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Claude Arpi There are two ways to look at an event, especially a state visit by a foreign dignitary: It can be described as a resounding success, a game-changer, or it can be seen as a missed opportunity, a failure. President Xi Jinping's…
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Swapan Dasgupta Every government is periodically confronted with problems created by the swagger and reckless behaviour of its functionaries. However, when such events escalate into a full-blown crisis, it is often symptomatic of a larger…
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Rajesh Singh The 1950s presented many occasions to New Delhi to push for a Tibet free from Chinese control. But Prime Minister Nehru failed to rise to the occasion. As a consequence, China is now 'up to our gates' Spiritual leader Dalai…
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Sitaram Yechury The latest incident of the dismissal of 11 Dalit students from a BJP state government-run school in Bikaner, Jaipur, on the grounds that they were drinking water from an earthen pot earmarked for an upper caste teacher once…
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Mahesh Kaul Heritage preservation is both historic and scientific process and it cannot be carried out in ad hoc manner and implemented like other construction and building processes. The main aim of the techniques is to maintain the time…
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Rajdeep Sardesai Indian voters have a knack of surprising political pundits. Just a few weeks ago, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah could do no wrong; now, after a series of byelection reverses, the Modi-Shah duo is being blamed for losing the…
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Ashutosh In you we are lost, in you we are found, of you, we are born, to you we shall return, this is ours way of keeping you alive in heart of ours who lived their life with yours music and millions to follow in coming years. Music,…
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Prem Shankar Jha Israel has been at the heart of the turmoil in West Asia for the last 11 years. During this period it has bombed Lebanon, imposed an embargo on Gaza, and then bombed Gaza not once but twice. It has bombed Syria without…
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Er. Jitender Kohli Before Motilal Nehru father of Jawaharlal Nehru became President of the Indian National Congress it was a complete nationalist lot but started tilting to a particular family. Mahatma Gandhi was also very soft for…
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Hari shankar vyas In the by-elections, which were held in three phases, voters of North India have given a special message to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party has got a jolt in by-elections held in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and…
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