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The Making Of A Hard State
By ratcheting up nationalistic sentiments to a fever pitch, the BJP is trying to reap political dividends.
10+ min |
OCTOBER 2016

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The Business Of Encounters
The UP police claim that it has seized over ₹146 crore from ‘gangsters’ in the state in a matter of 11 months deserves closer scrutiny as allegations mount of arbitrariness in seizing properties
4 min |
March 2018

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Cases 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000: What Is Happening To Netanyahu
Everything you need to know about the cases against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
6 min |
March 2018

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India's Botched-up Id Project
The SC verdict in the ongoing case to ascertain the constitutional validity of Aadhaar will have far-reaching consequences
4 min |
March 2018

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A 'Softer' Islam, For A Moderate Modi
DESPITE BEING UNDERRATED and under editorialised by the Indian media, there is nothing that anyone can really take away from the importance of the event organised by the Indian Islamic and Cultural Centre (IICC) to provide a forum for the visiting King of Jordan, His Majesty, King Abdullah II, to expound his views on the moderate nature of Islam and the imperative to fight radical Islam.
3 min |
March 2018

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Net Neutrality and an Open Internet
In recent years, the campaign to maintain citizen's right to the Internet - and protect them from practices that would benefit only a few - has become firece and noisy.
5 min |
August 2015

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Referendum on Cash Ban
If early polling is anything to go by, then the assembly elections across five states could mean an all or nothing scenario for the BJP
5 min |
February 2017

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changing the demonetisation narrative like a chameleon changes colours
no matter what the spin around the note ban, it is clear the move was a politically expedient decision rather than a principled policy move.
9 min |
december 2016 - january 2017

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Come and See The Blood In The Streets
Incidents of violence targetting the minorities have become routine in the last 16 months. Prime Minister Modis government has done little to shun the belief that the culprits dont enjoy its patronage.
7 min |
October 2015

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The Gates of Memory: Two Hundred Years Of Silence
People take part in a ceremony at the monument "The Gates of Memory"near the village of Trostenets.
5 min |
October 2015

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Digital Taxi Aggregators: Driving Past Caste
Application-based cab aggregators have disrupted old business models. Hiring drivers was once the preserve of old taxi stands who relied on various forms of kinship such as regionalism and caste.
3 min |
October 2015

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The Countryside Is Burning
A lack of jobs and an abundant workforce have meant that the agrarian states of India have become tinderboxes waiting to catch fire.
10+ min |
OCTOBER 2016

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How Big Is The Black Money Catch?
There are many questions which remain unanswered despite the announcement of a massive ₹65,000 crore being supposedly declared by tax evaders across the country.
5 min |
OCTOBER 2016

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The Trump-Clinton Cliff Hanger
The US presidential elections of 2016 are going to be one of the most rivetting polls in recent memory.
4 min |
OCTOBER 2016

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How Prepared is Delhi for Bird Flu?
The government administration seems to be dozing while cases of bird flu are popping up on the radar.
3 min |
November 2016

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US Elections: Sex, Lies and Presidential Debate
Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey’s cage. – HL Mencken
5 min |
November 2016

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50 Years of Haryana: A Dream Un-Fulfilled
Celebrating the existence of a state which has been around for 50 years begs the question. What exactly has that state achieved?
3 min |
November 2016

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Staring at Jobs Loss, and Driverless Cars
Every month, a million young Indians become ready to join the industrial workforce. Who can generate enough jobs?
5 min |
November 2016

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For Fear of Finding Something Worse
If Hillary Clinton does manage to get elected, it will be because enough voters can’t endure the idea or the reality of dictator Donald Trump.
8 min |
August 2016

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GST Will Not Change India
It would be foolish to deny the benefits of the landmark legislation for the business community and in terms of administrative streamlining, but more foolish still is the notion that it is going to radically change India’s growth story.
9 min |
SEPTEMBER 2016

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time to solve a vexing foreign policy conundrum
any sloth in executing the chabahar project will be a strategic mistake.
6 min |
december 2016 - january 2017

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tata vs mistry: only tata sons allowed
the current war of words between ratan tata and cyrus mistry is the latest in a long line of pitched battles that the septuagenarian has fought to retain control of the tata group.
3 min |
december 2016 - january 2017

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Confessions Of a Digital Startup founder
Zubin Ray, founder of Chacar, writes about the digital startup environment.
5 min |
August 2016

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The Death of the iCAR
NO LESS THAN $6.7 TRILLION. The car industry will have a revenue potential of $6.7 trillion by 2030.That was the figure that got the honchos at Apple to consider the impossible. An Apple branded self-driving electric car was always going to be a distant dream. To Apple’s credit, it pursued that singular ambition aggressively. In 2014, it launched a project code-named Titan. Massive resources were deployed, engineers from the automotive industry were hired, design resources were diverted from the company’s incredible design team. Two years later that project lies dead at arrival.
3 min |
November 2016

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Inside The Zu-pta Web Of Corruption
A closer look into the Gupta family’s network in India may open a Pandora’s box
3 min |
March 2018

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An Agricultural Emergency
The Long March from Nashik to Mumbai not only presented a snapshot of the crisis that engulfs the agriculture sector but also proved yet again the futility of farm loan waiver
4 min |
March 2018
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Riding On China, Maldives Challenges India
India’s failure to counter China’s enlargement in South Asia does not bode well for its neighbourhood policy
5 min |
March 2018

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The End Of Darkness Is Nigh
I’VE STARTED FEELING cheerful again.
3 min |
March 2018

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What Are You Going To Do, Mrs Graham?
IMAGINE THIS SCENE. There is a reporter sitting in the first class section of a plane, and he has a box of papers secured by a seat belt in the seat next to him, which he has bought an extra ticket for.
4 min |
March 2018

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Indian Women Grow Their Own Future
Associations of women farmers who manage, and may own, family land and grow food rather than cash crops, are changing parts of India and earning new respect
7 min |