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The only thing PM Modi & Swami Vivekananda share is their first name

Brijesh Kalappa -
It was Rajiv Gandhi who began celebrating Swami Vivekananda’s birthday as National Youth Day since 1985.

Gauri Lankesh protest shows liberalism can’t be confined to classroom, TV or Twitter

Sudhir Krishnaswamy -
The revival of a new form of constitutional liberalism can be the political glue that binds diverse social forces.

What stood out in Rahul Gandhi’s speech in UC Berkeley

Kumar Anshuman -
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi did manage to make some new points in his speech at UC Berkeley.

Last Laughs (Best of political cartoons from 3 – 8 September)

ThePrint Team -
The best political cartoons of the week picked by ThePrint's editors.

Once apolitical, Ram Rahim made himself indispensable to political parties

Chitleen K Sethi -
Once apolitical, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh became a political force as he began influencing elections to escape criminal cases.

Clueless in Babaland: Ram Rahim to ‘Freezer Baba’, how ‘godmen’ cast a spell over Punjab & Haryana

Shekhar Gupta -
Gurmeet Ram Rahim, now out on parole ahead of elections yet again, is just the most colourful and blingy of north India's 'godmen'.

Ram Rahim Singh’s devotees are rampaging. Why are politicians silent?

Bhavdeep Kang -
The godman, who influences local politics, has devotees who see nothing wrong with resorting to violence after his conviction in a rape case.

Nervous BJP banks on Jaitley for big win in Gujarat

Pragya Kaushika -
The union finance minister will be assisted by four union ministers as the BJP goes all out to make a statement in the Modi-Shah home state.

“Right to privacy is protected under Articles 21 and Part-III of the Constitution”

Apurva Vishwanath -
The SC ruling also confirms about a dozen rulings of smaller benches that had held that privacy is a fundamental right are valid.

After 2-month delay, BJP may hold national executive on 25 Sept

Pragya Kaushika -
Supposed to take place every three months, the key meeting was postponed due to presidential, VP polls.
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India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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