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Category: Opinion
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The long goodbye – The Economic Times
A man and his wife are at a restaurant, and the husband keeps staring at a drunken lady swigging her gin at a nearby table.…
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Opinion | Nancy Pelosi on Joe Biden, Tim Walz and Donald Trump
The remarkable thing about the past couple of months in politics has been watching the Democratic Party act like something we have not seen for…
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Sharing our concern with subdued vigour
One can, of course, make things like this up. Except, in this case, it isn’t. IIT Kharagpur authorities have reportedly sent out a mail to…
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Sovereign Gold Bonds: Is GoI killing its Golden Goose?
In earlier times, when a person couldn’t repay a debt, the only options were to beg, borrow or steal. Forgiveness belonged to parables. The sole…
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morning walk: Taking an early morning walk
For a minute, forget about the health benefits of walking. Instead, raise a quiet smile at how wonderful it feels to walk when the world…
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election: Seeing Harris’ candidacy in ethnic terms is puerile — bigger issues are at stake…
Nothing happens for weeks. And then, in one week, everything happens. For weeks, it looked as though Donald Trump was on an unstoppable march, about…
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Bangladesh must protect its Hindus
Reports of Hindu temples, businesses and homes in Bangladesh being vandalised by mobs running amok after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government are deeply…
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Stockdale paradox – The Economic Times
Just a few days back, as the global markets were spooked by the Japanese crisis, investors, especially shares and stakeholders, went into panic selling mode,…
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Why Google faces the slice, not the chop
Technology companies have evolved fairly sophisticated defences to antitrust action that allow Google to take the US ruling on search in its stride. Establishing market…
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One worries about kanwariyas these days as much as those encumbered by their lack of maintaining civic norms. Latest reports of accidents and fatalities after…
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Transformed by travel – The Economic Times
What does travel do to you? Do you come back home a different person? Travel could be a spiritual experience that shakes off our usual…
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Opinion | Facing the Nuclear Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The waiting room of the Red Cross hospital in downtown Hiroshima is always crowded. Nearly every available seat is occupied, often by elderly people waiting…
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bangladesh political unrest: India, show goodwill towards Bangladesh
Like nature, Bangladesh abhors a vacuum. Following escalation in violence and protests demanding her ouster, Sheikh Hasina stepped down as PM on Monday, bringing to…
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