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Mohan Guruswamy
Mohan Guruswamy is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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US election scenarios: Even if Biden wins, here’s how Trump could still be president
Trump operatives are expected to scrutinise each and every postal ballot and challenge many.
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Why India-China military disengagement requires Russian mediation
A neutral military mediator can understand the tactical security concerns of each side and help in determining the best solution under the circumstances.
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India-China border dispute: Is give and take possible after the PLA incursion into Galwan Valley?
Aggressive nationalism driven by social media equates ‘giving up’ with national loss of face.
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Trending
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Bengal is seeing a Sushant Rajput-style moral panic over BJP leader’s arrest with cocaine
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I was on the WHO team that went to Wuhan to study the origins of coronavirus. Here’s what we found
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Shortest completed Test match since 1935: Reactions to India's win after bizarre day in Motera
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More than cricket: Why did Narendra Modi dismiss Sardar Patel at Motera stadium?
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Motera: Time-lapse video shows construction of world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad
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Covid-19: Here’s what Narendra Modi could do to steer India out of the unprecedented economic crisis
The time has come to make tough decisions. Just clanging thalis and lighting diyas won’t do.
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Budget 2020: Long on rhetoric, short on substance
With government coffers shrinking, where is the money to lead economic expansion going to come from?
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India’s plunging economy: Why 2010-2020 will be remembered as the lost decade
India’s real GDP growth was at its peak in March 2010 when it scaled 13.3%. The nominal GDP in September 2019 was at 6.3%, its lowest in the decade.
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Video
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Watch: Bison return to this Canadian territory for the first time in over a century
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi enjoys a swim with fishermen of Kerala
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Watch: Comedian Munawar Faruqui is back with a joke after spending over a month in prison
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Watch: Milan Fashion Week 2021 goes digital. Here’s how a fashion brand celebrated ‘normal life’
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Watch: Korean band BTS performs ‘Life Goes On’ on television show
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As the losers of the Maharashtra election take power, is democracy really the winner?
Two so-called liberal or centrist parties have tied up with an outfit that viscerally hates religious, ethnic and regional minorities. Where does that leave us?
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Ayodhya case: A Solomonic judgment that doesn’t quite provide closure
Does destroying age-old buildings and monuments reverse history?
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If the Congress aims to become a democratic alternative to the RSS, here’s what it must do
The party must create a competitive imagery that will rekindle the magic it had once cast to combat Hindutva’s pernicious ideology.
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The Reel
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‘The Good Traitor’ trailer: A diplomat turns his back on his country to fight the Nazis
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Watch: Animated film ‘What Is Your Brown Number?’ satirises our obsession with fair skin
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‘Time to Dance’ trailer: Starring Sooraj Pancholi and Isabelle Kaif
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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‘Pagglait’ teaser: Sanya Malhotra-led drama will be streamed on Netflix on March 26
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Will a Chief of Defence Staff put an end to the inter-service tussles in India?
The Indian Air Force, especially, has a record of waging obdurate turf wars.
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By picking Sonia Gandhi as its leader, the Congress has spurned its opportunity for redemption
What the Congress needs now is an ideological and social contrast to the BJP, someone who can dismiss RSS mythology with the contempt it deserves.
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What the economy needs now: Less government, better governance
Some of India’s most distinguished economists list their prescriptions for the crisis. Is this the book Narendra Modi needs to read?
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The Field
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Tennis: Rafael Nadal pulls out of Rotterdam Open due to troubles with his back
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Third Test: Virat Kohli surpasses MS Dhoni for most Test wins as India captain on home soil
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Shortest completed Test match since 1935: Reactions to India's win after bizarre day in Motera
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Third Test: Axar, Ashwin star as India beat England by 10 wickets to take 2-1 lead in Ahmedabad
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India vs England: R Ashwin becomes second quickest bowler of all time to pick up 400 Test wickets