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- May 7, 2026
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Vijay’s Vijay
Vijay winning in Tamil Nadu is a big surprise—and a big lesson. For a long time, many experts believed that just being famous (like a movie star) doesn’t easily turn…
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- May 6, 2026
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Mario, meu amigo
How many a page, how singular a partnership we shared 1970s Bombay. Khushwant Singh had pulled The Illustrated Weekly of India out of its dog-eared irrelevance in dentists’ waiting rooms…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- May 6, 2026
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Growing multifaceted Sri Lanka-Vietnam ties: Top Vietnamese leader’s visit marks historic milestone
Vietnam and Sri Lanka share notable similarities in history, geography and culture. Their relationship predates the establishment of consular relations in 1964. Initially, the ties were shaped by anti-colonial solidarity,…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- May 6, 2026
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The misfit next door and the art of making a good club sandwich
Right next to the Taj in Mumbai, that grand, perfectly lit overachiever of Indian hospitality, sits the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, looking like it has absolutely no interest in competing.…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- May 6, 2026
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The Weekly Vine Edition 90: Bhadralok Janata Party, Star Wars for beginners, and the perfect club sandwich
Hello and welcome to another edition of The Weekly Vine. In this week’s edition, we wonder whether the BJP has become the Bhadralok Janata Party, decode the hype around The Devil…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- May 6, 2026
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The personal orbit model: Why we all need time management
I once came across a humorous parody of the classic advice columns you often see in magazines. (I’m paraphrasing here, but the spirit is intact.) Reader 1: “I never feel…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- May 6, 2026
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Ballots, not battlefields: Restoring decency to Bengal’s polls
Every election delivers a verdict, but what follows reveals the character of a democracy. In West Bengal, recent polls have exposed an unsettling pattern: victory celebrated with excess, and defeat…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- May 6, 2026
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The lost alignment: Thought, word, and deed in a fractured age
“Karmaṇā manasā vāpi vācā vāpi parantapa, yan me kṛtaṁ brāhmaṇeṣu tenādya na tapāmyaham” “In consequence of what I have done in thought, word, and deed, I do not feel any pain now—even as I lie upon this bed of arrows.” These…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- May 6, 2026
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Tough times don’t last; tough people do
By Sumit Paul Our attitude decides how far we can go. With a positive attitude, one can succeed in life; with a negative attitude, one will fail to achieve the…
- Kamal Ghorui
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- May 6, 2026
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Namaste blessing
Long before the Covid pandemic made physical contact with others in the form of the Western handshake a no-no for fear of infection, the namaste, the salutation of bidding ‘Welcome’…