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Kashmir: putting Indians first

The reality in Kashmir has always been crazily complex: this isn’t some good guys versus…

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Thank god for cricket

There must be a world beyond Yogi Adityanath I keep telling myself. For the last…

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The Rise of the Yogi: the Mask is Off

The first time I met Yogi Adityanath was in his bastion of Gorakhpur ahead of…

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Goa Gone with ‘Money-pur’

So, the BJP is set to form the government in Manipur and Goa, adding two…

Oh, to be 21 again

A young woman spoke out against the politics of hate, on friendship with Pakistan, on…

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Today Narendra, tomorrow Devendra?

One of the first press conferences I covered as a rookie reporter was of Bal…

UP: ten takeaways

It’s the half way mark in the crucial election battle in UP. It is impossible…

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Happy New Year!

A few days ago, while on vacation, I got a throat viral. Illness on holiday…

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Farewell Dileep

If there is one thing Dileep Padgaonkar probably enjoyed even more than a finely written book or article, it was crab curry rice and tisrya (clams) at Anant Ashram, a quaint little restaurant in Mumbai’s Kotachi Wadi that served authentic Goan Saraswat cuisine, The restaurant closed a few years ago; now the man who gave me my first full time job is also no more.

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Sarkar Raj

So Raj Thackeray has proven yet again that he is a true heir to his…