In what could be a pivotal moment in the election, PM links Congress’s redistribution stance to its pursuit of quotas for Muslims at the cost of OBCs
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The trials of collecting material on the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
Politics | Elections 2024
Policies that encourage redistribution have a poor track record and Congress’ leftward lurch is more a vision of class war than empowerment
Politics | Elections 2024: In the Arena
In New Delhi, BJP candidate Bansuri Swaraj taps into the legacy of her mother and the youth vote
Politics | Elections 2024: Dispatch
The Lok Sabha polls in the Union territory are just the means to achieve a favourable condition in the proposed Assembly election
Politics | Elections 2024: In the Arena
Betting on Bengaluru: Women and welfare play key roles in India’s IT capital
Columns | Insider
In a play on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s “dual engine sarkar”, the BJD veteran sought the support of voters for the “dual shanko” (conch shells)
Cinema
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Essays
Why those from small towns, whether it is William Shakespeare or DH Lawrence, are the equal of their more urban peers
Books
Neel Mukherjee’s new novel is a quarrel with capitalism. The author speaks about choices made and those deferred
Columns | The Rachel Papers
A London exhibition explores the life and legacy of Ranjit Singh
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Muslim-First Congress Minhaz Merchant
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