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AAP MP Raghav Chadha says Rajya Sabha legislature party has split, 7 MPs to join BJP

Chadha claimed that he had the support of two-thirds of the party’s members in the Upper House of Parliament.

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True Story: The threat of gerrymandering is real. It’s already happened in Assam

The maps of constituencies before and after the 2023 delimitation tell a clear story.

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Harsh Mander: Language, local governance and finance – the debates that defined Indian federalism

The post-2014 assault on India’s federal democracy follows decades of the uneven implementation and erosion of federalism.

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Interview: India’s main strategy for West Asia in ‘past tense’, US will remain key player

Analysts and officials thinkers have already begun thinking about what comes after the ‘third Gulf War’.

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In the US-Israel war on Iran, women have paid a disproportionate price

Ensuring the safety, rights and participation of Iran’s women is not only a moral imperative: it is essential to any sustainable path forward.

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‘Touring Talkies’: Jayant Kaikini’s essays about movies speak to his remarkable aesthetic curiosity

The essays, written in Kannada, range from film reviews and obituaries to deep dives on background score and the texture of watching a movie.

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Sarmad Khoosat on ‘Lali’, desire and subverting norms: ‘Wherever I can, I take off the top soil’

‘Think Yorgos Lanthimos, not Poor Things, but Lobster. I didn’t want the world to look unrelatable. I’m not taking you into a vacuum.’

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