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Opinion | Caste Census: Who Benefits From Ignorance?
Opposition to the caste census exposes the insecurities of vested interests. The question we must ask is: who benefits from ignorance?
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Blog | A Breakup, A Bar And 12 Grapes: The NYE Tradition That Changed Everything
. We had just gotten our drinks when a cheerful bartender began handing out martini glasses with just grapes to everyone at the bar. My friends and I exchanged curious glances as we received ours, but no one said anything.
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Opinion | Why India's 'BIMARU' States Have Remained So
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh report the lowest rural MPCE at ₹3,788 and ₹3,578, and urban MPCE at ₹5,165 and ₹5,474. Madhya Pradesh and Odisha show slightly better figures but still fall below the national average.
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Opinion | India Must Play To Its Strengths In 2025 - By Harsh V. Shringla
Under PM Modi's leadership, India has positioned itself as a partner for addressing global challenges, fostering mutual respect and advancing a vision of a peaceful and equitable world order.
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Opinion | The Modi Government's 25 Things-To-Do in 2025
Youth unemployment rate has been at 10% for the last two years. As per the Economic Survey, half of all individuals are not ready to be employed after graduating from college.
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Opinion | Congress Needs To Go Back To The Drawing Board In 2025
The post-2014 introspection concluded that the Congress was perceived as favouring minorities. The perception persists, while policy prescriptions to counter it are nowhere to be seen. The Congress needs to go back to the drawing board.
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Opinion | War Or Peace: What Will Become Of Middle East In 2025?
West Asia in 2024 stands at a crossroads. While the region faces numerous challengesfrom political instability to economic dependence on oil there are also opportunities for transformation.
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Opinion | How BJP Managed Allies In 2024
This year demonstrated the BJP's capacity to drive negotiations with its coalition partners in its favour. With crucial state elections in 2025, it will be closely watched whether this trend continues or if there will be a reversal.
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Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy, Former MAGA Darling, Learns Something About Politics
Why is anyone surprised that Ramaswamy is facing racial slurs from his fellow MAGA supporters? The adage "nobody is free until everyone is" needs to be paid more heed to make sense of this mayhem.
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Opinion | World Cup Win To NZ Loss, The Rollercoaster Indian Cricket Was In 2024
The T20 World Cup win gave Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli the perfect opportunity to bring the curtain down on their T20I careers. On the other hand, New Zealands Test series win was a gut punch.
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Opinion | Laapata Bollywood: How 2024 Became The Year Of Banality
Budgets are getting amped up, more investment is tailored for VFX and Hindi films are getting bigger. Yet, one would be hard-pressed to distinguish between the trailers of Baby John and Animal.
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Opinion | A Murky Rivalry Is Brewing In India's Neighbourhood
Remember Hillary Clinton's famous jibe in 2011 about the dangers of Pakistan keeping snakes in its backyard that would inevitably turn around and strike its benefactor? This seems to be it.
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Opinion | Manmohan Singh, Who Brought The India Story To World Stage
Manmohan Singh transformed India, and did so with an uncommon level of integrity, personal incorruptibility and simple decency that were wholly admirable and moved all who had the privilege of knowing him.
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Book Excerpt | How Manmohan Singh Helped India Beat China To Mars
How India's maiden mission to Mars became 'Mangalyaan': Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 2012 speech written in Urdu hid the answers.
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Opinion | Tote Bags To Caps, Politics For The 'Gram
If there is no true intention of bringing about change and its only for the social media buzz, then it does ruin the sincerity of fashion taking a stand, as is often the case with our present netas
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Opinion | Arjun vs Reddy: What Happened When Politicians Clashed With Stars In The Past
The Arjun vs. Reddy battle mirrors a familiar narrative in southern Indian politics: the clash between a star and a powerful politician.
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Opinion | Manmohan Singh: The Thinking Person's Politician
Dr Singh's contributions to the country are such that he and his legacy stand vindicated in the short period of a decade. When he said, amidst widespread bad-faith media criticism, that history would judge him kindly, he was right.
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Opinion | India In 2024: The Great Balancing
At a time when the Middle East is riven with various fault lines and sits on the precipice of a region-wide war, New Delhi's ability to maintain close ties with all the key stakeholders speaks volumes about its diplomatic success.
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Blog | "There Are No Permanent Villains": What Shyam Benegal Told Me About Bollywood's Bad Men
"The hero was shifting. He had grey characters. Hitherto, the heroes were all unblemished ones. But now the hero was not the totally morally, unblemished hero anymore," Shyam Babu told me.
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Blog | How Shyam Benegal Rediscovered India
India had to be rediscoveredfour decades after its tryst with destiny. No one could have done the job better than Shyam Benegal.
