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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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December 10, 2022
Introducing Pages from the Past: The Reluctant PrincesSubscriber Only
In this episode, historian Manu Pillai and renowned painter and descendant of the Travancore royal family, Rukmini Varma join us to tell us more about the story of Travancore’s integration.
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244
December 9, 2022
Why Congress’ loss in Gujarat is more telling than its win in Himachal (9 December)Subscriber Only
The Bharat Jodo Yatra may help to rebrand Rahul Gandhi, but the Gujarat results have thrown up an important question: Can a political party afford to ignore electoral imperatives? For now, it seems the Congress...
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243
December 9, 2022
A 2-million-year old Eden discovered (9 December)Subscriber Only
After 16 years of painstaking work, scientists have managed to gather DNA from animals that lived over 2 million years ago in a lush forest where there is now a vast, cold desert. As artists'...
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242
December 8, 2022
MCD elections: What AAP’s win means (8 December)Subscriber Only
Its challenge begins now. Delivering on its promises of public goods and services with efficiency and transparency is the only way forward for the AAP if it wants to build on its narrow victory.
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241
December 8, 2022
The rate hike cycle may be nearing its peak (8 December)Subscriber Only
Even as inflation concerns persist, growing dissent within MPC alludes to some easing in the quantum of rate hikes.
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240
December 8, 2022
Yoginder K Alagh: The people’s economist (8 December)Subscriber Only
He wore several hats — academic, policymaker and institution builder — with equal aplomb. Alagh's ability to gently tease out minute economic and sociological details without losing sight of the bigger economic picture — evident...
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239
December 7, 2022
Why imposing price restrictions on Russian oil is a bad idea (7 December)Subscriber Only
Attempts to use trade as a weapon will only distort the global market and hurt energy-poor consumers not responsible for the war.
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238
December 7, 2022
Calling the anti-GM lobby’s bluff (7 December)Subscriber Only
Union Environment Minister’s plain speaking is welcome. Casting aspersions on all the scientific bodies we trusted when it came to Covid, Hepatitis-B or polio vaccines, is unreasonable.
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237
December 7, 2022
Dominique Lapierre: The gentle adventurer (7 December)Subscriber Only
More than commercial success, the legacy that the French writer leaves behind is of generosity of spirit, born of the knowledge that circumstances and futures can and do change, and the only thing worth holding...
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236
December 6, 2022
Lifting the veil: Iran withdraws the morality police (6 December)Subscriber Only
The regime has been determined so far that it will not make any political concessions but the protests have challenged its authority and weakened it. If the Gasht e Ershad is truly on its way...
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235
December 6, 2022
ABVP’s cancel culture: How the organisation has damaged academic autonomy (6 December)Subscriber Only
The NEP 2020 lays great emphasis on creating an enabling atmosphere for teachers. That should be enough to reason for the government to intervene and restore sanity in the Indore law college where the ABVP...
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234
December 6, 2022
Sorry Joe Biden, football won over soccer (6 December)Subscriber Only
No, it’s not soccer. But despite the debate, the Twitter exchange between US president, Dutch PM was refreshing for its lack of rancour
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233
December 5, 2022
A criticism of bulldozer-happy police and politicians (5 December)Subscriber Only
This pushback from the Patna HC at a time of an overweening executive is welcome. Hopefully, politicians, especially those in high office, would take cue from the judiciary and stop foregoing due process.
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232
December 5, 2022
Why the Indian government should resist the temptation to increase spending (5 December)Subscriber Only
With tax collections exceeding expectations, the government has an opportunity for fiscal consolidation.
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231
December 2, 2022
India’s G20 Presidency: Delhi’s opportunity (2 December)Subscriber Only
India's foreign policy can put its stamp on the global agenda. Delhi will need to put in place policies in line with the changing demographics.
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230
December 2, 2022
Coming clean on coal (2 December)Subscriber Only
India has rightly clarified its position on coal use, underlined its energy security needs. It must now work on long-term energy plans.
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229
December 2, 2022
Jiang Zemin: Man, moment, nation (2 December)Subscriber Only
He played a pivotal role in turning China into an economic superpower. Jiang's funeral will take place in the backdrop of unprecedented protests across China. As China mourns Jiang, could there be another twist in...
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228
December 1, 2022
New government data paints a mixed picture of the Indian economy (1 December)Subscriber Only
Services, agricultural and allied sectors lead growth momentum as shadow of global slowdown looms large.
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227
December 1, 2022
The Nepal election results (1 December)Subscriber Only
The Nepali Congress-led ruling alliance is poised to retain office in Kathmandu. Delhi must build on the goodwill it has cultivated.
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226
December 1, 2022
Gaslighting: From personal to political (1 December)Subscriber Only
In the post-truth era of fake news and personally-tailored “facts”, gaslighting is a political strategy and idiom. But given that more and more people are searching for its meaning, there might be hope that truth...
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225
November 30, 2022
Kiren Rijiju and the Collegium debate (30 November)Subscriber Only
The Constitution is clear on the balance of powers, the Supreme Court's pushback against what tantamounts to overreach by the political executive is timely and welcome. In parallel, the court should step into overdrive when...
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224
November 30, 2022
IFFI jury chair has a right to criticise the film (30 November)Subscriber Only
What is a film festival where an artist, especially one invited to chair a jury, can't speak his mind? India-Israel bilateral ties do not not hang by the slender thread of a film review.
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223
November 29, 2022
A man in France has won the ‘right to be boring’ (29 November)Subscriber Only
With this move, he has managed a victory for all those who have rolled their eyes at the exclamation-mark-ridden emails from HR. In France, where philosophers have long recognised that hell is other people, solitude...
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222
November 29, 2022
Why lower crude oil prices could be good for the economy (29 November)Subscriber Only
Considering that India's petroleum imports have risen by a staggering 60 per cent between April-October this year, exerting pressure on the currency, lower oil prices if sustained could help bring down the import burden, ease...
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221
November 29, 2022
The world is watching strongman Xi Jinping amid protests (29 November)Subscriber Only
Xi, who has centralised powers in his hands, now personifies the Chinese state. How he deals with the anger of the Chinese people is going to be telling.