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What’s in a name: Indian, Hind Or Hindi?

By Ashok Vohra Zohran Mamdani, the first person of Indian origin to be elected as mayor of New York, in…

17 hours ago

Why terror wears white collar

J&K Police described an inter-state and transnational terrorist module it recently cracked open as a ‘white-collar terror ecosystem’. In counterterrorism…

2 days ago

The M in Bihar’s MY was silent, two reasons

For decades, Bihar’s Muslim electorate was front and centre of focus in electoral politics, the so-called ‘M vote’ both JDU’s…

2 days ago

Kali and the wisdom of entropy

By Partha Sinha Kali is not a goddess carved in stone. She is the logic of decay wearing a garland…

2 days ago

Warnings from Red Fort

One, security forces have busted many Islamist terror networks, arresting 80-plus this year. Two, no counterintelligence is foolproof. Three, Pakistan’s…

3 days ago

Bihar & its migration model

65% of households have a migrant. Their remittances are 50% of a household’s income. Outmigration tripled Bihar’s rural wages, ended…

4 days ago

Apology accepted

But all too often, none is forthcoming  I walked back from the park with a posse of neighbourhood ladies, all…

4 days ago

Apology accepted

But all too often, none is forthcoming  I walked back from the park with a posse of neighbourhood ladies, all…

4 days ago

Nitish’s art of freebies

NDA govt has rolled out an enormous welfare package to win Bihar voters. It will have dire fiscal consequences. My…

5 days ago

Nose for the truth

The nose knows. The human animal has only to lift its head, breathe in, and the figure flashes before the…

5 days ago