Every generation finds its own word of insult. India’s Gen Z has taken “cockroach”, a word meant to demean young protesters, and turned it into a slogan, a...
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Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul, Afghanistan stands at a difficult crossroads. The Taliban has survived the collapse of the Western-backed government,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address from the Red Fort on August 15 introduced a phrase that quickly overshadowed several of the policy announcements made...
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Sheikh Hasina has finally put a date on her return. Nearly two years after fleeing Dhaka in the face of a mass uprising, Bangladesh's former prime minister has announced that she...
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Nearly half of India's Chief Ministers have declared pending criminal cases against themselves, according to a fresh analysis of self-sworn election affidavits. Fourteen of the...
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Every election produces a winner. Only a few produce a message. The 2026 Bankipur Assembly bypoll belongs to the second category. Prashant Kishor's victory is not merely the...
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For years, former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh carried a political burden that often overshadowed one of the most consequential public careers in independent India. While his...
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Few figures embody the decay of Indian television news as starkly as Arnab Goswami. Over roughly the same span that the Modi government has governed India, Goswami has built...
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Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned as Union Education Minister. After weeks of sustained pressure, the announcement finally came. Yet watch the usual channels and you will hear a...
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Development has long been presented as the path to prosperity. Dams, highways, industrial corridors, mines and river-linking projects are often celebrated as symbols of national...
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