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Indian Politics · 13 Nov 2026 · 6 min read

Keeping Parliament in Suspense Is Needless—But the Opposition’s Apocalypse Is Theatre

The Centre should announce sessions promptly and explain unusual procedure. That modest lapse does not justify the INDIA alliance’s habit of converting every scheduling dispute into the death certificate of democracy.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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The Budget’s Boring Discipline Is the Reform Congress Still Refuses to Learn

Aditya Rao · 13 Nov 2026

Bihar’s Women Voters Have Outgrown the Commentariat’s Pet Explanations

Meenakshi Iyer · 12 Nov 2026

Budget Reform Is Boring—Which Is Precisely Why It May Endure

Aditya Rao · 12 Nov 2026

Indian Sports

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India’s Dakar Teenagers Deserve More Than a Medal-Day Burst of Attention

Farah Sheikh · 13 Nov 2026

Shami’s Exit Should Embarrass a Board That Treats Test Fast Bowlers as Disposable

Rohan Deshmukh · 13 Nov 2026

Anahat Singh Should Not Need an Olympic Medal Before India Learns Her Name

Farah Sheikh · 12 Nov 2026

Entertainment

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Netflix’s India Boom Is Real, but More Viewing Is Not the Same as Better Stories

Ishita Banerjee · 13 Nov 2026

Homebound Proves Bollywood’s Outsiders Are Not the Industry’s Charity Cases

Kabir Malhotra · 13 Nov 2026

Pyre Finds More India in Two Old Faces Than Streaming Finds in a Thousand Algorithms

Ishita Banerjee · 12 Nov 2026

Technology

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Make in India Phones Are Scaling, but Assembly Cannot Be the Victory Lap

Priya Nair · 13 Nov 2026

The Lava Agni 4 Is the Rare Indian Phone I’d Consider—With Two-Year Reservations

Nikhil Bhatt · 13 Nov 2026

Made in India Must Move Beyond Counting Finished Phones

Priya Nair · 12 Nov 2026

Automobiles

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Electric Trucks Will Matter More Than Another Celebrity EV Launch

Ritika Menon · 13 Nov 2026

The Electric GLC Is Impressive, but ₹78.5 Lakh Still Buys a Charging Chore

Arjun Chawla · 13 Nov 2026

India’s EV Problem Is Not Range Anxiety; It Is Charger Truthfulness

Ritika Menon · 12 Nov 2026

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The Blind Fish in an Assam Well Makes Groundwater Personal

Ananya Ghosh · 13 Nov 2026

The New Animal in a Maharashtra Backyard Is a Rebuke to Our Idea of Wilderness

Devansh Kapoor · 13 Nov 2026

Forty-Two Nagaland Villages Chose to Protect Pangolins—and Made Enforcement Look Almost Human

Ananya Ghosh · 12 Nov 2026

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