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Bank board governance is having a once in a generation moment
May 5, 2026, 1:29 PM IST
Something is shifting in Indian banking, and most of the commentary has missed the point. Over the last eighteen months, boardroom tensions at more than one private sector bank have spilled into public view. A…
May 5, 2026, 1:29 PM IST
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The quiet truth about data science work
May 5, 2026, 1:25 PM IST
Many times, the only truth that remains is the effort put into solving a business problem. The outcome eludes us. An honest data scientist would admit. Data science teams have struggled to attribute revenue improvements…
May 5, 2026, 1:25 PM IST
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Vijay didn’t follow strategy. He followed timing. And Tamil Nadu said yes.
May 5, 2026, 1:08 PM IST
For months, people laughed at Vijay. “Wrong strategy. No political experience. No alliance. Cinema crowd won’t become a vote bank.” On paper, everything he did looked like a mistake. But here’s what nobody wants to…
May 5, 2026, 1:08 PM IST
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The man who gave Modi Bengal: How Sunil Bansal cracked the last citadel
May 5, 2026, 12:54 PM IST
Counting halls have their own unique atmosphere. On 4 May 2026, in Kolkata, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s mood was one of confirmation rather than surprise. Throughout the morning, the vote leads remained steady, then grew…
May 5, 2026, 12:54 PM 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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May the 4th be with BJP: Vijay’s Tamil blockbuster, Didi’s Bengal meltdown and the return of Congress
May 4, 2026, 6:24 PM IST
On this May 4, the force in Indian politics is not with the regional satraps. In Tamil Nadu, Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar – simply Vijay to his supporters – has just delivered the biggest disruption of…
May 4, 2026, 6:24 PM IST
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Bengal: When fear recedes, the voter returns
May 4, 2026, 4:36 PM IST
Although elections were held across five states and Union Territories, the nation’s—indeed the world’s—eyes were fixated on West Bengal. Some were hopeful, some were worried, but everyone was watching. A BJP win was on the…
May 4, 2026, 4:36 PM IST
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Bengal’s Anand Math moment
May 4, 2026, 4:32 PM IST
“We would have been forced to leave Kolkata like Kashmiri pandits if Modi and Amit Shah had not deployed so many forces to de-tox the atmosphere and ensured fearless voting”- A Bengali lady voter from…
May 4, 2026, 4:32 PM IST
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A new chapter in Maharashtra’s development begins
May 4, 2026, 7:54 AM IST
The inauguration of the Mumbai–Pune ‘connecting link’ marks the beginning of a new chapter in Maharashtra’s development. In fact, , the state has entered a glorious era of infrastructure development with projects such as Atal…
May 4, 2026, 7:54 AM IST
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Writing without a writer?
May 4, 2026, 6:54 AM IST
We have always mistaken eloquence for intelligence. It is an easy mistake to make, for the assured use of written language has indicated that someone is in control of one’s thoughts and is able to…
May 4, 2026, 6:54 AM IST
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Set the record straight
May 4, 2026, 6:50 AM IST
What do you do when a 7-year-old breaks a world record? Meet Ishank Singh. He’s just 7, but he loves water so much that people call him a “water baby.” He started swimming when he…
May 4, 2026, 6:50 AM IST
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Down the barrel
May 4, 2026, 6:47 AM IST
Blockade of Hormuz is hurting world’s poor most. Collapse of a US budget airline is latest reminder Whether the war between Trump and Iran is over or just paused, it is still affecting everyday people….
May 4, 2026, 6:47 AM IST
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Pursuit of Buddha’s relics
May 4, 2026, 6:46 AM IST
The Buddha relics, on view in Ladakh now, are home in India exactly a year after they surfaced, set to go under the hammer, from a private collection. In 1898, William Claxton Peppé, a British…
May 4, 2026, 6:46 AM IST
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The Trumped-up manliness of MAGA-verse
May 4, 2026, 6:42 AM IST
American men are facing a crisis of masculinity, driven by uncertainty about what it means to be a man in an era where their traditional dominance is being called into question. It’s left them flailing…
May 4, 2026, 6:42 AM IST
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