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Indian Politics · 5 Nov 2026 · 7 min read

Uttarakhand’s UCC Deserves a Fair Hearing, Not Delhi’s Usual Outrage Theatre

Uniform civil rules can advance equality without erasing faith, and Uttarakhand’s experiment should be judged through evidence. The INDIA alliance’s reflexive alarm avoids the harder question: why should unequal civil entitlements be protected indefinitely?

By Meenakshi Iyer

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GST 2.0 Is the Reform Congress Said It Wanted—Until Modi Delivered It

Aditya Rao · 5 Nov 2026

The Opposition’s Election-Outrage Machine Cannot Replace Evidence

Meenakshi Iyer · 4 Nov 2026

The Budget’s Unfashionable Virtue Is That It Treats Capacity as Policy

Aditya Rao · 4 Nov 2026

Indian Sports

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Manu Bhaker’s Medals Should Buy Indian Shooting a System, Not Another Fortnight of Attention

Farah Sheikh · 5 Nov 2026

India’s Test Team Cannot Live Forever on IPL Muscle Memory

Rohan Deshmukh · 5 Nov 2026

Neeraj Chopra Cannot Be India’s Entire Athletics Department

Farah Sheikh · 4 Nov 2026

Entertainment

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The Streaming Pile Has Turned Choice Into Unpaid Office Work

Ishita Banerjee · 5 Nov 2026

Laapataa Ladies Proved Bollywood’s Star System Is Mostly an Expensive Habit

Kabir Malhotra · 5 Nov 2026

Mirzapur as a Movie Is Proof Streaming Has Started Eating Its Own Tail

Ishita Banerjee · 4 Nov 2026

Technology

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‘Made in India’ Phones Are a Victory—But Assembly Cannot Be the Final Destination

Priya Nair · 5 Nov 2026

The Pixel 8a Is a Lovely Camera Attached to an Indian Ownership Compromise

Nikhil Bhatt · 5 Nov 2026

Apple’s India Success Is Manufacturing Progress, Not Yet Manufacturing Sovereignty

Priya Nair · 4 Nov 2026

Automobiles

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A Nexon EV Test Drive Cannot Show You the Charging Queue at Midnight

Ritika Menon · 5 Nov 2026

The Jimny Is a Brilliant Little 4x4 and a Poor Default Family Car

Arjun Chawla · 5 Nov 2026

Luxury EV Launches Are Racing Far Ahead of the Plugs Their Owners Need

Ritika Menon · 4 Nov 2026

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Mumbai’s Dabbawalas Are Not a Productivity Meme; They Are a City’s Social Contract

Ananya Ghosh · 5 Nov 2026

India Remembered the Rat-Hole Miners as Heroes, Then Returned Them to the Margins

Devansh Kapoor · 5 Nov 2026

Jadav Payeng’s Forest Is Not a Licence for the State to Admire Persistence from Afar

Ananya Ghosh · 4 Nov 2026

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Aditya RaoIndian Politics

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