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The Deluge That United
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The Deluge That United

Kerala floods washed away social barriers as people across faiths and castes helped each other survive

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October 01, 2018
Rocking A Hard Place
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Rocking A Hard Place

The BJP’s attempted Dalit outreach draws a backlash from its traditional elite-caste votebank

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October 01, 2018
Leave! This Land Isn't Your Home
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Leave! This Land Isn't Your Home

An infants rape allegedly by a migrant and local rage over joblessness trigger an exodus from Gujarat.

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October 22, 2018
Uncertain Poise
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Uncertain Poise

Opposition unity may foil KCRs best-laid poll plans.

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October 22, 2018
The Courts Went Tantri
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The Courts Went Tantri

The history of the blanket ban on women in Sabarimala is recent.

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October 22, 2018
Asian Century Flirting
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Asian Century Flirting

What will New Delhi do with Chinas call to check the US?

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October 29, 2018
When The Void Won The Vote
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When The Void Won The Vote

As municipal polls are held after a gap of 13 years, depressed turnout in Kashmir speaks of alienation

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October 29, 2018
Imagine There Is No Migrant
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Imagine There Is No Migrant

Anti-migrant biases arent limited to Gujarat. Such poor folk are targeted as outsiders everywhere.

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October 29, 2018
big brother's bearhug
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big brother's bearhug

the inside story of the bid to supersede delhi's aam aadmi party-led elected government.

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october 17, 2016
the dot boomers
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the dot boomers

on stage, he politely demurred when shashi tharoor, chairman of the jury, described him as a digital pioneer.

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october 17, 2016
Narendra Modi's Mandarins
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Narendra Modi's Mandarins

A close-knit team of bureaucrats enjoying the PM’s confidence is his trusted means to realise his vision.

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July 01, 2019
Ilaiyaraaja- A King Without Royalty
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Ilaiyaraaja- A King Without Royalty

Composer Ilaiyaraaja fights for his due, and the industry shows cracks.

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December 17, 2018
Four Years Of 'Modinomics'
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Four Years Of 'Modinomics'

It’s time for an audit. How has the Modi regime fared on the economy? Even beyond DeMo and GST, it’s a patchwork quilt.

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December 17, 2018
Uri Attack: How To Foil Pak Terror Plots For Good?
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Uri Attack: How To Foil Pak Terror Plots For Good?

Avoiding reactionary retaliation, Modi government plans for a cold, calculated response to the Uri attack.

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October 03, 2016
Surgical Strike: The Midnight Surgery
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Surgical Strike: The Midnight Surgery

Along with punitive measures against Pakistan—a diplomatic offensive, boycott of the SAARC summit and talk of an Indus waters offensive—comes the ‘surgical strike’ across the LoC. India awaits a response.

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October 10, 2016
Dystopia's Online. And it Will Not Die.
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Dystopia's Online. And it Will Not Die.

It’s the season of predictions, so let’s be audacious: twitter will be the human race’s #pathtosurvival

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November 07, 2016
Did Advani Go Soft On Dawood Link?
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Did Advani Go Soft On Dawood Link?

Investigative journalist Josy Joseph’s book A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India reveals that intelligence agencies had given inputs of links between mafia don Dawood Ibrahim and Jet Airways promoter Naresh Goyal in the early 2000s. Many notes were sent to then deputy PM L.K.Advani, but nothing was done—even after the government was shattered by the Kandahar hijack. In fact, soon after the hijack, Goyal was given security clearance for Jet. The exclusive extract here shows the hold Dawood has over Indian business the questionable rise of Jet Airways and the politicians who benefited from it.

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August 1, 2016
Surgical Strikes Will Affect The Assembly Polls In Uttar Pradesh!
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Surgical Strikes Will Affect The Assembly Polls In Uttar Pradesh!

Surgical strikes by the Indian army are set to affect the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

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October 24, 2016
How Patidars Found Merit In Reservation
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How Patidars Found Merit In Reservation

All along, the Patels of Gujarat had stood in opposition to caste quotas. That did not work, so they have started demanding OBC status.

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October 31, 2016
The Great Job Chase
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The Great Job Chase

FDI’s up, so is GDP. And yet the demographic dividend lies untapped. Here’s why.

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October 03, 2016
Arvind Kejriwal: St Teresa Of Calcutta!
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Arvind Kejriwal: St Teresa Of Calcutta!

One does not need any skill to serve the destitute, only a desire for service.

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September 12, 2016
The Roaster Of Judges- It's A Relative Matter!
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The Roaster Of Judges- It's A Relative Matter!

Keep those elevated from the subordinate judiciary out, and nearly half of India’s top judges are kith and kin of ex-judges and top jurists.

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September 19, 2016
In Meluku, East of Eden
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In Meluku, East of Eden

The Story of Spices is the Story of Temptation—and Human Civilisation’s Rise and Fall. A String of Fabled, Fragrant Islands Forms its Kernel.

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January 16, 2017
The Hills Tied In Knots
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The Hills Tied In Knots

A Bill In Matrilineal Meghalaya Bars Khasi Women From Inheritance Rights If They Marry Non-Khasis.

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September 03, 2018
It's Personal Once Again
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It's Personal Once Again

The Triple Talaq Bill Made Big Noise When It Was Drafted Last Year, But It Is Still To Serve Its Purpose.

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September 03, 2018
Changing Gears
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Changing Gears

That our roads are getting deadlier by the day isn’t really breaking news. But no one thinks this fact will ever come home to roost. Well, in my case, it did – literally!

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September 03, 2018
Charge Through The Cappuccino
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Charge Through The Cappuccino

Presenting Calcutta’s Cafe Positive, where young HIV positive persons deliver a strongish brew.

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September 03, 2018
The Damn Floods: Why We Are Never Prepared
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The Damn Floods: Why We Are Never Prepared

Why does nearly every ‘natural’ disaster hit us on such a scale? What are we doing wrong? Who’s guilty? Kerala’s monster monsoon leaves us with a deluge of questions.

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September 03, 2018
The KCR Gambit
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The KCR Gambit

Political debate heats up in Telangana over early elections.

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September 10, 2018
Count Your Rupee In Cents
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Count Your Rupee In Cents

Will 70 to a dollar be the new normal for the Indian currency?

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September 10, 2018