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A Cannon on Our Chest, Armour in Our Souls: An Arsenal Fan’s 22-Year Odyssey
From the Heart of an Arsenal Fan There is a special kind of loneliness that accompanies having a cannon stitched onto your chest for twenty-two years. Not the clean, tragical loneliness of a team crashing into the abyss, or the quiet resignation of supporting a club that never expects to win. No, the loneliness of…
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Sovereign AI and the Massification of Excellence: An Indian Manifesto
Technology, in a recent commentary by Sanjeev Sanyal, is more than gears and code – it is a levelling force that enables ordinary people to achieve what was once reserved for experts. Citing historical examples like peasants bearing muskets against highly organized Mongol archers or the disruption of the Indian textile industry by industrial looms,…
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The Print’s Latest Secularism Pivot: From Electoral Muscle to Electoral Victimhood
The latest video from The Print, narrated by Amana Ansari and framed under a conveniently misleading headline by Shekhar Gupta, is not journalism. It is political damage control dressed up as introspection. The headline-“Why should only Muslims be responsible for defending secularism?” – entirely changes the crux of the discussion. That distinction matters. But precision…
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The “Untouchability” Delusion: Why Shekhar Gupta’s Mourning of the Muslim Vote is Premature and Pedantic
In the high-walled echo chambers of Lutyens’ Delhi, where the coffee is artisanal and the political theories are increasingly ornamental, a new narrative has been polished for public consumption. In 2018, the Ex-BBC journalist, Tufail Ahmed came with a similar post: “BJP systematically excluding Muslims, marginalized groups from poll process.” It was immediately rebutted by…
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The Fragrance of Constitutional Morality: A Selective Olfactory Guide
Ah, can you smell that? Whenever a political pickle pops up these days, the air is suddenly thick with the pungent, heavy fragrance of “Constitutional Morality”. It’s a vintage scent, usually kept in cold storage by the Congress party and their media megaphones until it becomes convenient to spritz it all over the room. Since…
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The Restoration of the Ballot: A Tale of Two Watershed Elections
The history of Indian democracy is often written in the ink of the common man’s thumb, but occasionally, that ink is protected by the steel of institutional resolve. Two specific chapters – the 2005 Bihar Assembly election and the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election – stand as mirrors of each other. Separated by two decades,…
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The Tectonic Shift in West Bengal: A Battle for the Soul of Democracy
The West Bengal Assembly Election of 2026 has matured into a conflict that transcends simple partisan politics; it is a battle for the very soul of the state’s democratic machinery. For decades, West Bengal has been characterized as India’s most politically violent state, where the “scientific rigging” of electoral outcomes was a well-oiled tradition. However,…
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The Forgotten Story Of A Revolutionary -Batukeshwar Dutt
Independent India has repeatedly failed its heroes. The great son of India, Batukeshwar Dutt is one such revolutionary freedom fighter. His heart-wrenching story exemplifies how easily the Nehru-Gandhi establishment not just forgotten them but how shabbily it treated our bravehearts post-independence. Even after decades of Independence, the political and historical space has been reserved for…
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Operation Sindoor – and the discourse around it.
Three weeks have passed since the “pause” of Operation Sindoor. Perhaps, the right time to objectively evaluate its outcome and the surrounding narrative. In just 72 hours, the protectors of 72 Hoor aspirants were forced to kneel and plead for a ceasefire. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reportedly told the Trump administration that India had…
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ऑपरेशन सिंदूर: भारत की निर्णायक सैन्य जीत
ऑपरेशन सिंदूर के ‘ठहराव’ के उपरांत लगभग तीन हफ्ते बीत चुके है। शायद यह सही समय है कि हम पीछे मुड़कर इस ऑपरेशन और उसके चारों ओर बने नैरेटिव वस्तुनिष्ठ मूल्यांकन करें। पहले, सच्चाई… सिर्फ़ 72 घंटों में, 72 हूरों के आकांक्षियों ने घुटनों के बल माफ़ी मांगी और युद्धविराम की गुहार लगाई।पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री…
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