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    TK Arun
    About the AuthorTK Arun
    TK Arun is a senior journalist based in Delhi.
      Trump always chickens out T-shirt
      Opinion

      Why America's trading partners should wait for Trump to chicken out

      18 July 2025 3:14 PM IST
      Why World Banks claim of declining inequality in India seems ludicrous
      Opinion

      Why World Bank's claim of declining inequality in India seems ludicrous

      7 July 2025 6:30 PM IST
      Make English ubiquitous for it to shed its halo of power and privilege
      Opinion

      Make English ubiquitous for it to shed its halo of power and privilege

      30 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      The multiple casualties of US attack on Iran
      Opinion

      The multiple casualties of US attack on Iran

      22 Jun 2025 6:19 PM IST
      Israel-Iran war
      Opinion

      West’s domination of the rest at the core of Israel’s attack on Iran

      17 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Under Modi Raj, economy has suffered structural retrogression, lost dynamism
      The Federal Special

      Under Modi Raj, economy has suffered structural retrogression, lost dynamism

      9 Jun 2025 7:52 AM IST
      cartoonist EP Unny
      Opinion

      Cartoonists: Putting art to the practice of everyday resistance

      26 May 2025 2:42 PM IST
      A comment on the Presidential reference
      Opinion

      A presidential reference too low

      19 May 2025 1:46 PM IST
      KBC hosts Sofiya Qureshi, Vyomika Singh for Independence day, sparks row
      Opinion

      When Operation Sindoor exposed the dysfunction of Hindutva

      15 May 2025 1:39 PM IST
      Operation Sindoor pahalgam terror attack
      Opinion

      Discredit Pak army, don’t push people so hard that they rally around it

      10 May 2025 2:11 PM IST
      For India, a dark lesson from an Iberian blackout
      Opinion

      For India, a dark lesson from an Iberian blackout

      1 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
      trade deficit
      Opinion

      Much ado about India’s trade deficit with China

      21 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Piyush Goyal
      Opinion

      Mr Piyush Goyal, what Indian startups have achieved is despite the system

      8 April 2025 3:55 PM IST
      President Trump, PM Modi
      Opinion

      Why retaliatory tariffs on US do not make sense for India

      3 April 2025 4:16 PM IST
      Stalin DKS Pinarayi
      Opinion

      Call for delimitation freeze is fair, but here is what South should realise

      24 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Russia-Ukraine war
      Opinion

      What Ukraine deal highlights: Saudi Arabia’s new image and Russia’s old grouse

      16 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Indian scripts
      Opinion

      Hindi will spread on its own if people stop pushing it down reluctant throats

      8 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
      AI and students
      Opinion

      Use AI to make Indian youth its wielders rather than its victims

      25 Feb 2025 6:30 AM IST
      India, US, Europe, China, Munich Security Conference
      Opinion

      What is bad news for Europe could spell geopolitical cheer for India

      17 Feb 2025 5:52 PM IST
      Rahul Gandhi vs Kejriwal
      Opinion

      More than BJP success, Delhi polls underline Congress leadership failure

      10 Feb 2025 12:04 PM IST
      Budget a disappointment
      Opinion

      A budget that offers para after para of text laced with some numbers

      1 Feb 2025 8:22 PM IST
      artificial intelligence
      Opinion

      AI Vishwaguru? India’s mission is barely taking baby steps

      1 Feb 2025 6:30 AM IST
      higher pension, EPFO, EPS, Supreme Court, Ministry of Labour & Employment
      Opinion

      Why you should pick National Pension System over Unified Pension System

      28 Jan 2025 6:20 AM IST
      US President Donald Trump
      Opinion

      Trump's 'drill, baby, drill' call high on theatrics, low on economics

      24 Jan 2025 2:14 PM IST
      Trump inauguration swearing in ceremony
      Opinion

      The return of Trump: From Pax Americana to a new imperium

      21 Jan 2025 12:03 PM IST
      Gaza after an air strike
      Opinion

      If the Gaza ceasefire holds, India should not lag on reconstruction

      16 Jan 2025 12:20 PM IST
      2025: Orange blob in White house, and other disruptive changes
      Opinion

      2025: Orange blob in White house, and other disruptive changes

      1 Jan 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Manmohan Singh
      Obituary

      Manmohan Singh: Wronged in the popular narrative of a nation he served right

      27 Dec 2024 1:59 PM IST
      Thomas Piketty
      Opinion

      There is far more to ending inequality than taxing the rich

      14 Dec 2024 7:18 PM IST
      chandrachud
      Opinion

      Chandrachud didn't quite play the boy who stood on the burning deck, but then, who has?

      4 Dec 2024 3:54 PM IST
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