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Lights, camera, politics and, for some, cut
March 28, 2024, 8:12 AM IST
Ramayan’s Ram, Arun Govil, and Jhansi ki Rani Kangana Ranaut are BJP LS candidates. How do actors fare in politics? A short history As Kangana prepares to play the real-life role she’s long eyed –…
March 28, 2024, 8:12 AM IST
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Not working out: New report shows jobs crisis is the No 1 economic challenge; You wouldn’t know it from election rhetoric
March 28, 2024, 8:08 AM IST
India’s economic growth in the first three quarters of 2023-24 exceeded 8%, well above most optimistic projections. A LoknitiCSDS survey of youth in Delhi, however, indicates that headlines miss something. Eighty percent of the respondents…
March 28, 2024, 8:08 AM IST
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Baltimore To Bihar: Bridge collapse in US is reminder how creaky many of India’s bridges are & how deficient current upkeep is
March 28, 2024, 7:56 AM IST
When a bridge collapses, it reveals the fragility of structures that undergird our lives, that we take for granted. The bridge collapse in Baltimore is prompting questions about safety and strength of American infrastructure. India…
March 28, 2024, 7:56 AM IST
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In festivals we celebrate human connections
March 28, 2024, 7:48 AM IST
By Bhartendu Sood The scenes of Holi celebrations across the country and even in neighbouring countries appear to carry one message, ‘Life is life with others.’ It is life from, for, and with one another….
March 28, 2024, 7:48 AM IST
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Eggs Kejriwalled
March 28, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Like same-name snack, he’s been toasted, grilled – and now burnt Devi Prasad Kejriwal, member of Bombay’s toff Willingdon Sports Club, asked for cheese toast topped with an egg and diced green chillies. That personal…
March 28, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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With opposition vocal for local, BJP should think supra-national
March 25, 2024, 8:17 PM IST
Last week, a Bengali technician based in North Kolkata visited me to undertake a maintenance job. The conversation, predictably, drifted to the coming general election. He was of the view that despite the goodwill and…
March 25, 2024, 8:17 PM IST
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As US states consider age-gating social media, India should ponder curbs too
March 25, 2024, 8:12 PM IST
Recently, the Florida state legislature passed a Bill that requires social media users to be at least 16 years old, with a third-party age verification. For ages 14 and 15, users require parental consent. Those…
March 25, 2024, 8:12 PM IST
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Will Kejriwal in jail sway voters? Not a chance
March 25, 2024, 8:01 PM IST
Is it wrong to arrest a sitting chief minister like Arvind Kejriwal? No, chief ministers should have no immunity. But the charges should be credible. Is Kejriwal’s arrest justified after his persistent refusal to appear…
March 25, 2024, 8:01 PM IST
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Phony joys: When the young are less happy than the old, personal tech could be the reason
March 25, 2024, 8:53 AM IST
It’s a near-universal phenomenon: The cult of youth. Books to movies and music, most countries’ cultural indicators would have us believe that it is their young who are really living it up. While the elders…
March 25, 2024, 8:53 AM IST
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Piscean story: Indians are eating more fish. Great. And more Indians are eating fish. Even better
March 25, 2024, 8:50 AM IST
Welcome to the blue foods club, said Coastal India, fabled lovers of all things fish, to India’s new fish frat. In 2005-06, about 73cr Indians ate fish. By 2019-20, almost 24cr more are consuming fish…
March 25, 2024, 8:50 AM IST
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Holi, IPL, Elections
March 25, 2024, 8:44 AM IST
All festivals have their unsavoury bits. But they give us distinct forms to express ourselves individually and collectively. Festivals bring us together. So our need for them endures Nothing looks and feels more like a…
March 25, 2024, 8:44 AM IST
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‘Who decides what core values of nationalism are? Is dialogue possible or is it all exclusive?’
March 25, 2024, 8:34 AM IST
Anthropologist, expert in politics of memory, and president, Goethe-Institut worldwide, Carola Lentz,on her first India visit, tells Narayani Ganesh nationalism’s a double-edged sword, that knowing languages is the first step to intercultural understanding, that aging…
March 25, 2024, 8:34 AM IST
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Bygone brand: How expat fam lost its status
March 25, 2024, 8:21 AM IST
In the early days when Indians were mad about ‘phoren’ goods it was so easy to give gifts on trips home and win the love and gratitude of sundry family members and friends. Packets of…
March 25, 2024, 8:21 AM IST
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Do it right: Arresting, investigating a CM isn’t the issue. But graft probes must be seen to be politically impartial
March 23, 2024, 9:27 AM IST
After Jayalalithaa, Kejriwal has become the second CM to be arrested while still in office. Trouble has been brewing for AAP ever since it introduced a new liquor policy in 2021. Withdrawing it in 2022…
March 23, 2024, 9:27 AM IST
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After Bonds: EBs were a small part of poll funding. And incentives for donors & recipients haven’t changed
March 23, 2024, 9:23 AM IST
SC’s Feb 15 verdict that held that electoral bonds are unconstitutional led to two positive developments. First, it shut down a form of funding that had conflicts of interest and hid info relevant to voters….
March 23, 2024, 9:23 AM IST
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India’s young & India’s Gods
March 23, 2024, 9:17 AM IST
Hindu men in their 20s & 30s have refashioned worship: less ritualistic, more experiential Young Hindus have made it known that matters of worship are too serious to be left in the withered hands of…
March 23, 2024, 9:17 AM IST
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What Kejriwal’s arrest does not mean
March 23, 2024, 9:14 AM IST
A prominent politician jailed doesn’t automatically mean a sympathy wave. Voter profiles, notions of voter loyalty are evolving. But such arrests do swing the focus on law enforcers Arrests of any high-profile politician tends to…
March 23, 2024, 9:14 AM IST
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Big commie is watching: How digital spying helps China’s communists
March 23, 2024, 9:03 AM IST
With the power and omnipresence of its surveillance, China is turning science fiction dystopia into reality, says The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China by Minxin Pei. We have heard about…
March 23, 2024, 9:03 AM IST
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Chennai Super King: That SC has to remind Ravi to follow the Constitution, underlines how much the guv’s office needs reining in
March 22, 2024, 8:46 AM IST
IPL 2024 is here and for cricket fans there’s just one CSK. For others, it’s possible that TN guv RN Ravi is the alternate Chennai Super King. It’s unusual for Supreme Court to express its…
March 22, 2024, 8:46 AM IST
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Electoral or marital, a bond is a bond
March 22, 2024, 8:39 AM IST
Businesses depend on govt not only for clearances but also to build targeted infra that can help them be globally competitive. When businesses seek an alpha male provider, they have to cough up the dowry…
March 22, 2024, 8:39 AM IST
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