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Ashok Swain
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Review the Indus Waters Treaty, not for revenge but for development and peace
India would gain more by making the 56-year-old water-sharing pact with Pakistan wider to meet the region's increasing water and energy demands.
Ashok Swain
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Why saffron terror is not a myth
By shielding Hindu terror suspects, the Modi government is making a big mistake. It should learn from Pakistan’s blunders.
Ashok Swain
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Why Donald Trump + Ted Cruz = Narendra Modi
The Indian prime minister sounds like one US presidential aspirant and thinks like the other.
Ashok Swain
Trending
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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How Pakistan’s massive power outage has reaffirmed fears of a Sri Lanka-style economic collapse
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Academics abroad must #standwithJNU despite the hate mail from Hindutva fans
There is more than one reason to back the students' movement in India. Preservation of democratic values is just one of these.
Ashok Swain
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If Sweden could stand up to Israel for Palestine, why can’t it stand up to Modi for India?
In a major foreign policy makeover, Sweden decided to side with the weak and powerless. Why then is it cosying up to Modi?
Ashok Swain
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Could the Dalit students’ agitation be Modi's Mandal moment?
VP Singh paid a big price for expediently implementing the Mandal Commission suggestions. The prime minister risks the same fate.
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Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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Mr Prime Minister, don’t suppress dissent – it is critical for India’s economic growth
History has shown us time and time again that squashing dissent doesn't make it go away. After a while, it explodes with violence.
Ashok Swain
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Why are so many in the Hindu diaspora completely taken with Modi?
The prime minister's charisma doesn't stem from his policies, it comes from his credentials as a Hindu nationalist.
Ashok Swain
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How India’s economic blockade of Nepal may cause more severe floods in Bihar
The fuel shortage caused by the blockade has pushed Nepalis to deforest lands in search of firewood for cooking. As much as Nepal, Bihar will pay the price.
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The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’