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Electoral bonds open up yet another route to further the unholy nexus between corporate houses and political parties…
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When the results were declared, Irom Sharmila’s eyes welled up, but she did not allow her tears to diminish her steely…
By Martin Macwan |
The vulnerability of women to sexual and other violence in the context of caste has been a sorry feature of our…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
A person in public life has to be a person of character exercising self-restraint all the time. Gandhiji believed in…
By Arun Maira |
A popular movement against corruption, swelling in 2013, and the perception that governance had become paralyzed,…
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I must see the film “Udta Punjab” next week! I am told that the proliferation of drugs in the State is the single…
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The real new item on the menu is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s one seat in the assembly. Both the BJP side and the anti-…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
The ‘patidars’, who are Patels, a surname noted for being numerically the most popular Indian last name in the US, are…
By Arun Maira |
The country is open to citizens’ protests: on the streets, in the press, and increasingly in a hyper-active social…