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Kitchen Katha
Bitter gourd: croc in the kitchen
All my life, I have avoided the bitter gourd like poison until that fateful rainy day, when I cooked a delicious karela navratan.
Kalpish Ratna
From the Sidelines
Is Modi past his best?
The Prime Minister’s grip is weakening, evident in BJP State unit squabbles and growing pushback from allies, signalling a shift in power.
Saba Naqvi
Counter Culture
Vijay’s GOAT is a film overburdened by its star
While this is not unusual for star films, what is exceptional is the limits to which GOAT stretches this.
Prathyush Parasuraman
SUM AND SUBSTANCE
How conflict is bleeding Manipur dry
Record internet shutdowns, soaring inflation, and plummeting tourism bring financial ruin to India’s “Gateway to the East”.
Mitali Mukherjee
LEGAL ACUMEN
Does the CJI’s Ganesh Chaturthi celebration with Modi cross a line?
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the Chief Justice’s residence has set off debate on the separation of powers and post-retirement sinecures for judges.
V. Venkatesan
FROM THE SIDELINES
Can the BJP recover in Uttar Pradesh?
Yogi government faces the challenge of regaining disgruntled urban voters while wooing OBCs and Dalits who rejected it in the Lok Sabha election.
Saba Naqvi
Economic Perspectives
Commerce Minister flip-flops on e-commerce
Piyush Goyal’s criticism of foreign e-commerce platforms for “predatory pricing” defends Indian businesses that similarly marginalise small retailers.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
More stories from Columns
Supreme Court champions bail reform. But will lower courts listen?
Recent judgments reaffirm “bail is the rule, jail the exception”. Yet crucial bail pleas languish in courts for years on trivial grounds.
V. Venkatesan
Can poetry survive translation?
Translators face a delicate balance between fidelity and creativity, but some argue audacity trumps sincerity in preserving poetic essence.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Bring back the Railway Budget
Merging rail finances with the Union Budget has led to less scrutiny, more accidents, and questionable priorities.
Mitali Mukherjee
Anger as the constant
At the International Documentary and Short Film Festival held in Kerala every year, the audience is hammered down for a week by raw courage.
Prathyush Parasuraman
BJP is discovering that its prized defectors may be more liability than asset
The 2024 Lok Sabha election showed that turncoats winning on BJP ticket had a lower victory percentage than the party’s own candidates.
Saba Naqvi
SEBI: The Buch stops here
The SEBI chairperson must now lead by example and demonstrate her actions did not amount to financial impropriety.
Mitali Mukherjee
Okra: What’s in its ick?
On a planet as diabetic as ours has become, the okra’s medicinal properties might well spell salvation for us
Kalpish Ratna
WazirX: No one’s problem, everyone’s money
This brings us to the Finance Ministry in whose hands India’s crypto policy has largely been so far.
Mitali Mukherjee
Subclassification of Scheduled Castes: Policymakers face the challenge of addressing inequality without fracturing unity
Supreme Court ruling aims to level the playing field within marginalised communities, but risks deepening existing fault lines.
V. Venkatesan
The pathetic man is rewriting the macho script
How filmmakers are redefining masculinity on screen by embracing vulnerability.
Prathyush Parasuraman
India’s corporate boom: Not for the greater common good
Modi era may have promoted the union of big capital with Hindutva, but people are beginning to see that cronyism is hollowing out the nation.
Saba Naqvi
Budget 2024: An exercise in manipulated accounting and a poor attempt at propaganda
Priorities have shifted from comprehensive planning to accounting exercises, with limited spending on crucial areas like employment and food security.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
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