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- February 26, 2026
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Where we goofed up in spirituality
Last evening, I overheard a couple of seemingly learned men immersed in an avid discussion as I took my daily stroll by the poolside. Their topic, quite to my mind’s…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- February 26, 2026
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Why DAP 2026 signals India’s strategic break with dependency, what defence secretary thinks about
On 10 February 2026, the ministry of defence quietly placed on its website a draft that may prove to be one of the most consequential reforms in India’s military modernisation…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- February 26, 2026
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Child marriage and the paradoxes that sustain it
Child marriage exists in India amid a web of paradoxes, and it is perhaps this very complexity that has allowed the crime to survive and even thrive for centuries. Even…
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- February 26, 2026
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If John Steinbeck read the Epstein Files, would he sigh?
I am well into the third year of my research based on the life and works of John Steinbeck (1902-1968), an American author and Nobel prize winner; and at this…
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- February 26, 2026
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How Uttar Pradesh’s youth are redefining success
For long, the political imagination around youth in Uttar Pradesh was shaped by images of mobilisation, assertion and proximity to power. Energy often translated into visibility rather than productivity. That…
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- February 26, 2026
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A clear roadmap for students at every stage
For many students in India, CERN feels like a distant dream, tied only to the Large Hadron Collider and the Higgs boson discovery. In reality, while physics drives CERN’s mission,…
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- February 26, 2026
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The informal economy’s digital shift: Is formalisation finally happening?
India’s informal economy is not being disciplined into formality; it is being translated into data. That distinction matters in 2026. For decades, formalisation meant registration, taxation, and regulatory entry. Today…
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- February 26, 2026
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For millions, entertainment is a necessity, not a luxury
Many migrant workers prioritise spending on phone data plans. Because that’s how they get access to interesting content that helps them cope with daily hard grind Entertainment is often described…
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- February 26, 2026
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Quality – compliance paradox in higher education
Is our higher education compliance centric? The answer is yes, because higher education institutions (HEIs) lay larger focus on securing timely approvals from regulating bodies, subsequently accreditation with a good…
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- February 26, 2026
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Development, cleanliness, religious persecution and a rising superpower – this is what I experienced in 2026
I returned to India after six years, travelling between 24th December 2025 and 4th January 2026. It was a short ten-day trip, but one I used deliberately, not as a…