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Bloggers
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Opinion: Rahul, Please Note That Modi Takes No Sabbaticals
Modi takes no sabbaticals. Even when he is abroad on official business, he believes in fighting his party's opponents.
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Opinion: Modi's Second Swipe at Secularism While Abroad
Since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister last May, he has criticized, or mocked, 'secularists' and secularism in India on two occasions. Strangely, each time while speaking to NRIs on foreign soil.
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Opinion: Bring Kashmiri Pandits Home. But Not to Ghettos.
The involuntary exile of virtually the entire Pandit community from the Kashmir valley in the wake of the separatist insurgency that broke out in the state in 1988 is one of the great tragedies of independent India.
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Opinion: Giriraj Singh's Crude Racism Does Real Damage
After using Congress President Sonia Gandhi as the foil for a racist remark, Giriraj Singh and the Narendra Modi government seem blissfully unaware of the damage this has done to India's relations with Nigeria, and to its standing with the Africa as a whole.
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Opinion: Our Politicians Loved Section 66(A)
What do Narendra Modi and Azam Khan, Karti Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee have in common? The law will no longer allow someone to be arrested for writing an online comment that offends or annoys them.
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Opinion: What Amit Shah Is Doing Wrong in Bihar and Bengal
BJP strategy against Nitish Kumar risks mega backfiring, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: Make No Mistake. This Is Modi's Defeat
Siddharth Varadarajan on what has driven voters from BJP to AAP.
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Opinion: Kejriwal's Willingness to Say 'Sorry' Has Paid Off
Whether AAP wins or not, it is back in the game, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: How BJP Killed Its Chances in Delhi
3M strategy - Money, Mud, Modi - hasn't worked, says Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: When Jayanthi Natarajan Found Her Conscience
Her letter exposes Congress' growing problems, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: How PM has Sidelined Sushma Swaraj Again
Clear message in selection of new Foreign Secretary, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: 10 Questions Modi and Obama Should Have Been Asked
Their press conference was wasted opportunity, writes Siddharth Varadarajan
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Opinion: Obama and Modi Have Taken Big Steps. What Next?
Nuclear deal done but questions remain, says Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: Congress Reeling from Anti-Leadership of Gandhis
Siddharth Varadarajan on defections to BJP, praise for Prime Minister.
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Opinion: It is 'PK' Protestors Who Are Mocking Hinduism
Why aren't BJP chief ministers intervening, asks Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: What These Results Mean for Modi and BJP
Modi-Maths falls short in Kashmir and Jharkhand, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: Modi's Lakshman Rekha Warning Grossly Inadequate
Siddharth Varadarajan on PM's habit of private reprimands
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Opinion: Friendship With Russia Comforts, Even if it Doesn't Electrify
Siddharth Varadarajan on Vladimir Putin's 22-hour visit to India.
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Opinion: Banning Uber is Not the Answer
That's just the government passing the buck, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Opinion: Modi Dumps Jaitley's Earlier Argument
Siddharth Varadarajan on Bangladesh land-swap.
