Opinions
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Opinion: Why is the Telangana Congress govt celebrating winning elections?
Hyderabad: Winning elections is one thing, and gloating about it is another thing entirely. When a politician or government does that, it doesn’t exactly come from humility. So I’m quite stumped that…
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Against the odds: Muslim Journalists in mainstream India
Hyderabad: They can be counted on fingers. Yet, they have made a significant contribution to Indian journalism. Muslim journalists in mainstream English media may be few in number, but their impact is…
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Indian minorities feel judicial space is shrinking for them
The constitutional promises of equality, liberty, and non-discrimination under Articles 14, 15, 19, 21, and 25 were designed to safeguard both the individual citizen and the institutional architecture of the Republic. Today,…
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BJP and Shiv Sena field extended families in council polls
The First Family of the Congress is accused of running a political dynasty – no doubt there are hordes who are beholden to it for political benefits received and expected – but…
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BCCI must act now to save India’s sinking test cricket future
The selectors must bring in Sarfaraz, groom him into a permanent player in the middle order, and address all the other issues. The sooner this is done, the better it will be…
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Can Nitish Kumar avoid the fate of his mentor Fernandes
The difficulty Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faced while taking oath on November 20 reminded one of the campaign undertaken by his frail-looking mentor, George Fernandes, during the 2009 Lok Sabha election. …
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Opinion: CM saying Hyderabad will compete with cities like Tokyo is laughable
Hyderabad: One of the things that Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy has been repeating is that he will turn Hyderabad into one of the best cities; one that he says can be…
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How Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan defined 1970s Bollywood
A comparison between the two great superstars of Bollywood of the 1970s – Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan – would be an extremely interesting exercise for any fan of movies and film stars.…
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Why NDA swept Bihar ignoring Prashant Kishor’s long-term vision
Almost all prepoll surveys got it wrong about the extent of the NDA victories. But they got one thing right: Prashant Kishor’s poor performance. They, however, largely missed the reasons for his…
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Money power fuels AIMIM wins in Bihar’s Seemanchal region
What is being ignored amidst the larger-than-life presence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen supremo, Asaduddin Owaisi, is the manner in which some local strongmen, contractors, builders, big businessmen etc. have either got elected…
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Beyond politics rediscovering Bahadur Yar Jung the poet orator
Hyderabad: It has taken more than eight decades since his passing away to meaningfully reassess the literary and intellectual stature of Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung. A towering figure of Hyderabad’s socio-political landscape,…
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Zakaria’s new Middle East fantasy ignores Gulf atrocities in war
When there is widespread condemnation of the stand taken by Gulf monarchies on Gaza carnage and Sudanese civil war, the Washington Post columnist, Fareed Zakaria, deemed it fit to shower praise on…
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Bihar Election: For the first time, out-migration becomes a sticky poll issue
Lalu Yadav, Nitish Kumar, and Tejashwi Yadav have rather proudly spoken of how the Bihari migrants have a critical role in the economies of other states which host them. These hapless migrants…
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Polls predict close fight as Bihar votes on welfare and change
The upcoming 2025 Bihar Assembly election is expected to be fiercely competitive, with significant implications for all parties involved. While opinion polls favour the ruling NDA (National Democratic Alliance), they obscure strong…
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Opinion: Azharuddin’s cabinet inclusion is worse than minority tokenism
Hyderabad: Sometimes I think that the Congress does not even try to hide that it is out of cards in politics. With the Jubilee Hills by election coming up soon, one would…
