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TopicBhang

Topic: Bhang

When marijuana is banned, why does bhang get a free pass?

Mukund Padmanabhan -
It is worth asking whether there is a case to decriminalise marijuana or, at the very least, treat it very differently from other drugs.

How bhang became such an integral part of Holi

Shubhangi Misra -
The festival of colours has long been associated with getting high. What's the connection?

Move over Bhang, the new Holi vice at farmhouse parties is Ecstasy

Priyamvada Grover -
MDMA has been used as a party drug in India since the 1990s, but its use has spiked recently and spilled over from the party scene to festivals like Holi.

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Opinion

Trump threatened to redraw the map. Greenland deal shows the limits of his disruption

Swasti Rao -
The bargain was never sovereignty in exchange for security. It was extensive American military freedom inside continuing Danish sovereignty.

Siddharth in Lust Stories 3 shows Bollywood’s men have come a long way since shirtless Salman

Alfred Cooke is the Bull who cooked the PAF’s goose. He deserved more than a Vir Chakra

Economy

Tiruppur’s success runs on cheap cotton. India needs to ask who pays for it

Bidisha Bhattacharya -
Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.

Defence

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

National Interest

Bangladesh isn’t a mirror image of Pakistan. Hyphenating them undermines India’s strategic interests

Shekhar Gupta -
India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.

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