Modi-picked Manoj Sinha’s healing touch

Sinha has carried out the PM’s briefs rather commendably. His biggest contribution has been to bring Delhi closer to Srinagar and make people realise that Article 370 was a notional privilege.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.