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The Beastly Beatitude of Banning Love
The Beastly Beatitude of Banning Love
To know love we have to learn to tell the truth. And the truth is, with hostile neighbours and intricate international deals, we can no longer afford regressing culturally.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Gone with the Wind
As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump
Jeff Bezos’s axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America’s democracy to withstand Trump’s attacks
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February 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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Homeless on Google Earth
School's out
I suspect that the schools that urban professionals send their children to are different now. They aren’t privileged boot camps that trained children for college and the world of work
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February 8, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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The Wonder That Was India
‘History is about people, egos, personality clashes, little jealousies’: Biographer Narayani Basu
Basu spoke about her approach to historical writing and the elusiveness of Menon versus the garrulousness of Panikkar, the subjects of her books.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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Gone with the Wind
Washington Post publisher resigns after job cut uproar
The publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, is leaving following massive layoffs at the US newspaper earlier this week.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Sublime Subaltern
André Béteille: A Teacher Par Excellence
He always walked in on time, always prepared and fully present. It takes caring and commitment to be unfailingly generous to students and colleagues. It also takes a lot of homework.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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Rahul Bedi
What Wearing Shalwar-Kameez Taught Me About Identity, Fear and Geopolitics
The shalwar-kameez daily reminds me that dress is more than mere clothing – it can also be a passport to generating subtle chaos.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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Granular Agenda
Modi's Deal With Trump: Submission Sold as High Strategy
Even the erstwhile East India Company might have envied India's one-sided trade deal with the United States.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Epistemic Fallacy
The Normativity of Marx’s Aristotelian-Hegelianism: An Interview with Michael Lazarus
by Jackson Herndon
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February 7, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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The Second Sex
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
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February 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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The Elephant in the Room
The Blind Men of Naya Bharat
The Modi crowd has become arrogantly self-confident in the prime minister’s ability to sell surrender as victory, and failure as success.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Politics as a Vocation
Andre Beteille: A Scholar Remembered
Andre was a master teacher in the classroom, but I learnt from him through countless conversations.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Sunlight on the Garden: A Story of Childhood and Youth
André Beteille (1934-2026): A Scholar’s Scholar
Explore the legacy of André Beteille, a renowned scholar who transformed the study of caste and class in India. His influential work, 'Caste, Class, and Power,' offers deep insights into the social ch...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh
Bihar Bhumihars ask 'Who are we?' Brahmin or OBC, zamindar or oppressed
National caste census has triggered a Bhumihar reckoning. The community in Bihar is waging a new battle for colonial-era Brahmin status
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February 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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Andre Beteille
My walks with Andre Beteille: He was a true scholar who never thought of himself as an academic star
I had recently arrived in Delhi and was lonely and overwhelmed by my new job. Andre couldn’t really care less when I tried to confide in him.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Tinseltown Diva
Rhea Chakraborty and the taming of the trolls
The actor turned podcaster and entrepreneur reflects on trolling, the media, the most difficult time of her life, and Chapter 2
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February 4, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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With Malice towards One and All
‘Kill the Indian first’: Epstein email leak unveils shocking ‘racist’ dig at Hardeep Puri
An email thread featuring Epstein, India's Hardeep Singh Puri and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rod-Larsen went viral online this week. Here's what officially released docs revealed.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Four Stars of Destiny
August 29-30, 2020: Inside details of how Indian Army surprised China at Rechin La & PLA ‘blinked first’
Some of the Army's finest—17 Mountain Strike Corps, Para SF & Special Frontier Force—had taken part in the operation to dominate areas along LAC.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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The Silence of the Lambs
Behind the Silence of India's Veterans
There was a time when former service chiefs and senior commanders spoke freely under their own names, contributing openly to public debate and shaping military policy discourse with their authoritativ...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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The Elephant in the Room
Lisa Bloom on the fight for Epstein’s victims: ‘So many powerful men were enablers’
The US lawyer on her fearsome reputation, the criticism she faced for advising Harvey Weinstein, and how 40 years of legal experience did not prepare her for the Epstein files
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February 2, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Xi Shenanigans
Xi’s military shake-up — stripping power from China’s central military command
The latest purging campaign blurs the line between anti-graft drive and political consolidation under Xi’s rule.
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February 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Blissful Bihar
NEET छात्रा की कथित हत्या की जांच में बिहार पुलिस कैसे हुई फेल?
पटना के हॉस्टल में रहकर NEET की तैयारी कर रही एक छात्रा की मौत के मामले पर बिहार में इतना हो-हल्ला मचा कि आखिर इसकी जांच CBI की सौंपनी पड़ी
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February 1, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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Lobster Thermidor
Blinkit, Swiggy, Instamart, Zepto: Inside India's ultra-fast grocery deliveries
India's quick-commerce boom means groceries in minutes - but it can be dangerous for riders.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Humongous Statecraft
All that bluster
Poor governance has become the hallmark of Modi’s era, not the aberration. Policy is too often driven by optics, centralisation, and an urge to shock rather than steady, iterative improvement
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January 31, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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Sublime Subaltern
Some OBCs were 'dominant' in medieval India. How history can decode the UGC controversy
Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, employment, bureaucratic categories, and media platforms do.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:11 PM