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    Opinion - Page 2

    Karur stampede exposes ugly face of roadshow politics; is anyone listening?

    S Srinivasan
    29 Sept 2025 5:36 PM IST

    The tragedy triggered by Vijay’s Karur event points to fatal lapses in planning and crowd control, raising urgent questions for political parties and the police

    TVK chief Vijay postpones Karur visit as CBI probe begins into stampede tragedy
    Opinion
    India crowd youth
    Opinion

    India’s youth bulge risks turning into a demographic time bomb

    28 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Donald Trump tariff
    Opinion

    Why tariffs won’t make America a manufacturing giant again

    27 Sept 2025 9:06 PM IST
    Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump
    Opinion

    Trump’s inability, Putin’s intransigence take world to brink of bigger war

    27 Sept 2025 6:44 AM IST
    According to the draft rules, every institution will establish an Equal Opportunity Centre headed by an equity committee with members consisting of women, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe who are faculty members

    Karnataka caste survey, and the fear of small numbers

    26 Sept 2025 2:57 PM IST
    Yogi Adityanath

    Why is Yogi playing caste and communal cards simultaneously?

    24 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Real estate home construction

    How to protect home buyers? Stop sale of homes before they are built

    22 Sept 2025 5:12 PM IST
    Modi Trump

    A $100,000 visa fee and a failed friendship: India’s H-1B reckoning

    22 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Pak Saudi deal

    Pak-Saudi defence pact, more a bark than a bite

    19 Sept 2025 2:13 PM IST
    The Narendra Modi-Mohan Bhagwat team and Donald Trump

    How Trump thwarted RSS’s Vishwaguru dreams, leaving Hindutva project adrift

    19 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    World press freedom day concept

    As BJP sets the template, states join social media gag order culture

    18 Sept 2025 6:35 PM IST
    Dhaka University polls

    Storm rages over Awami’s ‘silent aid’ as Islamists sweep Bangladesh varsity polls

    17 Sept 2025 7:06 PM IST
    Nepal protest

    The long-term economic anguish that sparked Nepal’s Gen-Z uprising

    17 Sept 2025 5:46 PM IST
    Suryakumar Yadav, Salman Agha

    Ind vs Pak handshake row: Let us not demonise Pakistanis in the name of jingoism

    17 Sept 2025 2:40 PM IST
    Nepal protests

    In Nepal, earlier uprisings, social media targeted soft underbelly of rigid state

    KS Dakshina Murthy
    16 Sept 2025 5:53 PM IST

    Social media’s role is not confined only to the three latest uprisings in South Asia. It goes back at least 15 years earlier to Tunisia

    Modi in Manipur

    Modi's Manipur visit is a missed opportunity to heal a fractured state

    16 Sept 2025 2:51 PM IST
    India thrashes Pakitan but unshaken hand echoes loudest

    India thrashes Pakistan but unshaken hand echoes loudest

    16 Sept 2025 9:04 AM IST
    Data centres

    Why data centre industry doesn’t need any tax holiday

    16 Sept 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Hazratbal Dargah in Kashmir

    Ashoka Emblem row: From reverence to resentment, the Hazratbal misstep

    14 Sept 2025 10:00 AM IST
    India vs PakistanWhile India-Pakistan rivalry is among the most watched events in world cricket, a strong demand has evolved from India, calling to boycott the arch-rivals September 14 fixture in Asia Cup 2025 in Dubai, UAE.

    Patriotism or populist posturing? Why 'Boycott Pakistan' in Asia Cup 2025 is farcical

    14 Sept 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Bangladesh to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine

    Home in disorder, but Bangladesh keen on sending troops to Ukraine

    12 Sept 2025 4:23 PM IST
    US sanctions on Russian oil companies

    A second chance from Trump? Embrace it with caution

    10 Sept 2025 4:35 PM IST
    Nepal protests

    Nepal uprising bears uncanny likeness to Hasina's ouster; is deep state involved?

    9 Sept 2025 8:20 PM IST
    Nepal Gen Z protest social media ban

    Nepal faces unprecedented crisis; can stability return before further damage?

    9 Sept 2025 7:59 PM IST
    Modi Trump

    Between US sanctions and strategy: PM Modi’s diplomatic dilemma

    8 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, Voter Adhikar Yatra

    Voter Adhikar Yatra, a people’s push against political manipulation

    7 Sept 2025 7:40 PM IST
    The Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government has been accused of bowing before fundamentalism after the state’s Urdu Academy recently deferred an event featuring noted lyricist Javed Akhtar in Kolkata after some Islamist groups objected.

    Javed Akhtar event cancellation: Bengal on a slippery cultural slope

    5 Sept 2025 4:32 PM IST
    GST revision

    GST reform shows how indirect taxes can be made even more indirect

    4 Sept 2025 3:40 PM IST
    party workers at electoral booth

    SIR row flags crumbling of cadre infra that once anchored electoral democracy

    3 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Decoding strategic realities behind Modi-Xi

    Decoding strategic realities behind Modi-Xi's diplomatic tango

    2 Sept 2025 9:51 AM IST
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