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Arvind Kejriwal's Jack-In-The-Box Street Cred Intact, A Year Down
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Arvind Kejriwal's Jack-In-The-Box Street Cred Intact, A Year Down

A year down, a battle-scarred Arvind Kejriwal survives, with his jack-in-the-box street cred intact.

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February 22, 2016
Divide And Rue
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Divide And Rue

The mob is suddenly everywhere: not just on the streets, but on the TV, in our minds. Is this a rebirth of the nation, or is something going horribly wrong?

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March 07, 2016
Divided They Pinprick
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Divided They Pinprick

The BJP ought to be pinned down to the ground. Yet the Opposition watches, and waits

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March 07, 2016
His Other Chariot Is An Alpha Romeo 8C
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His Other Chariot Is An Alpha Romeo 8C

Classic motors are a sight to behold, and more Indians are in their hopeless thrall than ever

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March 21, 2016
Can Modi Sarkar Pass The Great Urban IQ Test?
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Can Modi Sarkar Pass The Great Urban IQ Test?

It began with a scintillating vision—urban utopias going by the spiffy name ‘Smart Cities’. But is the focus all wrong? Is the model elitist? Many questions abound.

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March 28, 2016
Vijay Mallya- Politicians Who Backed Him
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Vijay Mallya- Politicians Who Backed Him

Mallya cadged loans and hedged around law with help from politicians.

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March 28, 2016
Ghosts In Bengal Have New Admirers Now
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Ghosts In Bengal Have New Admirers Now

Ghosts in Bengal were literary or underground. They’ve new admirers now.

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April 04, 2016
Is The Congress, BJP Without The Lotus?
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Is The Congress, BJP Without The Lotus?

Is the Congress nothing but the BJP without the Lotus? Despite holding the secular of saffron banner, time and again it has faced the soft Hindutva charge. Such as now.

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April 04, 2016
Four Shades Of Irony, One Of Fury
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Four Shades Of Irony, One Of Fury

The Purusha Sukta glibly drops the four varnas on Hindus. Lit by a holy rage and unwavering in scholarship, Ambedkar exploded the very purity of the chaturvarna.

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April 18, 2016
The Classic Caste Confrontation Over Water
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The Classic Caste Confrontation Over Water

It was the classic caste confrontation—over water. Eighty-nine years ago, Ambedkar led a group of Dalits to drink water from this lake in Mahad.

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April 18, 2016
No Thing As Geneteic Merit
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No Thing As Geneteic Merit

Sangh arguments for only economic quota are specious. Actually, the private sector must pass on its privileges. 

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April 18, 2016
Where Crackdowns Are As Common As The Azadi Chant!
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Where Crackdowns Are As Common As The Azadi Chant!

Where crackdowns are as common as the azadi chant, what is different about police action at NIT Srinagar?

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April 25, 2016
Why The World's Biggest Movie Star Can't Speak On Indo-Pak Peace?
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Why The World's Biggest Movie Star Can't Speak On Indo-Pak Peace?

It's a shame that a superstar can't talk of Indo-Pak peace

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April 25, 2016
From China, With Love
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From China, With Love

Chinese smartphones offering the price-conscious India a fascinating new range of products right now

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April 25, 2016
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Cures That Make A Big Killing

People exploded in anger at Bengal’s notoriously coercive hospitals. Now, a new law will take them on.

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May 08, 2017
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The Valley's New Curriculum

Girl students pelting stones at the police in the heart of Srinagar marks a shift in the Kashmir unrest’s visual profile 

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May 08, 2017
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Is There A Future For AAP?

AAP was not just another party. It came not as a regional force or a lobby—it deigned to be a universal alternative to everything. If the promise is fading, it must examine the mirror, not just the EVM. 

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May 08, 2017
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Stone Tools In Modern History

There is now a problem bigger than militants on India’s hands: protests beyond the separatists’ control

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May 01, 2017
Kashmir On The Brink, But Nowhere To Go
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Kashmir On The Brink, But Nowhere To Go

As ordinary Kashmiris take over the fight on angry streets, Pakistan sits back and fine-tunes its new policy

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May 01, 2017
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Fraud Of The Fairness Dream

In a country not comfortable with its own genes, fairness creams sell a lie to pander to a deep-seated self-loathing

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May 01, 2017
Alia Bhatt: A Rare Star Who Can Laugh At Herself
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Alia Bhatt: A Rare Star Who Can Laugh At Herself

Alia Bhatt's gamine charm cradles talent and the nous of self-deprecation.

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August 24, 2015
Arundhati Roy: 'I See gender As A Spectrum...'
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Arundhati Roy: 'I See gender As A Spectrum...'

Dont beat em, join em. That's the cooperative thinking among craft brewers who work together to ensure one anothers success. In fostering a spirit of collaboration, they've created a powerful bloc that is showing steady growth and challenging established beer giants. It's a lucrative model - one that other producers of artisan or locally sourced goods would be wise to follow.

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August 24, 2015
A Realist Takes On An Illusionist
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A Realist Takes On An Illusionist

Nitish has delivered results for everyone to see. But Modi's patter holds some pull.

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September 28, 2015
Nepal, A Model Of Modi's Neighbourhood Policy
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Nepal, A Model Of Modi's Neighbourhood Policy

Nepal goes 'secular'. But India fumes at the constitution's 'unfair' federal structure.

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October 5, 2015
Hindu India Or Digital India? Choice Is Yours
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Hindu India Or Digital India? Choice Is Yours

They're joined at the hip: the superficial modernity of Digital India and a deep, unspoken 'Hindutva'

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October 12, 2015
Reading Old Ashes: Muzaffarnagar Riots
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Reading Old Ashes: Muzaffarnagar Riots

A probe report on the Muzaffarnagar riots gives the SP regime a clean chit.

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October 12, 2015
6 Major Myths About Dropped Calls
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6 Major Myths About Dropped Calls

It's a problem affecting the common man, as the PM said. Here's getting to the root of call-drops.

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October 12, 2015
No More Condom Ads!
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No More Condom Ads!

A prudish I&B plans to restrict condom ads on TV, but will it defeat the purpose?

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October 26, 2015
Bihar Election: Is The Cha Cutting Enough?
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Bihar Election: Is The Cha Cutting Enough?

Modi plays the Bihar game with seasoned politicians, and finds his tactics backfiring.

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November 9, 2015
Amaravati: Abode Of The Immortals
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Amaravati: Abode Of The Immortals

Some 30,000 acres of farmland is Naidus new sketchpad on which he is furiously drawing up his capital city.

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November 9, 2015