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The Indian Wedding as Set Piece

Mock weddings, haldi parties and the rise of recreational rituals in India

09 July 2025
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Guarantees without payouts: Karnataka's welfare model under strain

The statewide trucker strike exposes the fiscal faultlines beneath Karnataka’s ambitious welfare model

09 July 2025
Soham Parekh
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Moonlight Sonata: What the Soham Parekh Saga Reveals About Work Today

As one engineer becomes a symbol of betrayal and redemption, the real question is whether we have outgrown the idea of singular loyalty at work

07 July 2025
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Gukesh’s Win Over Carlsen Has the Fandom Spinning

Magnus Carlsen underestimated Gukesh. The 19-year-old proved him wrong, and how

04 July 2025
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Kolhapuri Chappals at ₹1.16 Lakh: What Fashion Forgets When It Borrows

How luxury brands keep erasing the origins of Indian crafts

26 June 2025
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Karnataka’s 12-Hour Workday Proposal Sparks Alarm Across Tech Sector

In India’s Silicon Valley, longer workdays threaten to displace workers and rewrite the idea of modern labour

19 June 2025
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The Dreamliner Spiral

As incidents mount, Boeing’s flagship widebody aircraft faces renewed scrutiny

16 June 2025
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The Long Undoing of Iran–Israel Relations

Behind the hostility between the two former allies lies an old, improbable intimacy

14 June 2025
Art & Culture
Colonial Imprints

When textile labels chronicle the Raj legacy

13 June 2025

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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