Pahalgam attack: Retaliation is easy, but restraint serves India’s long-term interest
For its self-definition as a nation, Pakistan must find an alternative to the notion that India is intent on its
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Opinion
One of the revelations of this young Trump term has been the embarrassing servility of America’s European allies. It has fallen to China by a kind of default to restore geopolitical equilibrium
The economically illiterate reader (like me) browsing the headlines about Donald Trump’s tariffs looks to borrow the opinions of his
Read MoreThis is also interedting. “China launches DeepSeek”
It is nobody’s case that Grok is a hugely liberal, woke, Leftie AI that has suddenly sprouted from the depths
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BJP’s ‘Hindu first’ poll plank went from Bengal to UK. Will it help the party in 2026?
When a protester asked, ‘Mamata ji, anyone for Hindus?’ at Kellogg College, Bengal watchers were reminded of the BJP’s core
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The BJP Would Be Enraged at Gandhi’s Nuanced Understanding of Aurangzeb
Gandhi, apart from stating that there were no Hindu-Muslims riots during Aurangzeb’s rule, employed his name to popularise spinning while
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Indictment of Nationalism, Violence: How Tagore and Nehru’s Visions on New Year Resonate in 2025
On the occasion of the new year 2025, the visions of Tagore and Nehru are of abiding significance to defend
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Different visions
Why do we say that ‘India as a constitutional State’ and ‘India as a civilisational State’ represent two competing modes
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When shade recedes
The plants gradually disappear from our consciousness, making us — to use Matthew Hall’s term — “plant-blind”, the human inability
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New idea: Editorial on CJI Chandrachud’s lecture on federalism in India
Federalism in India has a distinct character in which both mutual cooperation and collaboration are necessary on the one hand
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A LEGACY THAT IS BEST FORGOTTEN
These days Mr. D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, is talking of, and worrying about, the legacy he will leave
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