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      Rush Hour: 20 TMC MPs seek to join NDA, INDIA bloc demands Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and more

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      Paan once symbolised courtly status in India. Then it became an unsanitary, ‘native’ habit

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    Reality check: Why it is too convenient to label Lalu Prasad's reign as 'jungle raj'

    Ajaz Ashraf
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    What a viral image of two young women tells us about the Hindutva laboratory in Karnataka

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    · Aug 21, 2015 · 06:30 pm
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    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Aug 21, 2015 · 08:45 am
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    A brief encounter with Taliban leader Mullah Omar, as divisive in death as in life

    Ishtiaq Ahmad
    · Aug 06, 2015 · 03:30 pm
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    The Memon row is nothing new: the BJP’s new Tripura Governor has a controversial Twitter past

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Jul 31, 2015 · 05:10 pm
  • Has the BJP imported its 'Love Jihad' fear mongering into Bengal with the Tuktuki Mondal case?

    Has the BJP imported its 'Love Jihad' fear mongering into Bengal with the Tuktuki Mondal case?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Jul 22, 2015 · 10:30 am
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    The many ideas that Teesta Setalvad has come to symbolise

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    · Jul 20, 2015 · 09:15 am
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    In media's Emergency analyses, Indira stood as proxy for anxieties about Narendra Modi

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Jul 14, 2015 · 10:30 am
  • #UnfollowModi: It's not Adarsh Bhakts vs Adarsh Liberals any more but Bhakts vs Bhakts

    #UnfollowModi: It's not Adarsh Bhakts vs Adarsh Liberals any more but Bhakts vs Bhakts

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    Dawood's surrender offer was rejected because it was conditional, says Pawar

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    · Jul 05, 2015 · 09:12 am
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    How is Modi different from Manmohan and Vajpayee on the issue of tainted ministers?

    Dhirendra K Jha
    · Jul 01, 2015 · 12:30 pm
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    How agnostic filmmaker Anand Patwardhan and guru Morari Bapu found common ground

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    · Jun 28, 2015 · 08:30 pm
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    One year on, Modi has battered many constitutional principles – but the biggest victim is fraternity

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    Narendra Modi's frenemies: Some of the PM's friends and fans are also his sharpest critics

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    · May 22, 2015 · 11:30 am
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    Modi's one-year legacy: sharpening social conflicts, nervous religious minorities

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    How I wrote a novel at 19 and was published at 20

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  • ABVP-dominated Delhi students' union seeks to ban 'fake drama on Hindus and Hinduism'

    ABVP-dominated Delhi students' union seeks to ban 'fake drama on Hindus and Hinduism'

    Mayank Jain
    · Mar 21, 2015 · 01:22 pm
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    The Daily Fix: Denting India's image abroad is still a fundamental right (unless you're a BBC filmmaker)

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    · Mar 13, 2015 · 09:24 am
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