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Ashish Khetan
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Opinion: Cairn’s attempts to seize Indian assets abroad are a display of unbridled corporate avarice
The $1.2 billion arbitral award to the firm undermines the country’s efforts to provide Covid-19 aid to its people.
Ashish Khetan
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To break free from Beijing’s chokehold on solar manufacturing, India should act like China
The country needs to create an end-to-end solar supply chain and manufacturing ecosystem to boost the growth of its renewable energy sector.
Ashish Khetan
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Until India starts celebrating its entrepreneurs, it will never become an advanced economy
Selectively targeting Adani and Ambani is neither helping the Opposition politically nor benefitting the country economically.
Ashish Khetan
Trending
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Why Ashish Khetan wrote a book about his discoveries from going undercover during the Gujarat riots
‘I had always believed that, at some point, I would have to tell the full story of what I witnessed in Gujarat.’
Ashish Khetan
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Delhi violence: How India’s human rights defenders have been silenced
After the Gujarat riots, India’s civil society was crucial in ensuring the judicial and law enforcement authorities played by the rules.
Ashish Khetan
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India’s economic growth: Don’t just tell me the size of the pie – tell me the measure of my slice
India must follow the example of the UK, Australia and the Netherlands in publishing the data on economic inequality and wellbeing.
Ashish Khetan
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Beyond minimum wages: For equitable growth, India must maximise labour’s share in national income
India needs a new framework for workers’ rights.
Ashish Khetan
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Why India needs to rethink its corporate tax cut
The steep reduction has achieved none of its stated objectives – but has left the government poorer by Rs 1.45 lakh crore.
Ashish Khetan
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Telecom crisis: Why India should consider buying embattled Vodafone Idea and merging it with BSNL
This would create the single largest player with the greatest telecom infrastructure, the most subscribers and save tens of thousands of jobs.
Ashish Khetan
The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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If simultaneous elections become a reality, India will turn into a ‘managed democracy’
Money, muscle power will dominate electoral politics.
Ashish Khetan
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Ashish Khetan: Look beyond the CBI raids on NDTV. Indian democracy itself is under siege
The Narendra Modi regime is systematically weakening all opposition to build a dissent-free, one-party state.
Ashish Khetan