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BJP Must Recover Its Soft Power: Time for the party to learn from the subversive genius of Gandhi
BJP Must Recover Its Soft Power: Time for the party to learn from the subversive genius of Gandhi
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The powers that be need to do more than mistaking dissent for sedition. The contrast is especially striking after Prime Minister Modi’s Independence Day warning against ‘dimagi naxals’—intellectual or ...
Verbalism Rules
3 min read
Article 370: Keeping the Promise of August 5
6 min read
Has the abrogation of Article 370 delivered the security and normalcy that were presented as its main justification?
Bankim Used ‘Hindutva’ Before Chandranath Basu, Savarkar: Scholar
3 min read
Renowned Bengal Renaissance scholar Amiya Sen on the contested history of Vande Mataram, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s complex relationship with Hindu philosophy, Aurobindo and the evolution of Hindutva
Jharkhand Student Protest: The write answer
6 min read
Unlike the recent protests in Delhi, Jharkhand’s students stayed focused on examinations and recruitment
The Vanguard: BJP Rearmed for 2029
10 min read
BJP’s reorganised central team brings younger faces and experienced hands to the fore while the party expands its outreach
From Olympic Dreams to a 10-Year Ban: The Second Doping Case That Could End Shivpal Singh's Career
3 min read
Once hailed as India’s next big javelin hope and an Olympic representative alongside the rise of Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh has now been handed a 10-year ban for a second doping offence. The punishm ...
Print Is Dead? Tell That to the Newspaper That Just Became a Fridge
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Print’s share of India’s advertising market is shrinking, but its creative ambition is expanding. From build-your-own cups to glowing refrigerators, brands are turning the newspaper page into somethin ...
Taylor Swift, Ukraine and Russia's Wanted List: Why Conor Kennedy Is Suddenly Global News Again
3 min read
For years, Conor Kennedy was remembered as the Kennedy heir who briefly dated Taylor Swift. Today, he is making headlines for a far more extraordinary reason. The son of US Health Secretary Robert F. ...