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The Modi challenge: Aspirations Vs Mutinies

If prime minister Narendra Modi was not a politician, he could probably be a feel-good…

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Decoding the fake news debate

Smriti Irani has an uncanny knack of giving it back as good as she gets.…

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Its Just Not Cricket

“We were desperate,” admitted Australian captain Steve Smith when pushed to offer an explanation as…

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Modi Vs All

In the mid-1990s, as VP Singh was scrambling to help form a non-BJP, non-Cong ‘Third…

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The Chowkidar against corruption?

The defining image of the 1989 Lok Sabha elections was VP Singh campaigning across the…

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Will 220 be the new 272?

February is arguably the nicest month weather-wise in the national capital: the icy Himalayan wind…

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What Bollywood could learn from South Cinema

On the day when a group of alleged Karni Sena protestors attacked a school bus…

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Two cheers for Judicial ‘revolt’

‘There is one thing that journalists and lawyers have in common, we both love to…

In the name of caste

Caste narratives expose inner fault-lines in our hierarchical society and can easily spark off controversy.…

Gujarat Gives Congress Oxygen but Revival is Still A Challenge

In a movie-crazy country, election victories too often are projected in ‘filmi’ terms. So in…