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The latest editorials in podcast form by leading writers and columnists from the pages of the Indian Express.
Express ViewThe latest editorials in podcast form by leading writers and columnists from the pages of the Indian Express.
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72
August 23, 2022
Imran Khan has turned against his 2018 benefactors (23 Aug)Subscriber Only
Against this complex background, the move to slap Khan with a terrorism charge, perhaps to be followed by an arrest, may end up making a political martyr of him, especially if the dots connect to...
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71
August 22, 2022
Snags that have riddled CUET must be quickly corrected (22 Aug)Subscriber Only
With an aspirant being allowed to appear in up to nine papers, resulting in more than 50,000 subject combinations, the CUET — conducted in more than 550 cities in the country and 13 foreign centres...
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70
August 22, 2022
Discom finances slip and threaten to disrupt the power sector (22 Aug)Subscriber Only
Improving the financial position of discoms will require timely and adequate tariff revisions and bringing down the aggregate technical and commercial losses, among other measures.
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69
August 22, 2022
Handwringing over the scarcity of umpires in India has led to short-lived experiments by BCCI (18 August)Subscriber Only
The BCCI is now conducting exams with tough questions that test their practical aptitude to see if they can find genuinely good umpires. But for now, the uncertainty continues.
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68
August 22, 2022
The Oscars has finally apologised for its treatment of a Native American actor in 1973 (18 August)Subscriber Only
The long overdue mea culpa to Littlefeather, however, feels like an afterthought, considering how little Hollywood has done in the intervening years to address the specific problem that she sought to highlight.
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67
August 22, 2022
Solution to India’s jobs problem is regulating private sector while protecting rights of workers (18 August)Subscriber Only
India has been experiencing persistently high levels of joblessness for the past few years. Despite a high rate of growth, last year was no different.
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66
August 22, 2022
A bristling and vexed agenda awaits next CJI, Justice UU Lalit (18 August)Subscriber Only
Although Justice Lalit has a short tenure of 74 days, he has said he would use the opportunity to lay down “healthy practices” for the future.
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65
August 22, 2022
Docking of Chinese vessel at Hambantota should spur more strategic thinking in Delhi (17 August)Subscriber Only
Facing arguably its worst economic crisis, Sri Lanka needs China more than ever. The country needs an IMF loan to see it through these times and such a deal is only possible if its major...
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64
August 22, 2022
Indian football has a deep-rooted governance problem (17 August)Subscriber Only
For months, the government, judiciary and administrators have been trying to work out a formula, including drafting of strict rules, to improve the governance of the AIFF.
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63
August 22, 2022
Remission of life sentence to Bilkis Bano’s attackers is a travesty and betrayal (17 August)Subscriber Only
Bilkis Bano and her extended family were attacked by a mob on March 3, 2002 while they were fleeing their village in Limkheda taluka of Dahod district. The Supreme Court intervened in the case after...
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62
August 17, 2022
The Ideas Day (16 August)Subscriber Only
By linking Nari Shakti to national progress, roots to scaling heights, PM Modi enlivens the idea of aspiration. In his Independence Day speech from Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a long and large...
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61
August 17, 2022
Death by inequality (16 August)Subscriber Only
From the lack of enabling measures that force thousands of SC &ST students to drop out of institutions of learning every year to the persecution that can drive a young scholar like Rohith Vemula to...
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60
August 17, 2022
He bet on India, won (16 August)Subscriber Only
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala created an ecosystem where investors (both domestic and foreign) have learnt to trust and lend to Indian companies and entrepreneurs. That is his lasting legacy.
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59
August 15, 2022
Women will shape the future of India, let’s listen to what they have to say (15 August)Subscriber Only
Women will shape the future of India, let’s listen to what they have to say — beginning today. India’s women dream for the nation and, to borrow the words of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru,...
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58
August 15, 2022
Sustained engagement with NATO must be an important part of Delhi’s self-assured strategy of multi-alignment (12 August)Subscriber Only
Sustained engagement with NATO must be an important part of Delhi’s self-assured strategy of multi-alignment. As India rises as a large economy its geopolitical salience as a swing state among the great powers is growing.
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57
August 15, 2022
Election monitor does well to refrain from stepping into debate on freebies (12 August)Subscriber Only
Ultimately, the voters need to judge the economic and fiscal implications of such policies. While a wider conversation on this issue is needed, it needs to be located firmly in the political process.
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56
August 12, 2022
Kim Jong-un has defeated Covid by renaming the infected ‘fever patients’ (12 August)Subscriber Only
Kim isn’t the only leader to have declared premature victory against the “malignant pandemic disease”. Strongmen, democratically elected or otherwise, have taken the pulpit and claimed they had vanquished the microscopic enemy as early as...
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55
August 11, 2022
Issey Miyake believed couture could also be accessible and functional (11 Aug)Subscriber Only
Witnessing the 1968 student riots in Paris shaped Miyake’s ideas about fashion. He was working with the legendary couturier Hubert de Givenchy at the time, and grew disenchanted with making clothes for a privileged few.
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54
August 11, 2022
Inflation triggered by supply-side shocks is declining (11 Aug)Subscriber Only
Today’s situation is far less grim than in March, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and when the FAO’s food price index hit an all-time high. Back home, if the monsoon delivers reasonably, as it has,...
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53
August 11, 2022
Bihar break-up underlines a new predicament for BJP (11 Aug)Subscriber Only
Increasingly, regional outfits seem wary of the BJP’s aggressive and ambitious expansion plans and fear that the latter could ignore the coalition dharma and even break or swallow smaller groups to further its political goals.
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52
August 10, 2022
At CWG, India’s track and field athletes made a mark (10 August)Subscriber Only
For India, the Commonwealth Games give a chance to assess how they are likely to fare when tougher assignments come along.
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51
August 10, 2022
Olivia Newton-John lives on through her legacy as Sandy from Grease (10 August)Subscriber Only
Olivia Newton-John was a singer, Hollywood star and cancer activist. For her fans, though, she’ll always be the girl from Grease.
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50
August 9, 2022
Centre-states relation is at a critical juncture (9 Aug)Subscriber Only
While the ruling dispensation repeatedly declares its commitment to cooperative federalism, it is hard to dispute the notion that increasing political centralisation over the years has widened and deepened the faultlines in Centre-state relations.
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49
August 9, 2022
Loss of smell and taste, the after-effects of Covid-19 (9 Aug)Subscriber Only
According to research published in the BMJ last month, about 5 per cent of adults infected by the Coronavirus could develop long-term changes to not just their sense of smell, but also taste, as the...
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48
August 9, 2022
Glitch in SSLV-DI is a setback for ISRO but there is hope (9 Aug)Subscriber Only
The SSLV-DI was touted as a competition to small satellite launchers developed by US-based private companies such as SpaceX and Rocket Lab.