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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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220
November 28, 2022
President’s caution on overcrowding of prisons (28 November)Subscriber Only
From bringing special criminal legislations as populist measures to opposing bail as part of a tougher stance on crime, there are several issues for the government to address.
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219
November 28, 2022
Mid-day meals and millets cultivation (28 November)Subscriber Only
Cultivation of millets deserves a special push, given their nutritional superiority over wheat and rice — whether in terms of amino acid profile or vitamins, minerals and crude fibre content.
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218
November 25, 2022
What the measles outbreak in India reveals (25 November)Subscriber Only
The time has come to look beyond emergency measures and provide the country’s public health services its long-overdue boost. The gains of the Universal Immunisation Programme should not be overturned by health emergencies.
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217
November 25, 2022
The right role models (25 November)Subscriber Only
The admission of a disabled person to the European Space Agency is a win. It is an expansion that must be lauded — of opportunity, representation, and what it means to be in peak physical...
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216
November 24, 2022
It’s not so EC (24 November)Subscriber Only
SC’s diagnosis that poll body needs to be insulated from political pressure is spot on — but its prescription is not.
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215
November 24, 2022
Fragile Peace (24 November)Subscriber Only
Assam and Meghalaya governments must not let the recent violence derail the border talks between the two states.
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214
November 24, 2022
Elderly Chinese are shedding traditional roles (24 November)Subscriber Only
As populations in some parts of the world age more rapidly than others — China is starting to go grey faster than almost any other country — these questions will need to be addressed with...
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213
November 23, 2022
Woman, life, liberty (23 November)Subscriber Only
Iran’s women are undeterred and fearless. In showing solidarity, the Iranian football team makes its silence count. Brave as it was, it is important to recognise the gesture of the Iranian footballers at the FIFA...
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212
November 23, 2022
Top leaders’ involvement in MCD polls has drawn attention to civic problems (23 November)Subscriber Only
The BJP and AAP have focused on the right issues in the current municipal elections. But political parties must do more.
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212
November 23, 2022
If Trump doesn’t want the publicity of your platform-it’s definitely in trouble (23 November)Subscriber Only
Donald Trump doesn't need to go back to Twitter, perhaps, because he already broke it. Only Elon Musk doesn't seem to realise that.
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211
November 22, 2022
Revised Personal Data Protection Bill: One step forward, one step back (22 November)Subscriber Only
The revised Bill has dropped some of the more contentious rules that govern cross-border data flows after facing considerable opposition from Big Tech. But, at a time of government overreach, the arguably contentious provisions, which...
Episode
210
November 22, 2022
How to resolve the issues flagged by Justice D Y Chandrachud on bail (22 November)Subscriber Only
While the acknowledgement of the judicial culture driven by fear by the CJI himself is an encouraging first step, the challenge is to find solutions. The onus is on the judiciary.
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209
November 22, 2022
Tabbassum: A pioneering chat show host (22 November)Subscriber Only
Tabassum knew how to probe without prying, with conversations that remain, to this day, a pleasure to watch.
Episode
208
November 21, 2022
COP27: A lost opportunity (21 November)Subscriber Only
The COP27 agreement on loss and damage is significant. But meet did not address several other pressing issues.
Episode
207
November 21, 2022
FIFA World Cup 2022 (21 November)Subscriber Only
Despite all the pressure on players and coaches, and all their genuine concerns to call out Qatar, these are young men who grew up on singular and blinkered dreams of winning the World Cup for...
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206
November 18, 2022
A backward step (18 November)Subscriber Only
The burden of funding these pensions will fall on future generations. Rather than focusing on the immediate return and relief, political parties need to take a longer term view, and resist the temptation for such...
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205
November 18, 2022
Why Donald Trump’s return to the presidency can’t be ruled out (18 November)Subscriber Only
Large swathes of Americans are still in thrall of Trumpism. His third bid to be president revives spectres for America's democracy that had not really gone away.
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204
November 18, 2022
The football World Cup and the Indian fanclub (18 November)Subscriber Only
India might be decades away from qualifying for a World Cup but passion for football runs through it
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203
November 17, 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter: You’re fired (17 November)Subscriber Only
Elon Musk described Twitter as the ‘digital town square’ -- only now, it’s got dirty linen hanging all over it.
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202
November 17, 2022
For India, leadership of the G20 is an important opportunity (17 November)Subscriber Only
Delhi must avoid the temptation to turn its presidency into a gimmicky year-long “festival of India” in the run-up to the 2024 general elections.
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201
November 17, 2022
Film star Pawan Kalyan seems poised to unsettle political equations in Andhra Pradesh (17 November)Subscriber Only
Kalyan has star power, certainly, but is that enough to counter the YSR legacy with Jagan Mohan Reddy or Chandrababu Naidu's political and organisational capabilities? With the answers yet to come in, Andhra politics is...
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201
November 16, 2022
COP-27: India’s net-zero strategy lays out the challenge before it, and the world (16 November)Subscriber Only
The climate problem can no longer be postponed: The solution to the crisis must be found without the poor having to do the heavy lifting.
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200
November 16, 2022
On religious conversion (16 November)Subscriber Only
When the court singles out the issue for its attention, asks what action the government proposes to take on the matter, it implies both that “forced” religious conversions are a significant problem and that existing...
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199
November 16, 2022
Pakistan’s ban of its own Oscar pick (16 November)Subscriber Only
The cuts of censorship are cruel and take time to heal – consider how long it has taken the Pakistani film industry to recover from the scissor-happy years of Ziaul Haq. But it is not...
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198
November 15, 2022
The ban on violent song in Punjab (15 November)Subscriber Only
Bhagwant Mann government must know that it will take more to assuage anxieties over loosening grip on law and order in Punjab.