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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Rahul Gandhi

PR Ramesh

The Congress leader is yet to become a serious politician

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, February 7, 2025
| Open Essay

A Broken Social Contract

Anat Bernstein-Reich

The resumption of the Gaza war is meant to preserve Netanyahu’s government, not bring the remaining hostages back

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, April 7, 2025
| Locomotif

The New Americanism

S Prasannarajan

Trump is rebranding it for the MAGA cap

The New Americanism
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in Lok Sabha, April 2, 2025

Politics

A Failing Vote Bank

Unambiguous support from BJP’s allies on the Waqf Bill and BJD’s decision to allow a conscience vote are evidence of more and more parties reassessing appeasement politics

Ugrasen ki Baoli, New Delhi

Politics | Dispatch

Who Owns the Past?

Almost 250 monuments protected by the Archaeological Survey of India are listed as Waqf properties in Delhi while whole neighbourhoods are sometimes under litigation, reports

Donald Trump: Trade Tariff

Features | Economy

A Strategy to Survive Trump’s Tariffs

Talking to the US administration, announcing selective tariff cuts and being flexible are working in India’s favour

Manoj Kumar in Upkar (1967)

Columns | The Rachel Papers

Bharat’s Hero

Manoj Kumar (1937-2025) acted out Indian patriotism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake, Colombo, April 5, 2025

Columns | Comment

Candid in Colombo

Pragmatism is redefining India-Sri Lanka relations

Books

Feminist Fire

Banu Mushtaq’s stories that are both folkloric and contemporary make it to the International Booker Prize shortlist

Keshava Guha

Books

Eco Friction

Many fissures of Delhi come alive in Keshava Guha's novel

Columns | Tech Talk

The iPhone Shift

Apple’s tariff impact offers India an advantage

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