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A Bihari Story Of The Haar
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A Bihari Story Of The Haar

The BJP has paid the price for its inability to understand Bihar and its remarkable people.

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November 23, 2015
Tollywood: The Sheets Are Always White
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Tollywood: The Sheets Are Always White

Tollywood is going bold, but are the films the better for it? Or is it just....

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December 7, 2015
'How Many' Is Your Caste?
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'How Many' Is Your Caste?

A long­overdue measure to redistribute political power, Karnataka’s caste census is a first in India

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July 25, 2016
Balancing The Wheel
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Balancing The Wheel

With polls pending, Khaleda Zia in jail and Hasina pampering Islamists, Bangladesh is on edge

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March 12, 2018
Hunger, Bloodthirst, Murder
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Hunger, Bloodthirst, Murder

An adivasi’s lynching sparks an artistic outpouring that only discomfits activists

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March 12, 2018
AAP Among Unequals
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AAP Among Unequals

Angry, Alternative Politics, they called it. But has AAP failed to redeem its pledge? Is it too angry, and not alternative enough?

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March 12, 2018
Immovable And Rusted Objects
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Immovable And Rusted Objects

Obstructionist bureaucracy needs an injection of specialists

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March 12, 2018
A Broom In The Wrong Place
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A Broom In The Wrong Place

There’s talk of President’s Rule, but, for better optics, the BJP will more likely let Delhi’s AAP government hoist itself with its own petard

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March 12, 2018
A Party That Lost Its Fig Leaf
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A Party That Lost Its Fig Leaf

AAP grew overambitious; its leader anyway tended to be autocratic. The party’s slide began when it became unscrupulous. Will it reform its ways?

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March 12, 2018
Scent Of The Lotus Bloom
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Scent Of The Lotus Bloom

It’s not just about dashing moves, their motive has to reach people. Modi knows it.

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January 09, 2017
Broomstruck In Bathinda
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Broomstruck In Bathinda

Akalis are seen as useless amid economic distress; the Congress is patchily popular. It’s the AAP many in Punjab are turning to.

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January 09, 2017
Woof Of Nepotism
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Woof Of Nepotism

Public outcry grows over a ‘job-giving clique’ around CM

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March 19, 2018
Scent Of A Phul Bloom
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Scent Of A Phul Bloom

After almost a quarter century, Uttar Pradesh politics is witnessing an almost impossible pheno­menon: the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have joined hands in the poll arena.

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March 19, 2018
Yonder, The Dark Star
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Yonder, The Dark Star

The CPI(M) should have emulated some social movements in India. A know-it-all attitude undid the party.

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March 19, 2018
X Files: Karma Or Karti
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X Files: Karma Or Karti

Here’s what the Sheena Bora murder case has to do with investment in INX and the arrest of Karti Chidambaram

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March 19, 2018
Addicted To Melancholia, And All Its Glory
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Addicted To Melancholia, And All Its Glory

In awe of the self-destructive, tragic lover, Hindi cinema continues to reimagine Devdas, as if for each generation

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March 19, 2018
New Lock For EU's Digital Mines
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New Lock For EU's Digital Mines

Indian companies dealing with European data wait ­anxiously as the EU pushes in new security rules

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March 26, 2018
The Vulture On The Wire
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The Vulture On The Wire

As more of our lives comes to be lived online, the worst we encounter or evade in ‘real’ life reappears digitally magnified with a vengeance­

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March 26, 2018
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Rain Or Shine, The Glow Eludes Growers Yet Again

Sky-high tomato prices have set off WhatsApp jokes, but the farmer is shortchanged—and left only to weep.

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August 07, 2017
The Women Count
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The Women Count

India’s pioneering psephologists slice through the clutter with some revelations: women might outvote men in 2019, despite millions being disenfranchised.

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March 18, 2019
How Many Have Fallen?
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How Many Have Fallen?

The BJP Controls The Game After Balakot As The Opposition Loses The Narrative And Bonds Loosen.

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March 18, 2019
'It's A Shame 21 Million Women Can't Vote'
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'It's A Shame 21 Million Women Can't Vote'

The turnout of women voters will likely be more than that of men in the 2019 general election and yet 21 million women will not have their names on the rolls. Opposition unity will be decisive and alliances will make or break every state. These and other such revelations fill The Verdict (Penguin Random House), the forthcoming book by election experts Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala. The authors spoke to Satish Padmanabhan on what makes the 2019 polls the biggest and most important. Excerpts:

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March 18, 2019
Roses Smell Sweet, So Do They
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Roses Smell Sweet, So Do They

The Afghan national cricket team warmly embraces its ‘home’ bases in India.

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March 25, 2019
A For AAPlause, B For Boos
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A For AAPlause, B For Boos

Delhi government fixed a broken state schooling system, but glitches remain.

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March 25, 2019
Time's Filter: Made For Each Other
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Time's Filter: Made For Each Other

They are the faces that launch a thousand products. Some are famous now; some are forever touched by the magic of old ads.

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April 01, 2019
 India Should Stop Looking At China Through The Pakistan Prism
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India Should Stop Looking At China Through The Pakistan Prism

At one point, India must stop regarding China solely through its staunch support of Pakistan

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April 01, 2019
The Job Boom On Paper
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The Job Boom On Paper

The MSME sector has just about started to recover, but a new report claims that things have been well.

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April 01, 2019
Through A Film Of Red
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Through A Film Of Red

The unbearable pressures of an India-Pakistan clash.

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May 27, 2019
Rahul Gandhi: "Power Is Poison, But You Can't Run Away From It"
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Rahul Gandhi: "Power Is Poison, But You Can't Run Away From It"

It’s been a long, gruelling campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.

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May 27, 2019
A Lull After The Storm
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A Lull After The Storm

CM Naveen Patnaik’s ‘zero casualty’ hype was blown away as Cyclone Fani left a trail of tragedies.

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May 27, 2019