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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
TopicLeft-liberals

Topic: Left-liberals

The objections to Padmavati require social debate, not legal censure

Apar Gupta -
We are in the midst of a culture war. Each week, we discuss the propriety and limits of the freedom of speech and expression

The Padmavati fracas is also about power and privilege

Sabah Gurmat -
Free speech is important - but we should first ask whose free speech do we always rush to protect?

Indian liberals have also been guilty of protecting Muslim community sentiments

Rohit Chopra -
The individual right of an Indian citizen to express their views on Padmavati should take priority over community reactions.

Padmavati highlights a need to democratise the freedom of expression

Hilal Ahmed -
The problem arises when interpretations are established as “ultimate truth”—closing all possibilities of further excavation of a story like Padmavati.

If RSS is ISIS…

Shekhar Gupta -
Why India needs a new mainstream liberalism, and not the durbari Left, to counter the nutty new Right. 

Saving Indian liberalism from its left-liberal elite

Shekhar Gupta -
If Mahabharata is reality, so is the legend of Eklavya. In defining liberalism as an exclusive 'brahminical' value of the intellectual, economic upper crust, it has closed the doors to numerous rest..
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Triya Gulati -
If there is one celebrity who has made talking about food both relatable and entertaining, it is Kareena Kapoor Khan.

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Economy

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

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The chipmaker at the heart of the AI revolution may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history. Nvidia has been the primary driver of the market’s gains since the start of 2023.

Defence

Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

Soumya Pillai -
ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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