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The Dimming Of Democracy's Carnival: From Bihar 1995 To Bihar 2025
There was a time when elections in Bihar were not fought - they were celebrated. The year was 1995. I had just returned from California to do a survey of Bihar assembly elections along with the CSDS. I travelled all over the state.
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Opinion | India, Taliban And Pakistan: An Uneasy Geostrategic Dance
Geographically and strategically, amicable ties between Afghanistan and India have long been a source of unease for Pakistan.
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Opinion | One In Five Voters...: The 'Silent Force' That Will Be Bihar's Kingmaker This Time
With 20% of the population and concentrated influence in over 80 constituencies, the SCs hold the key to power. Whichever alliance addresses their aspirations - both symbolically and substantively - will likely form the next government in Patna.
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Opinion | What Ashley Tellis 'Spying' Allegation Should Tell India About Chinese 'Influence Ops'
Two separate cases underscore one of the most serious challenges that open democracies are facing today in managing Chinese aggressive tactics when it comes to influence operations.
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Opinion | How India is Using AI to Bridge the Language Divide
Bhashini is the foundation. Launched in 2022, it aims to make digital content and services available in all major Indian languages through cutting-edge AI. Today, it processes over ten million translation requests daily.
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Opinion | The Story Of An Egypt Meet Where Pak Played Court-Jester As India Made Its Point
A telling tale of two summits, spanning 16 years and tenures of two successive Prime Ministers of India.
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Opinion | Prashant Kishor: When The 'Game Changer' Quit The Game
In a realm where perception is often reality, Kishor now embodies the archetype of a politician who talks of a grand game but fails to deliver when it counts.
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Opinion | Here's Everything That Google's $15 Billion AI Bet Really Brings To India
The partnership structure, while involving Indian firms, still concentrates ultimate control in Google's hands. India must ensure that it shapes the intelligence that flows through it, rather than being shaped by it.
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Opinion | Who Moved My Tech?
The business of technology has rewired the very logic of market behaviour, rewarding first movers and creation of dependencies more than even revenue and returns.
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Opinion | Stampede Nation: Karur To Bengaluru, How Many More Must Die Before We Learn?
India's inability to manage its mass gatherings - be they religious, political, or social - is a social and governance failure, exposing a national disregard for the value of a single human life when measured against the spectacle of a crowd.
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Opinion | When the Dragon Tightens Its Talons: China's New Techno-Mineral Manoeuvre
China's reigning position in the rare earth supply chain, nay, the critical minerals chain, is of alarming concern for all, including major western powers like the USA and developing economies like India.
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Opinion | The Story Of RSS And Left: Why One Flourished, And Other Perished
Between Jyoti Basu's lost opportunity and Vajpayee's brief triumph lies the story of modern India - of one movement that adapted its faith to politics, and another that failed to adapt its politics to faith.
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Opinion | Not Nitish, Not Tejashwi - These 11 Forces Will Decide Bihar's Fate
Multiple alliances, shifting voter demographics, welfare schemes, caste calculations, and the emergence of new political players have created a multifaceted contest where traditional voting patterns may no longer hold.
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Opinion | Visits Aside, Will UK Ever Apologise To India?
Each time an Indian leader visits Britain, the question resurfaces: will London ever say sorry? Each time, it sidesteps, offering instead the language of "regret".
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Opinion | US-China Trade War Has Turned Into A Full-Blown Siege, And India Is Stuck
Beijing's export controls, timed before diplomacy, reveal insecurity more than strength. By weaponising minerals, China has reminded the world why diversification is destiny.
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The Curious Market Timing Of Trump's Tariff Threats
Nagging trade tensions will strengthen Xi's resolve to not only build China's own AI models, but power them with its own hardware.
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Opinion | If Political Parties Fear POSH, The Problem Really Is Something Else
If women in India cannot be safe within the organisations that send them to Parliament and assemblies, the promise of democracy becomes hollow.
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Opinion | CBI Probe Into Karur Double-Edged Sword For Vijay's Party, Blow For DMK
The Supreme Court's order for a court-monitored CBI probe into the tragic loss of 41 lives at a political rally held by actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamizha Vetri Kazhagam is expected to have a big impact on the fierce political exchange.
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Opinion | Trump's Gaza Plan: Ushering "Peace for Our Time" In West Asia?
The long-elusive ceasefire is only the opening overture of a fiendishly complicated serial act. Seasoned observers of the region advise taking it with a ladleful of salt.
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Opinion | How Pakistan Is Using Its 'Gaza' Protests To Slide Out Of A Deal With Trump
If Rawalpindi thinks it can have the cake and eat it too by praising Trump and then pleading internal 'instability' to sign on to the Gaza plan, it had better think again.
