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The Name Of The Rose
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The Elephant in the Room
Lisa Bloom on the fight for Epstein’s victims: ‘So many powerful men were enablers’
The US lawyer on her fearsome reputation, the criticism she faced for advising Harvey Weinstein, and how 40 years of legal experience did not prepare her for the Epstein files
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February 2, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Xi Shenanigans
Xi’s military shake-up — stripping power from China’s central military command
The latest purging campaign blurs the line between anti-graft drive and political consolidation under Xi’s rule.
theprint.in
February 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Blissful Bihar
NEET छात्रा की कथित हत्या की जांच में बिहार पुलिस कैसे हुई फेल?
पटना के हॉस्टल में रहकर NEET की तैयारी कर रही एक छात्रा की मौत के मामले पर बिहार में इतना हो-हल्ला मचा कि आखिर इसकी जांच CBI की सौंपनी पड़ी
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February 1, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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Lobster Thermidor
Blinkit, Swiggy, Instamart, Zepto: Inside India's ultra-fast grocery deliveries
India's quick-commerce boom means groceries in minutes - but it can be dangerous for riders.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Humongous Statecraft
All that bluster
Poor governance has become the hallmark of Modi’s era, not the aberration. Policy is too often driven by optics, centralisation, and an urge to shock rather than steady, iterative improvement
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January 31, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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Sublime Subaltern
Some OBCs were 'dominant' in medieval India. How history can decode the UGC controversy
Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, employment, bureaucratic categories, and media platforms do.
theprint.in
January 30, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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"We would not be here without the calamities of our yesterdays,” Rushdie.
'Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie’ is Thin in Its Scope, But Also Quietly Defiant
The only time one senses a bit of hurt in his voice is when he recounts how his country of birth, India, took a few weeks to condemn the attack – long after most other nations had done it.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Humongous Overlord
Dissent Beyond Judgements: What Justice Ujjal Bhuyan’s Remarks on the Supreme Court Tell Us
Such public interventions by a sitting Judge could provide the safety valve, the lack of which was witnessed in 2018 when four judges of the court held a historic press conference to seek accountabili...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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We, the People of India: Decoding a Nation’s Symbols
The Robust Debates Around the Creation of Independent India’s National Emblem, the Ashoka Chakra
T.M. Krishna’s book explores what were the debates in the selection of the symbols of the new Republic.
thewire.in
January 27, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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The Elephant Whisperers
'Underestimating upper caste unity': Resentment & resignations within BJP over new UGC rules
Some BJP leaders demand rollback of UGC rules to combat caste discrimination on campuses. Upper caste students say rules are one-sided & could lead to 'reverse bias' against them.
theprint.in
January 27, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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The Heart of India
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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No full stops in India
Sir Mark Tully, the BBC's 'voice of India', dies aged 90
Sir Mark covered some of the defining moments in India's history in a career that spanned decades.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Blackshirts & Reds
Michael Parenti (1933 – 2026): The Inconvenient Public Intellectual
Explore the life and legacy of Michael Parenti, a renowned Marxist scholar who challenged both Left and Right ideologies. Despite being blackballed by the American academic system, Parenti's incisive ...
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January 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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The Enigma of Arrival
The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture
The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture
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January 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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The Wonder That Was India
What is the source of Gopinath's claim of 1.7 million air pollution deaths in India at Davos?
How do Indian and global studies calculate the ‘cost’ of air pollution? ThePrint explains.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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The Fallacy of Marx
Marxism extinguishes democratic rights the moment it captures power: MA Venkata Rao
Being founded on class war, any State founded on Marxism is bound to set itself in opposition, bitter and all-out, against all other nations, libertarian commentator MA Venkata Rao wrote in 1963.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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The final irony
How Noida techie’s death finally angered TV news channels & put the lens on the ‘system’
“If it had been a VIP, everyone would have been there, and they would have been saved,” said ABP News.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Devil's Advocate
The Ordinary in Carney's 'Extraordinary' Davos Speech
The Canadian prime minister's speech at the World Economic Forum is being hailed as landmark. Is it really so?
thewire.in
January 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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The Playboy of the Western World
The Hidden Imran • EQUATOR
The cricketing legend is Pakistan’s most famous man. Can the state make him vanish?
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January 23, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Holy Sin
Avimukteshwaranand: Seer who skipped Ram Temple consecration, 'expelled' Rahul & is now mad at Yogi govt
Avimukteshwaranand has in the past taken stands against both BJP and Congress. On Sunday, he was prevented from taking holy dip at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on Mauni Amavasya.
theprint.in
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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Brahma Chellaney
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January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Window With a Train Attached
Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout, a Fever With a Book Of Poems Attached  | The AIDEM
Before the fever could be diagnosed, it had already begun to write. In that brief, incandescent interval when illness suspends routine yet sharpens attention to a strange, ruthless clarity, renowned e...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Humongous Overlord
Indian judiciary is letting citizens down. When liberty is in danger, judges are looking away
If you are charged with a crime for which there is not a single scrap of evidence the judge will still send you to jail.
theprint.in
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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India Unbound
Why India Foregrounds STEM Research and Suppresses the Humanities and Social Sciences
While research in science and technology is made to serve the optimistic narratives of national and corporate glory, the humanities and the social sciences, which cannot but reveal unpleasant truths a...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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What Aurangabad and Seemanchal Reveal About Muslim Political Assertion and the AIMIM’s Future
The AIMIM’s advances in Bihar and Maharashtra owe less to the portability of the Owaisi brand than to the party’s ability to recruit locally credible leaders in regions where mainstream secular politi...
thewire.in
January 22, 2026 at 1:32 AM