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Opinion | Will Trump Try To Unite America? What His Nominations Tell Us
If you're looking for an insight that helps explain what happened in the US election and why it happened, consider this observation from a key player in US politics: "There is a difference between what offends people and what affects them."
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Opinion | US Election: Trump Or Harris? Bigger Surprises Are In The Offing
Had Biden stayed on the Democratic ticket, Donald Trump would likely have swept the election. Even with Kamala Harris making this one of the closest presidential races in the past 50 years, the election is Trumps to lose.
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Opinion | US Elections: When The Great American Dream Turns Nightmare
Nearly nine in 10 voters believe America will suffer lasting harm if their side loses. Close to 60% of Kamala Harris supporters report feeling "frightened" about a Trump victory; 47% of Trump supporters feel similarly about a Harris win.
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Opinion | What Makes Trump What He Is
How does such a deceitful, narcissistic, and malicious man seek election to the most powerful office in the world for the third time as the head of a party once led by Abraham Lincoln?
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Blog: A Tribute To Ratan Tata, From Journalist Who Worked With Him For 10 Years
In the dozen-odd years he lived after he stepped down as the Chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata finally got to do what he loved to do: make a difference. Seed a business. Take a risk. Solve a problem harnessing technology.
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Opinion | Trump Keeps Forgetting He Isn't Contesting Biden Anymore
No question, Harris got the debate she would have wanted in her dreams. Trump was either poorly prepared or, more likely, not prepared at all.
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Opinion | Trump Is On Top - Despite Everything
One, Americans favour dynamism over compassion. The fastest growing US states - Texas, Florida, Montana - are ruled by Republicans; the slowest and the stagnant by Democrats.
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Opinion | Kamala Harris Has Her Rival Rattled
Kamala Harris has recognised that this short, 100-day campaign gives her a chance to transcend her gender, her identity, and even her tenure as the nondescript Vice President under a deeply unpopular President.
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Opinion | How Almost Everyone Missed The All-Too-Visible Signs In Uttar Pradesh
The debate will continue in the coming days over which of these four pillars caved in and by how much. But one fact has been cemented yet again: there is a 'sell-by' date for every product.
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Opinion | Elections 2024: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Modi is known to be a good listener, who gives extended time for solutions to problems he is interested in. Elections over, the Prime Minister needs to focus on taking everyone along.
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Opinion: Caution For Congress From Bengaluru
This disproportionate reward for the party finishing first in India's FPTP system is, of course, at the centre of the ongoing Opposition efforts to combat the BJP in the 2024 general elections.
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Opinion: Religion, The Leitmotif Of The 2024 Election
Seeking votes on the basis of religion is, of course, banned. But it is increasingly clear that the 2024 general election will see the unprecedented prominence of religion as a backdrop, more so than in any previous election.
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Opinion: After Karnataka, Reading The Tea Leaves For 2024
One suspects the ultimate battle of the soul of the country will be between syncretic Hinduism and the more aggressive Hindutva.
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Opinion: Will Congress Reap Anti-Incumbency Dividend In Karnataka?
One of the few proven axioms of Indian electoral politics is that the voter does not deliver an equivocal verdict where there is a clear % present alternative and palpable dissatisfaction with the incumbent. The Karnataka result will be no different.
