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From Bollywood to South, films caught in plagiarism controversies

Hindi cinema is flush with plagiarized plot, character, themes and narratives...

How a generation shook the cult of invincibility

Once young people stop fearing power, power usually discovers that it has far...

Statutory patriotism and the Right to Silence

Amendments to the 1971 National Honour Act give Vande Mataram equal status with...

The rise of politics beyond political parties

CJP is not a political party in the conventional sense. It was born out of the...

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The Dawn in Jantar Mantar

Only time will tell whether the historic moments that Jantar Mantar witnessed...

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India's strength is its many languages, not just one

The central misconception underlying the drive toward "One Nation, One...

The curious case of 'The Gaumutra expert'

Science is gloriously indifferent to nationalism, and there is no patriotic...

The slow death of scientific temper

Debate over pseudoscience, institutions and India's evidence crisis

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The Spanish system had the final say

Did the final script in this edition live up to everyone's expectations?...

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The new burden of being a public figure

Once public figures do respond, every word is dissected. Increasingly, it isn't...

Who really won the exam protest?

Governments rarely fear protests simply because people gather on the streets....

Ayodhya, Parliament and a protest losing steam

Parliament is in session, and the government's attention is fixed on defending...

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This protest is only the entrance exam

In Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, governments fell, but replacing governments...

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A faltering government, a floundering opposition

The government's decisions to implement the PM Shri project or to introduce...

Beyond the protest: The politics behind public anger

The immediate temptation is to compare it with the student uprisings that...

India’s space dream needs more than rockets

Pride in serving the nation remains important, but it cannot compensate...

Main Wapas Aaunga turns partition into a timeless love story

Hindi cinema, much before it acquired the “Westernised” term “Bollywood” has...

Ethanol and the Indian motorist: Who is really paying for this transition?

Patriotism cannot be measured by what we pour into our fuel tanks. Nor should...

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A Patchwork Quilt of Kerala Culture

The Princess invites us to see Thiruvananthapuram, my constituency since 2009,...

When peace gives way to rules

West Asia is no longer a region searching for reconciliation. It is one...

When a bus becomes a policy problem

Kerala’s crumbling bus network and soaring private vehicle ownership have...

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FIFA World Cup trophy: Finally, to Latin America or Europe?

This has been a World Cup, it must be said, where the revelation initially was...

From chokepoints to strategic stalemate

The confrontation between the United States and Iran is headed towards an...

49 years later, Mrinal Sen's Oka Oorie Katha finds a new global audience

The most outstanding feature of the film lies in its actors mainly Vasudeva Rao...

Vizhinjam suddenly finds itself all at sea

The facts about the proposed Adani-MSC Vizhinjam Port deal deserve far greater...