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Indian Politics · 6 Oct 2026 · 7 min read

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

The simplified GST structure deserves credit for making indirect taxation less absurd. The next pro-growth step is unglamorous but essential: stable classifications, faster refunds and fewer compliance traps for small firms.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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

Aditya Rao · 6 Oct 2026

The Women’s Reservation Clock Is Ticking, and the Opposition’s Outrage Is Missing the Hard Part

Meenakshi Iyer · 4 Oct 2026

India’s Census Is Finally Asking the Question Congress Preferred to Weaponise

Aditya Rao · 4 Oct 2026

Indian Sports

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

Farah Sheikh · 6 Oct 2026

BCCI’s Full Calendar Is Emptying Test Cricket of Meaning

Rohan Deshmukh · 6 Oct 2026

India’s Women Footballers Keep Being Asked to Build a Dream on Borrowed Ground

Farah Sheikh · 4 Oct 2026

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

Ishita Banerjee · 6 Oct 2026

Drishyam’s Box-Office Triumph Is a Rebuke to Bollywood’s Star-Kid Assembly Line

Kabir Malhotra · 6 Oct 2026

Adolescence Is the Rare Streaming Hit That Understands the Phone Is Not the Villain

Ishita Banerjee · 4 Oct 2026

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

Priya Nair · 6 Oct 2026

The iPhone 17 Is a Better Two-Year Phone Than a Launch-Day Spectacle

Nikhil Bhatt · 6 Oct 2026

India Can Assemble the World’s Phones and Still Miss the Valuable Part

Priya Nair · 4 Oct 2026

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India’s EV Transition Will Stall in the Apartment Basement

Ritika Menon · 6 Oct 2026

Bharat NCAP Stars Should Decide the Variant You Buy, Not the Sunroof

Arjun Chawla · 6 Oct 2026

The Tata Curvv EV Proves Range Anxiety Is Becoming Charger Anxiety

Ritika Menon · 4 Oct 2026

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

Ananya Ghosh · 6 Oct 2026

An American in a Bihar Village Is Not a Referendum on Which Country Is Better

Devansh Kapoor · 6 Oct 2026

The Kerala Library That Delivers Books by Boat Understands Access Better Than Most Apps

Ananya Ghosh · 4 Oct 2026

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