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History is injurious…

…to health, unless it’s about things & not power SC’s intervention in the Sambhal mosque cas…

Pehle app? Nope

When authorities fail to provide basic safety markers, why also blame navigation tools A car dri…

Beirut, now Gaza 

Israel’s truce with Hezbollah must be followed by ceasefire in Gaza. That’s in Israel’s interest…

Beirut, now Gaza 

Tel Aviv’s truce with Hezbollah must be followed by ceasefire in Gaza. That’s in Israel’s intere…

Vegetable & ego 

Vendor knows onions and quotients better than you Avoid vegetable markets if you take yourself a…

Cashing in on no jobs 

When cash handouts help win polls, incentives for politicians to create jobs are low   Incumbent…

Curse vs cause

Have you ever wondered why society is more focused on finding cures than on identifying causes? …

Age and Youth: A Tug of Wisdom

Do you know what Edmund Burke, a very wise man, once said? “The arrogance of age must submit to …

Manifest your 2025

Have you heard the word manifest? It means to imagine something you really want, so strongly tha…

Let it be noted

Imagine this: a politician gets caught with a bag of money, and people say it’s for bribing vote…

Dr Doom

That’s you diagnosing yourself on Google What is with hospitals and clinics that they don’t shar…

Don’s darlings

Voters want a shake-up, so long as he delivers The lib commentariat, all shook by the breadth of…

Imphaled

Central forces face an impossible situation. GOI must act to change Manipur’s security apparatus…

Bulldozed no more?

Supreme Court Stands Up to ‘Bulldozer Justice’ The Supreme Court has spoken out against “bulldoz…

The first people

In India, indigenous people, also called *Adivasis*, are sometimes treated very kindly by politi…

Pardon my French

Lexicons are partially expletives. Now we need the daily fix of filthy language in a foreign acc…

Total control

Imagine one team has all the power in a big game. They make the rules, they call the shots, and …

**Electile Disorder**

Do we have too many elections? Not really. But we definitely have too much election drama! It fe…

Unquiet flows the Don

A triumphant Trump is all set to enter White House and the history books Like a gleefully grinni…

The don of ordinary Americans

Perhaps the most telling pre-election poll was the one in which seven of 10 Americans said the c…

Elections R Us

Here’s something for every American to celebrate: democracy has won! Even if there are disagreem…

Private matters

SC ruling on govt acquisition of pvt properties is right & a reflection of how economic poli…

History? Hmm…

Black woman leading Britain’s oppn Tories? Great? Yup. But look closely for real picture History…

Foetal mistake

In a terribly gender unequal society, U-turn ideas such as legalising pre-birth sex determinatio…

Can’t take a joke?

Why Winnie the Pooh Scares Some Leaders Halloween is supposed to be a fun time, right? People dr…

Problem of plenty

What’s in plenty in Maharashtra polls are the number of aspirants. It’s a jobs crisis  Mind the …

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