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Platter Full Of Snarks
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Platter Full Of Snarks

Food crictis and restaurants feed off each other but a free mail is blackmail

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February 10, 2020
Late? Take Another Wine
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Late? Take Another Wine

A plush Tejas is a hit; the late compensation appreciated. But before it launches into 150 private-run trains on 100 routes, the Centre must take care to not let it affect other rail cars.

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February 10, 2020
Glide In A Firn Before The Ice Warms
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Glide In A Firn Before The Ice Warms

A game of ice hockey brings into focus the whimsies of climate that’s eating away at Ladakh’s landscape

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February 10, 2020
Cancer Spawns In early Spring
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Cancer Spawns In early Spring

Disease spike cause of concern. Doctors prescribe prevention through a healthy lifestyle.

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February 10, 2020
More Air For A Rarefied Circle
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More Air For A Rarefied Circle

The higher judiciary is a bastion of upper caste males. Greater diversity needs demographic data, a sharper light on the collegium system

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February 03, 2020
What FM Can Do To Pull The Economy Out Of The Rut
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What FM Can Do To Pull The Economy Out Of The Rut

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has little option but to bite the bullet to put the spark back in the faltering Indian economy

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February 03, 2020
STRONG AT THE CENTRE
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STRONG AT THE CENTRE

India’s Constitution, the world’s longest, is the soul of the Republic and an armour for its people

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February 03, 2020
THE LAW'S GRUBBY YARDS
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THE LAW'S GRUBBY YARDS

As if to put litigants on trial, India’s district court complexes are destitute of many basic amenities

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February 03, 2020
FIND A MANAGER, MY LORD
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FIND A MANAGER, MY LORD

Vacancies, poor judicial infrastructure keep India’s justice delivery system in cuffs

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February 03, 2020
COURT OF FIRST AND LAST RESORT
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COURT OF FIRST AND LAST RESORT

As protector of citizen’s liberties and watchdog of the

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February 03, 2020
CORRECTIVE SURGERY UNDER THE DOME
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CORRECTIVE SURGERY UNDER THE DOME

The judiciary has served India well. Yet it suffers from grave maladies that can corrode public confidence in it. This is a prescription to cure the illness.

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February 03, 2020
A NATION COMES ALIVE
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A NATION COMES ALIVE

Never since the early years of Independence has the meaning of India been so keenly contested as now

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February 03, 2020
Unfair Play: The Ball's In The Court
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Unfair Play: The Ball's In The Court

Transparency and accountability are the bugaboos that haunt the BCCI, the IOA and the sports federations. The influential who run them are fighting court orders to resist a fair code for sports administration.

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January 27, 2020
Whose Police Is It Anyway?
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Whose Police Is It Anyway?

On January 14, the Delhi Police got a few admonitory lessons from Tis Hazari judge Kamini Lau.

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January 27, 2020
The Cold Pashmina in a Long Blackout
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The Cold Pashmina in a Long Blackout

A heritage gasps as longest internet shutdown strangles Kashmir’s handicraft industry

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January 27, 2020
Satire's Doughty Donkey
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Satire's Doughty Donkey

The first Tamil political magazine is still going strong after 50 years of poking fun at power

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January 27, 2020
SNAPSHOT - Party Time!
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SNAPSHOT - Party Time!

The traditional bonfires during Magh Bihu this year were fuelled by anger, the raging flames during the mid-January harvest festival turning into a metaphor for the underlying sentiments across Assam.

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January 27, 2020
CHANGING GEARS
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CHANGING GEARS

In the past decade, the SUV has gone from surviving on the fringes to becoming the only kind of vehicle keeping the mainstream afloat.

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January 27, 2020
AVENGERS OF THE STATE
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AVENGERS OF THE STATE

Are the police forces working for the rulers of the day and not for the law of the land? Recent instances point to a worrisome trend in India.

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January 27, 2020
Twice Sworn And Second In Command
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Twice Sworn And Second In Command

Devendra Fadnavis’s deputy CM is now Uddhav Thackeray’s

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January 20, 2020
JNU Violence - Dangerous Minds
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JNU Violence - Dangerous Minds

The relentless attacks on JNU seek to deter the young people resisting this regime’s agenda of establishing a Hindu Rashtra

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January 20, 2020
Why A Football Match Gives Kashmiris So Much Joy...
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Why A Football Match Gives Kashmiris So Much Joy...

Why a football match gives Kashmiris so much joy...

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January 20, 2020
Trumpets: Twitching The Tail of A Serpent
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Trumpets: Twitching The Tail of A Serpent

Iran deplores the killing of its top general, then strikes back at the US. How close are we to the proverbial fuse that lights the train of gunpowder that is West Asia?

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January 20, 2020
JNY Mayhem: Dangerous Course
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JNY Mayhem: Dangerous Course

After crackdowns on anti-CAA protests at many places, rods and stones greet JNUites protesting fee hike

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January 20, 2020
Serving India
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Serving India

ONE unremarkable morning last year, Jhingru died. Shrunken, emaciated and grey, he looked older than his 42 years.

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January 20, 2020
On Their Plates: Fullness
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On Their Plates: Fullness

An indefatigable crusader against rampant wastage of food has vowed to connect the excess with underfed children who need it most

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January 20, 2020
Bundel Bank of Bread
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Bundel Bank of Bread

Tara Patkar in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, offers free meals in a region that lacks healthcare facilities and basic infrastructure

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January 20, 2020
Battling Rebels and Social Evils
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Battling Rebels and Social Evils

In Chhattisgarh’s Maoist heartland, a doctor-turned-IPS officer is rebuilding the lives of tribals with love and personal care

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January 20, 2020
For The Reason Of Our Sanity
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For The Reason Of Our Sanity

A rational idea of spirituality can heal the split personality syndrome afflicting humanity. Reason is a country India has always belonged to.

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January 13, 2020
Bhakti Ras That Binds Bharat
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Bhakti Ras That Binds Bharat

One motherland, one country, one people—this has been the perpetual truth of our nationalism. Anything against this ethos is meaningless.

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January 13, 2020