Backgrounder
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Why Nepal is again teetering on the edge of violence
In the last six years, no government has been able to build consensus on a constitution. And now the deadline for the task is up.
Raghu Menon
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Despite largest majority in decades, BJP still resorting to ordinances to change policy
The Rajya Sabha is the primary stumbling block.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Cuba and US: the long, twisted tale of two countries
The US blockade has less to do with forcing Castro's hand than to assuage anti-Castro Cuban exiles in Miami and south Florida who had the ability to swing domestic elections.
James G. Hershberg, The Conversation
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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‘Until August’: Nobel winner Gabriel García Márquez’s last novel is a moving testament to his genius
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Silence on the coal scam is no longer an option for Manmohan Singh
How far up the ladder does responsibility for the irregular allocations go?
Supriya Sharma
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Peshawar school attack: years of inaction on terror groups led to this atrocity
The attack is being seen as one of the worst in nearly a decade of unabated violence in the country that has killed more than 55,000 Pakistanis – most of whom were civilians.
Talat Farooq, The Conversation