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Founder, ThePrint. Politics, governance, non-hyphenated journalism. And typos are my fingerprints.
Joined June 2014
Modi's Bharat vs Indira's India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism…. #NationalInterest for the week.
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As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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NaMo Lakshmi to Amma Canteen—the schemes that saved DMK’s ‘Ungaludan Stalin’ in Supreme Court. Apoorva Mandhani @MandhaniApoorva reports for ThePrint.
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SC set aside Madras High Court order banning welfare schemes named after living politicians, calling it a common practice and saying political battles should not be fought in courts.
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‘Confidential info, Rs 100 crore profit’—ED’s case against Axis Mutual Fund ex-dealer Viresh Joshi. Mayank Kumar @mayankreports reports for ThePrint.
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Joshi’s lawyer Manan Sanghai said arrest 'nothing but high-handedness by ED', adding that I-T dept has frozen alleged proceeds of crime & there was no need for custodial interrogation.
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India in talks with China for resumption of trade via 3 border passes ahead of Modi’s SCO visit. Keshav Padmanabhan @Keshav_Paddu reports. #ThePrintForeignAffairs.
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PM's August-end trip will his first to China since 2018. India-China trade through Lipulekh, Shipki La & Nathu La passes have all remained paused since the pandemic & 2020 Galwan clashes.
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Uttarkashi’s Dharali, Harsil were on borrowed time. Vulnerability was flagged in 2020, 2023. Soumya Pillai @soumya_pillai reports for ThePrint.
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At least 16 lives have been lost in flash flood that struck Dharali in Uttarkashi on 5 Aug. Independent analysis from 2023 hints that ‘hanging glaciers’ may have caused disaster.
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You won’t dig this—ASI’s budget doubled in last 10 yrs, but it spent less than 1% on excavations. Krishan Murari @krishan018 reports for ThePrint.
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New Delhi: Conservation, exploration and excavation come to mind whenever the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is talked about. Turns out excavation is the last in the pecking order. So much so...
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Army camp personnel near Dharali quickly leapt into action to rescue flood victims. ‘Then the water came’. Udit Hinduja @UditHinduja reports for ThePrint from the ground. Photos by Suraj Singh Bisht @Surajbisht25.
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Soldiers involved in rescue ops were swept downstream. Many now admitted at Uttarkashi district hospital with fractures & soft tissue injuries.
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'Bengal had a real chance at Hindu-Muslim unity before Partition. It was Syama-Huq govt'. Sayantani Gupta Jafa, policy analyst and former civil servant, writes. #ThePrintOpinion.
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Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s coalition government with AK Fazlul Huq in undivided Bengal was a sincere attempt to dilute the hate-filled politics of the Muslim League.
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'Greed is killing the Himalayas, dams to Dhams. Dharali is paying the price'. Seshadri Chari @seshadrichari, former editor of Organiser, writes. #ThePrintOpinion.
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Pilgrimages like the Char Dham Yatra have continued for centuries without turning into tourism. The extreme greed to extract commercial dividends from religion can be detrimental in the long run.
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Feminist, Gandhian, quiet diplomat—new book looks at the many roles of MS Swaminathan. At the release of The Man Who Fed India, MSS biography by granddaughter Priyambada Jayakumar @pjkc23 . Sakshi Mehra @sakshiiimehra reports. #ThePrintAroundTown.
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At the launch of the book Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India, Shashi Tharoor, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, and Navtej Sarna, among others, reflected on MS Swaminathan’s many roles.
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‘What about Rajput valour?’ Battle of identity in Rajasthan BJP over NCERT’s ‘glorification’ of Marathas. Shanker Arnimesh @shankerarnimesh reports. #ThePrintPolitics.
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A map in the third chapter, 'The Rise of the Marathas', of the revised NCERT social science book for Class 8 students has particularly riled them.
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New Gurugram to have New York-style Central Park, a Disneyland. First fix roads and drains please . Sagrika Kissu @SagrikaKissu reports. #ThePrintGroundReport.
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Meetings around the new district have already happened between CM Saini and former CM and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
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Losing OCI was an intimate shame at first. It freed me later: Aatish Taseer. Read this excerpt from Aatish Taseer's @AatishTaseer 'A Return to Self', a @HarperCollinsIN publication. ThePrint #SoftCover.
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In 'A Return to Self', Aatish Taseer revisits the places that formed his identity, asking broader questions about the complex forces that make a culture and a nationality.
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Proof of torture to false records, what led CBI court to convict 5 Punjab ex-cops for 1993 fake encounters. Ruchi Bhattar @ruchichic reports. #ThePrintLaw.
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The 5 retired officers have been handed life term for abducting, torturing & killing 7 men in fake encounters in Tarn Taran.
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'Gurugram dog attack is pet owners’ fault, it’s cruel to keep Siberian husky in this heat',. Watch this week’s column for ThePrint by Karanjeet Kaur @Kaju_Katri, journalist & partner at TWO Design:.
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A shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of undue influence. Snehesh Alex Philip @sneheshphilip reports. #ThePrintDefence.
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One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.
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Naidu set to roll out another ‘Super Six’ promise. How free bus rides for women scheme will work. Prasad Nichenametla @prasad_niche reports for ThePrint.
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Similar schemes are already in operation in neighbouring Telangana & Karnataka, both Congress-ruled states. ‘Stree-Shakti’ scheme is expected to cost AP govt Rs 1,942 cr each year.
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‘Regulatory, geopolitical issues’ affected 2,458 flights in India in 2025—Modi govt to Parliament. Udit Bubna @uditbubna reports for ThePrint.
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In reply to separate question, MoS (Civil Aviation) gives Airport Council International (ACI) ratings that show PPP model airports are managed better than those operated or leased by AAI.
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Trump's tariff war on India in numbers: Which sectors will be worst-hit, when, what’s exempt & why…. #CutTheClutter with me. Episode 1709
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That’s correct. Trump’s America is run by a feudal darbar. The only ‘institution’ that now survives is White House and his family. That’s how the Pakistanis broke through: via business desks with Witkoff’s son.
Trump has no respect for these institutions. India needs to use America Inc and Wall Street to get it's message across.
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