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Modi’s Water Mantra

The Jal Jeevan Mission is fulfilling a promise to provide every rural household with drinking water and a tap, a grand plan that began with the government integrating its disparate arms dealing with water under one ministry. Its biggest challenge now is to sustain groundwater and ensure India’s water security

The Water Wars

India must elevate the increasingly scarce resource to a strategic level

Mithun Chakraborty: A Hero’s Welcome

Former Naxalite, king of B-grade films and hotel magnate Mithun Chakraborty has traversed the political spectrum to finally land a breakout role

The Indiscreet Charm of Abbas Siddiqui

Can the sinking Left expect a rainmaker in the brash cleric, its new ally?

An East Bengal In West Bengal

The 2021 struggle for power is shaped by history, geography, demography—and a miracle by the mahatma, argues MJ Akbar

An All-Inclusive Deal

Can social engineering and pre-poll sops help the AIADMK alliance return to power?

Demography Is Destiny

Identity still holds the key to West Bengal despite the pronounced economic disparities

The Gamosa Metaphor

BJP banks on development, Congress plays the CAA card—and the battle remains essentially Assamese

BJP’s Campaign for the Future

The scorched-earth offensive

The Algorithm of Freedom

We can either surrender to global tech giants or lead the way

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