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Indian Politics · 16 Oct 2026 · 8 min read

The Opposition Killed a Women’s Representation Shortcut, Then Claimed the Moral High Ground

The failed delimitation package deserved scrutiny, especially from southern states, but the INDIA bloc preferred maximal suspicion to workable negotiation. I find the instant conversion of a complex constitutional defeat into another Modi conspiracy both lazy and revealing.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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The Budget’s Boring Machinery Is the Reform Congress Still Pretends Not to See

Aditya Rao · 16 Oct 2026

The Opposition’s SIR Theatre Cannot Excuse the Election Commission’s Silence

Meenakshi Iyer · 15 Oct 2026

Modi at 25 Should Be Judged by the State He Changed, Not the Slogans He Coined

Aditya Rao · 15 Oct 2026

Indian Sports

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India’s 85 Asian Games Medals Deserve More Than a Forty-Eight-Hour National Mood

Farah Sheikh · 16 Oct 2026

BCCI Has Built a Cricket Empire and Still Treats Test Matches Like a Seasonal Hobby

Rohan Deshmukh · 16 Oct 2026

India’s Asian Games Fourth Place Is a Beginning, Not a Permission Slip for Neglect

Farah Sheikh · 15 Oct 2026

Entertainment

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Adolescence Became India’s Parenting Seminar Because We Prefer Panic to Conversation

Ishita Banerjee · 16 Oct 2026

Homebound Proves Star Kids Can Act—Which Is Not the Same as Earning Our Patience

Kabir Malhotra · 16 Oct 2026

‘Outcome’ Understands Celebrity Exhaustion but Streaming Has Made the Satire Too Comfortable

Ishita Banerjee · 15 Oct 2026

Technology

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Make in India Electronics Has Graduated From Slogan to Scale—Now Comes the Difficult Part

Priya Nair · 16 Oct 2026

The Pixel 10a Is a ₹49,999 Reminder That Ownership Begins After the Review Embargo

Nikhil Bhatt · 16 Oct 2026

India’s Electronics Boom Is Real, but Assembly Cannot Be the Final Exam

Priya Nair · 15 Oct 2026

Automobiles

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India’s EV Sales Are Sprinting Ahead of the Charging Experience

Ritika Menon · 16 Oct 2026

The Mahindra BE 6 Is Brilliant Enough Without the Pack Three Jewellery

Arjun Chawla · 16 Oct 2026

A Sixteen-Minute Charge Is Useless If the Charger Is Behind a Broken Gate

Ritika Menon · 15 Oct 2026

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Modhera’s Solar Story Matters Most Where the Tourist Brochure Ends

Ananya Ghosh · 16 Oct 2026

The Living Root Bridges Are Infrastructure Built by People Who Expected Not to See the Result

Devansh Kapoor · 16 Oct 2026

Maniguh’s Book Temples Matter Because Reading There Is Ordinary, Not Remedial

Ananya Ghosh · 15 Oct 2026

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