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Thursday, October 9, 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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India’s $44 billion space dream rests on getting SATCOM right

Prafulla Kumar Jain -
The Satellite Communication vertical is expected to contribute approximately $14.9 billion by 2033, with $12.7 billion projected from the domestic market and $2.2 billion from exports.

Nepal’s failure to recover Oli-era social media accounts shows how fragile the new govt is

Shoe attack on CJI Gavai shows how caste prejudice flourishes at the top of the Indian state

Economy

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

Udit Bubna -
The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

Defence

Key takeaways from Modi-Starmer meet: Air defence missiles for India, IAF-RAF instructor exchange

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Besides defence co-production, issues discussed during Modi and Starmer’s bilateral meet in Mumbai also included peace process in Middle East, Russia-Ukraine war & Indo-Pacific security.

National Interest

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Shekhar Gupta -
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.

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