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Nikita Sud
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Opinion: India’s bulldozer raj springs from the very opposite impulse of nation building
Nations forged in devastation resemble petty mafias of muscle and flex. Neither a new politics, nor a vibrant economy can flourish in this morass.
Nikita Sud
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Why are they going after Bollywood?
In the promised horizon of New India, there will be no decadent elites. They must all fall in line with the national will.
Nikita Sud
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Illegality vs informality: What the crackdown on slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh is really about
The state’s rulers aspire to proclaim their moral and legal credentials, which will be utilised in re-ordering society along an upper caste, Hindu morality.
Nikita Sud
Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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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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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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Odisha Health Minister Naba Das shot at by police official, taken to hospital
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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The Gujarat model: What violence in the name of cow protection tells us about BJP's caste politics
The party wants to include Dalits into its Hindu vote bank, but the age-old caste prejudices remain deeproted.
Nikita Sud
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Holy cow: Our bovine protectors are milking an old script (with new hypocrisy)
Cow protectionism isn’t new in India – but the political cache it commands is.
Nikita Sud
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The debate around land acquisition law is all good – but what about the landless?
The current debate is centred on the conflict between the interests of farmers and industry. There are many more livelihoods at stake.
Nikita Sud
Video
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch
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Watch: American black vulture spotted in Delhi-NCR region in rare sighting
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Eco India: How this green school in Jaisalmer is also championing girls education
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Congress is a large tent: it shelters both secularism and communalism
Those who think that the Congress is secular betray an ignorance both about the party and the complex principle.
Nikita Sud
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For Hindu nationalists, striking fear among India’s minorities is the ‘real development’
Emboldened that ‘their government’ is again in power, Hindutva supporters are back to spreading violence.
Nikita Sud
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Is the Gujarat model playing out again in East Delhi's Trilokpuri?
Patterns of communal moblisation evident in the western state seem to be recognisable in East Delhi last month and western UP last year.
Nikita Sud
The Reel
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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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