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What the three stampedes in just 127 days of 2025 tell us about what it is to die (and live) in a polarised India
The elastic empathy of politicians, media and audiences in an ideologically supercharged ecosystem
Shashi Tharoor may get all the love, but an MPs' team led by a JDU man is getting more bang for India's buck
Sanjay Kumar Jha & Co have had better impact than the more celebrated Congress (?) charmer
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15 questions journalists who cover the External Affairs ministry must ask their WhatsApp admins at PMO and MEA
With scarcely any gravitas, the MPs’ ‘Global Yatra’ seems to be an exercise in evading accountability
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PR kiya toh darna kya: The MPs' tour of countries is an effort to deflect attention and evade accountability
Instead of telling Parliament, press, and the people why Pahalgam happened, Narendra Modi opts for a TV spectacle
New York Times's owner lists 5 ways in which countries strangle journalists. India ticks all 5 boxes (and he names India)
‘Dash’ Sulzberger on how attacking independent media is a precursor to destroying a democracy from the inside with impunity
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35 front pages in 10 languages from Indian newspapers on the retaliatory strikes on Pakistan
Only a handful are able to avoid using the Hindi label ‘Sindoor’.
Pahalgam: A security briefing, four news reports, and the equation between Ajit Doval and Amit Shah
Reading between the lines (and jumping to conclusions) from a distance of 2,500 kilometres
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