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Indian Politics · 7 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

The Voter-Roll Argument Needs Receipts, Not Another Opposition March

Electoral-roll revision is legitimate and necessary, but legitimacy depends on notice, appeal and transparent deletion data. The INDIA alliance weakens its own case when it jumps from procedural concern to predetermined conspiracy.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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The Budget’s Boring Capital-Expenditure Habit Is Still Its Best Reform

Aditya Rao · 7 Oct 2026

GST Reform Is Working; Congress’s Old Complexity Should Not Be Mistaken for Compassion

Meenakshi Iyer · 6 Oct 2026

The Election Commission Must Fix SIR’s Machinery, Not Surrender to the Opposition’s Theatre

Aditya Rao · 6 Oct 2026

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India’s Asian Games Medal Count Is Less Important Than the Gold-Medal Drop

Farah Sheikh · 7 Oct 2026

Indian Test Cricket Cannot Live Forever on Reputation and Two Marquee Series

Rohan Deshmukh · 7 Oct 2026

Neeru Dhanda’s Double Gold Deserved More Than a Day in Cricket’s Left Margin

Farah Sheikh · 6 Oct 2026

Entertainment

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Carrie on Streaming Proves We Now Treat Every Story as Raw Material

Ishita Banerjee · 7 Oct 2026

Drishyam Has Become a Franchise Because Bollywood Forgot How to Build Adult Thrillers

Kabir Malhotra · 7 Oct 2026

Netflix’s India Talent Push Will Mean Little If Algorithms Keep Rewarding the Safest Story

Ishita Banerjee · 6 Oct 2026

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India Can Assemble Millions of Phones and Still Own Too Little of the Phone

Priya Nair · 7 Oct 2026

The Best Mid-Range Phone Is the One That Still Behaves After Two Monsoons

Nikhil Bhatt · 7 Oct 2026

Made in India Phones Are a Success Story—Now We Must Make More of What Is Inside Them

Priya Nair · 6 Oct 2026

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EV Sales Are Racing Ahead of the Charging Experience

Ritika Menon · 7 Oct 2026

The Tata Sierra EV Is Appealing, but the Sensible Variant Will Be the Least Photographed One

Arjun Chawla · 7 Oct 2026

India’s EV Transition Will Stall in the Apartment Basement

Ritika Menon · 6 Oct 2026

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Komic Is Not Empty Space Between a Vlog and a Mountain View

Ananya Ghosh · 7 Oct 2026

Shani Shingnapur’s Lockless Legend Is More Interesting Than the Tourism Copy

Devansh Kapoor · 7 Oct 2026

A Class 10 Result Sheet in Bastar Can Do What a Surrender Ceremony Cannot

Ananya Ghosh · 6 Oct 2026

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