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As voters become trolls, old friendships are poll-arised
May 10, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Ever since BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from office, social media has been up in arms. A friend who opposed BJP is so upset, she is pruning her friends list of those rejoicing at the verdict….
May 10, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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‘Reawakening Bengal from civilisational slumber’
May 9, 2026, 8:17 AM IST
Defence minister & senior BJP leader argues his party’s mission is to restore the greatness of true Bengali heritage “Hey nuton, dekha dik aarbaar, jonmero prothomo shubhokshon ” – O new one, show yourself once…
May 9, 2026, 8:17 AM IST
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Balcony of boundaries: Adjusting, not disappearing
May 9, 2026, 8:00 AM IST
That little place that looks out is a blessing. It doesn’t make family storms go away. It isn’t an exit. It’s about finding one’s emotional equilibrium. This can be the most loving thing to do…
May 9, 2026, 8:00 AM IST
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Chief message
May 9, 2026, 7:51 AM IST
Suvendu, Vijay have particularly tough jobs to do There was a meme doing the rounds that Bengal’s waiting a resignation letter, Tamil Nadu’s waiting an appointment letter, and Kerala’s waiting to see who’s appointed. Now…
May 9, 2026, 7:51 AM IST
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Germ war
May 9, 2026, 7:49 AM IST
Hantavirus a nudge to test our pandemic readiness A cruise ship has become the scene of a deadly virus outbreak, and everyone’s on edge. Is another pandemic starting? No. Hantaviruses – there are many types…
May 9, 2026, 7:49 AM IST
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On Mother’s Day, be grateful to your guru and god
May 9, 2026, 7:44 AM IST
By Sant Rajinder Singh The second Sunday in May each year marks Mother’s Day – a day to recognise, celebrate, thank, and honour our mothers and all mother-like figures in our lives. There is a…
May 9, 2026, 7:44 AM IST
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The art of blossoming where you are
May 8, 2026, 9:52 AM IST
By Swami Chinmayananda A spiritual seeker should not try to run away in the very beginning but must court life and plunge into its centre, taking life as it comes – good, bad, or indifferent…
May 8, 2026, 9:52 AM IST
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War or not, there’ll always be cake
May 8, 2026, 9:45 AM IST
South Mumbai has lately started to feel a little – backward, so to speak, because the traffic moves. Jokes apart, last weekend, crossing Colaba Causeway, to get to a dinner, felt like the good old…
May 8, 2026, 9:45 AM IST
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BJP’s Bengal Job
May 8, 2026, 9:22 AM IST
Bengal’s long and grim tradition of post-poll violence is on display again. The murder of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant, shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Madhyamgram, is the darkest shadow so far. Across…
May 8, 2026, 9:22 AM IST
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One Nation, One Exam
May 8, 2026, 9:16 AM IST
Like China’s Gaokao, India’s CUET-UG is a ticket to some of the country’s best universities. With standardised tests and scores, it levels the playing field – somewhat – for students in, say, Darbhanga and Delhi….
May 8, 2026, 9:16 AM IST
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Dadi’s gift
May 8, 2026, 8:59 AM IST
She left all of us a priceless legacy – together with an equally great responsibility She was Dadi to all those fortunate enough to know her. Bunny and I were lucky in that we got…
May 8, 2026, 8:59 AM IST
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Pump primer
May 6, 2026, 9:01 AM IST
Uneasy lie heads burdened with crowns. More so when US and Iran are trading fire again, crude is inching up, and rumours of petrol and diesel price hikes are swirling. For the incoming CMs of…
May 6, 2026, 9:01 AM IST
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Rich in so many ways
May 6, 2026, 8:59 AM IST
Indian politicians come from a delightful range of occupations What does one make of the extraordinary feat of Martin family’s winsome ‘threesome’, who won three assembly seats, from three parties, in two legislatures, TN and…
May 6, 2026, 8:59 AM IST
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi effect: Breaking the mental blocks in Bihar
May 5, 2026, 11:51 AM IST
A 15-year-old from North Bihar has done what economists struggle to model and policymakers struggle to engineer. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has walked into the recent edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) and bent the game around…
May 5, 2026, 11:51 AM IST
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The big tent of Indian politics is now Hindutva
May 5, 2026, 8:12 AM IST
Yesterday’s assembly election results are a shot in the arm for BJP. In West Bengal particularly, having thrown everything and the kitchen sink into the fight to oust Mamata Banerjee, it played high-stakes poker and…
May 5, 2026, 8:12 AM IST
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Chennai’s super king
May 5, 2026, 8:10 AM IST
Vijay has been handed something Tamil Nadu has never given a debutant before: a 100-plus-seat mandate, and a likely shot at CM’s chair. Voters have been more than kind. Question now is what he makes…
May 5, 2026, 8:10 AM IST
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Big Bong theory
May 5, 2026, 8:08 AM IST
Bengal, a habitual contrarian, has finally succumbed to the attractions of being one of the crowd of BJP-governed states in north India. Apart from Punjab, Himachal and Jharkhand, political geography has changed. Saffron’s sweep now…
May 5, 2026, 8:08 AM IST
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End this free-dom
May 5, 2026, 8:01 AM IST
Results are out, and they reveal a season of discontent. When three of four large states dislodge incumbents with firm mandates, something’s broken on the ground, from east to south, and maybe elsewhere. BJP’s eyed…
May 5, 2026, 8:01 AM IST
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Opposition’s stale mates… all fall down
May 5, 2026, 7:58 AM IST
Minus key satraps, INDIA bloc is all but done This round’s poll results underline much more than BJP’s durable structural dominance. They also signal implosion of an organised opposition to the BJP dominant party-system. Opposition…
May 5, 2026, 7:58 AM IST
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Solitude as a teacher and discipline of silence
May 5, 2026, 7:56 AM IST
By Venerable Gyaltsen Samten There was a time when life began to draw me away from worldly concerns, and i recognised this shift clearly. It was this inner orientation that led me to choose a…
May 5, 2026, 7:56 AM IST
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