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March 25, 2024

PM Modi could swing Tesla to India

On March 15, the government announced a new scheme to promote investment in EVs. Any company willing to invest $500 million in a new manufacturing facility that begins production in three years…

Attack in Kabul

Last week, Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Gani admitted the limitations of his government by saying that the Afghan army wouldn’t last more than six months without the help of the US. On Sunday…
January 25, 2018

Senior citizens battling the Public Safety Act

The winter’s dim light exposes Haneefa Begum’s sad countenance. She is 72-years-old and her voice trembles as she makes a low, moaning sound. “Ab yahan koi nahin rehta (nobody lives here anymore),”…
January 25, 2018

When KAS exam takes 3 years

The colonial setup of Government functioning was based on efficient and meritocratic foundation of civil service. This entire system was adopted on the basis of satisfactory results in the polity after independence.…
January 25, 2018

Three crises in a search of a narrative

A writer looking back on reflections of the year is stunned by the triteness of storytelling. There is almost a standard ritual to annual surveys. One cites an economic index, another makes…
January 25, 2018

Politically potent racism against Muslims

As we approach the 69th Republic Day, it may seem that the world’s largest democracy actually nurtures democratic attitudes. But the fact is, our politics continuously defeats India’s people and divides them…
January 25, 2018

Troubling questions

The circumstances in which the issue of disqualification if 20 members of the Delhi assembly, belonging to ruling AAP, by the Election Commission and its subsequent ratification by the President of India,…
January 23, 2018

The great American

In a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the White House earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump made up the name of a non-existent fighter plane, “F-52,”…
January 23, 2018

Rift in the Sangh Parivar exposed

I remember quite distinctly Pravin Togadia’s sensational visit to Pune nearly 14 or 15 years ago. It was a major event announcing the arrival of a “great Hindu icon”, the street which…
January 23, 2018

The Nexus between Oil and Terrorism

Inquisitive observers of the Middle Eastern politics would naturally wonder why Western powers prop up the Gulf’s petro-monarchies, knowing fully well that they are the ones responsible for nurturing Islamic extremism. Does…
January 23, 2018
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