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SubscriberWrites: Catches win more than matches in cricket — one helped free South Africa from apartheid

Vishwas Sinha recalls how missed chances could have been a game-changer for Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Rohit Sharma.

SubscriberWrites: Organic food is not healthier for you or for animals & nature – just far more expensive

It’s a fad for the woke generation but something the poor and needy do not have the luxury to enjoy, writes Hindol Roy.

SubscriberWrites: UP elections 2022: Development or Covid resentment, the coming polls could give BJP a scare

The second wave of the pandemic has altered the political grammar of Uttar Pradesh but caste arithmetic is still the deciding factor, believes Nischai Vats.

SubscriberWrites: Hitchhiker’s Guide to consuming politics: Quit the ‘echo chamber’, listen to the other side

To overcome political biases, avoid social media and trust good journalism, Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan says

SubscriberWrites: Why Nitin Gadkari should lead Covid battle after ‘failed autocratic governance’ of Modi-Shah

Harish Anil Jamakhandi has a few other suggestions for better management of the pandemic by the government.

We are ‘mere votes’ and politicians are ‘vultures’ — time to stop them trampling on our dreams

In this searing criticism of politicians and the ruling class, Bindu Sikand urges Indians to stand up to those in power and remind them that they exist because of us.

SubscriberWrites: If India’s Covid crisis occurred in Pakistan, here’s what we would have thought of Imran Khan

Place Pakistan’s PM in Modi’s shoes to assess him, consider if patent protection is evil & open letter to leaders by a worried citizen – subscribers assess India’s pandemic response.

SubscriberWrites: Expression of dissent cannot occur on the streets of Delhi but in the voting booth

For Anmol Singhal, protests in Parliament or against government policy like the farm laws, cause civil inconvenience and undermine democracy.

SubscriberWrites: A test for Modi-Shah’s firefighting skills — Covid, poll loss, economy & ‘atma nirbharta’

Shubhayan Bhattacharya says the enormity of the health crisis, a dislike of accountability and a lack of humility are the first ‘agnipariksha’ for BJP’s leading duo.

SubscriberWrites: How Modi’s handling of Covid-19 crisis is lethal for his image and BJP’s political fortunes

Mir Affan Hashmi argues that the pandemic is Modi’s biggest ever challenge and could end up as a textbook on failed governance.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

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

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.