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India Stands ‘Shoulder-to-Shoulder’ with UAE Amid West Asia Tensions: PM Modi
India Stands ‘Shoulder-to-Shoulder’ with UAE Amid West Asia Tensions: PM Modi
2 min read
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed India’s strong support for the UAE, condemned attacks, praised its leadership, and stressed diplomacy, regional stability, and the growing importance of the Ind ...
Suvendu Adhikari: Man on a Mission
Suvendu Adhikari: Man on a Mission
6 min read
BJP’s first chief minister in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, focuses on law and order and Central schemes, showing a determination to change the state’s outlier image and reclaim its cultural roots
Who Writes Our Past?
Who Writes Our Past?
11 min read
India’s story cannot be reduced to a single lineage or a single grievance
Soft Power and Glory: Behold: India showcases its soul at the Venice Biennale
Soft Power and Glory: Behold: India showcases its soul at the Venice Biennale
4 min read
Curation at a biennale is not decoration. It is argument. It is the making of a case— about who you are, what you think, what you offer to the conversation of human civilisation. And Amin Jaffer made ...
West Asian Crisis: Austere and Onwards
West Asian Crisis: Austere and Onwards
4 min read
Fresh from BJP’s electoral success, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pivots to economic discipline as the West Asian crisis drags on
Assam: Security First
Assam: Security First
3 min read
With BJP in power in Assam and West Bengal, Himanta Biswa Sarma is more confident of stopping illegal immigration from Bangladesh
Vijay: Great Expectations
Vijay: Great Expectations
4 min read
Vijay will be tested on each of his promises and scrutinised by both friend and foe
Sikkim: Buddha on the Lake
Sikkim: Buddha on the Lake
8 min read
Lhendup G Bhutia rides two days on a motorcycle to one of the world’s highest glacial lakes in Sikkim that continues to draw Buddhist pilgrims for its association with an 8th-century tantric master
Vietnam: Guide Me, Anthony Bourdain
Vietnam: Guide Me, Anthony Bourdain
7 min read
From Saigon’s roadside soup stalls to Hanoi’s plastic-stool shrines, Aditya Iyer goes in search of Vietnam through the palate of gastronomy’s greatest chronicler
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Suvendu Adhikari: Man on a Mission
Suvendu Adhikari: Man on a Mission
BJP’s first chief minister in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, focuses on law and order and Central schemes, showing a determination to change the state’s outlier image and reclaim its cultural roots
West Asian Crisis: Austere and Onwards
Fresh from BJP’s electoral success, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pivots to economic discipline as the West Asian crisis drags on
Assam: Security First
With BJP in power in Assam and West Bengal, Himanta Biswa Sarma is more confident of stopping illegal immigration from Bangladesh
Vijay: Great Expectations
Vijay will be tested on each of his promises and scrutinised by both friend and foe
BJP Gets Ready In Uttar Pradesh
Shooter Held | Protecting Street Children | Chennithala’s Claims | I-PAC As Punching Bag | Pakistan’s Hidden Agenda | Election Commission Vindicated
A Generational Shift: VD Satheesan is Kerala's First Post-Independence-Born Chief Minister
After days of dithering, the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress high command finally names VD Satheesan the new Kerala chief minister
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