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The 'Great' Education Record of Modi Regime

Education has to play a key role if a country has to progress, and more so, emerge a superpower in the new global order. Whether one wants to look at the example of Japan, China or the Nordic countries in Europe, it was always quality education at all levels, that…
SPORTS

IPL 2026: RCB retain trophy in style, marking new era of dominance

“First time was so nice, we had to do it twice”…and just like that Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) lifted the Indian Premiere League trophy for the second time in a row, entering the ‘Big Boys Club’ of the tournament and marking its new era of dominance. IPL 2025: RCB makes…
OPINION

Democracy Murdered in Bengal as 'Spineless' Judiciary Looked Away

The game that started after Lok Sabha elections ascended to its peak last week, as Bharatiya Janata Party’s winning juggernaut went on to conquer its dream fort of Bengal. Now, irrespective of which party you wanted to win in Bengal, there are enough grounds to discuss whether the elections were…
EDUCATION

Great Nicobar Project, the ecological disaster in making

Amid a tense election season in the country, a rather unique but important issue has popped up, the Great Nicobar Project. Hailed by government and its supporters as the next ‘masterstroke’, while considered extremely dangerous and catastrophic for ecology by environmental experts and opposition. In this Blog, I will try…
EDUCATION

How 'Donroe Doctrine' in Trump 2.0 flushed down global order

“We will keep America out of foolish, stupid, ridiculous foreign wars,” this is what United States President Donald Trump said all while his election campaigns. Yet, till just a week back, the US was fighting perhaps its most unreasonable and clueless war in the Middle East. The recent Iran was…
OPINION

'Regressive' bill insults Trans people, pushes India decades back

At a time when the country was (and still is) grappling with an acute fuel shortage due to the crisis stemming from the Middle East, you would expect the government to be extremely busy in holding war-room meetings, making diplomatic calls and taking stock of the implementation across the nation….
MOVIES

Decoding DHURANDHAR's brilliant filmmaking, poor politics

Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’, which is the talk of the town for some time now, is also one of the most polarizing movies lately. The action-political-espionage thriller starring Ranveer Singh, has shattered records to become Bollywood’s highest grosser and is all set to become the biggest Indian movie franchise EVER (both…
EDUCATION

Are India's GDP numbers exaggerated?

India posted 7.8% GDP growth in the third quarter of fiscal 2025-26 and is projected to report 7.6% growth for the full year. These numbers are well beyond the analyst’s estimates and position India as the fastest-growing major economy. Additionally, the inflation and unemployment rates – at 3.21% and 4.9%…
EDUCATION

Bangladesh Elections: Can this BNP win help reset ties with India?

In August 2024, Bangladesh, a country that once gave a sense of calm in the neighbourhood, went a major political upheaval as student protests against the country’s reservation system turned into a huge and violent anti-government movement forcing then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country. After…