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Indian Politics · 13 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

Simultaneous Elections Deserve Better Than the INDIA Alliance’s Panic Button

The opposition treats every institutional reform proposed by the BJP as democracy’s final emergency. I support exploring simultaneous elections, but the government must earn consensus with firm safeguards for early dissolutions, federalism and election oversight.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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The Budget’s Boring Machinery Is the Reform India Actually Needs

Aditya Rao · 13 Oct 2026

Congress Calls Industrial Incentives ‘Cronyism’ Until the Factory Opens in Its State

Meenakshi Iyer · 11 Oct 2026

A Clean Voter Roll Is Necessary, but the Election Commission Must Make Inclusion Boringly Easy

Aditya Rao · 11 Oct 2026

Indian Sports

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Neeraj Chopra Should Be a Blueprint, Not India’s Annual Alibi

Farah Sheikh · 13 Oct 2026

India Cannot Love Test Cricket Only When the Scoreboard Loves India Back

Rohan Deshmukh · 13 Oct 2026

The Women’s Hockey Gold Should End India’s Four-Year Attention Span

Farah Sheikh · 11 Oct 2026

Entertainment

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Drishyam’s Global Journey Proves Indian Stories Travel Best With Their Local Knots Intact

Ishita Banerjee · 13 Oct 2026

Twenty-Five Years Later, Lagaan Still Shames Bollywood’s Franchise Timidity

Kabir Malhotra · 13 Oct 2026

Adolescence Is Great Television and a Terrible Parenting Shortcut

Ishita Banerjee · 11 Oct 2026

Technology

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India Is Making More Electronics; Now It Must Make More of the Value

Priya Nair · 13 Oct 2026

The iPhone 17 Is a Five-Year Phone Being Sold on a One-Year Calendar

Nikhil Bhatt · 13 Oct 2026

India’s First Chip Fab Will Matter Only When the Suppliers Stop Flying In

Priya Nair · 11 Oct 2026

Automobiles

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India’s EV Charger Count Means Little Until a Driver Can Trust the Next Plug

Ritika Menon · 13 Oct 2026

The Honda Elevate Facelift Is Sensible—Until the Top Trim Starts Shopping With Your Money

Arjun Chawla · 13 Oct 2026

EV Sales Are Rising Faster Than the Reliability of the Chargers Behind Them

Ritika Menon · 11 Oct 2026

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Jadav Payeng’s Forest Is Inspiring, but the Lone-Hero Version Misses the Point

Ananya Ghosh · 13 Oct 2026

Delhi’s Toilet Museum Is Funnier—and More Serious—Than Most Policy Conferences

Devansh Kapoor · 13 Oct 2026

Pooja Pal’s Dust-Free Thresher Is What Innovation Looks Like Before the Incubator Finds It

Ananya Ghosh · 11 Oct 2026

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