- In the Hindu, MK Narayan explains why India will have to tread carefully on the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month.
- In the Indian Express, Prabhat Patnaik reflects on how Gandhi’s inclusive nationalism was different from the nationalism of the West, which was imperialist and fuelled by the idea of “enemies within”.
- Soumya Kanti Ghosh, writing in Mint, welcomes the Reserve Bank of India’s rate cut but doubts it will spur demand.
- Himadri Bhattacharya, writing in the Hindu BusinessLine, echoes this concern – lower rates and fiscal stimulus alone will not be enough to spur growth.
- As the government mulls using facial recognition technology, Debkumar Mitra points out in the Economic Times that artificial intelligence is not free of bias.
- In the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland on how Brexit threatens a hard-won peace in Ireland.
- Also in the Guardian, Chika Ungiwe shifts focus from Greta Thunberg to the inspiring young climate activists in the developing world.
- Jane Mayer, writing for the New Yorker, investigates how a conservative dark money group created the discredited conspiracy theory about Democrat leader Joe Biden and Ukraine that might now lead to United President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
- Amid an international trend towards greater repression, Uzbekistan, under its new president, is slowly expanding freedoms, writes Navbahor Imamova in the Atlantic.
- Zadie Smith mounts a defence of fiction in the New York Review of Books.
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Former Kalakshetra Bharatanatyam teacher arrested on charges of sexual abuse
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Our bank accounts frozen after protest against Adani port, alleges Kerala Latin church
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties