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The politics of accusation and regret

Election season in India comes with many familiar sights – helicopter landings in dusty maidans, impossible promises, sudden displays of religiosity, and Rahul Gandhi discovering yet another explosive scandal involving his political opponents. The routine rarely changes. An accusation is launched with great flourish from a public platform. Television channels amplify it, party workers circulate…

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Why Samvidhan Hatya Diwas matters

The controversy surrounding the observance of “Samvidhan Hatya Diwas” once again raises an important question: Why should remembering one of the darkest chapters in Bharat’s democratic history be objectionable? As someone who grew up with sympathies for the Congress and even held positions in the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) during my youth, I…

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The missing bridge between freedom and responsibility

Ramu Chelimella For centuries, Indian families viewed the upbringing of a daughter as a sacred responsibility. Parents and grandparents consciously groomed girls not merely for individual success, but for life’s larger roles—as daughters, wives, daughters-in-law, mothers, and future custodians of family values. From childhood, girls were taught empathy, sacrifice, relationship management, emotional resilience, respect for…

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The fury of Vrushasena and the turn of the tide

Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao Vrushasena entered the battlefield with grand pomp, his arrival announced by the thunder of drums, the blare of trumpets, bugles, and conches, stirring curiosity even among the enemy ranks. Without delay, he unleashed a relentless volley of arrows upon the Pandava forces, halting the fierce advance of the twin warriors Nakula and…

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Passport-citizenship row: Govt asserts no new decision taken in past 12 years, Oppn says panic being created

New Delhi: A raging controversy erupted Thursday on the passport-citizenship issue with the government asserting that no new decision has been taken on the travel document in the past 12 years and the opposition alleging that groundwork is being done to “arbitrarily deny” citizenship rights to those who “disagree” with the ruling dispensation. Citing the…

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