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Indian Politics · 26 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

A Caste Census Is Too Important to Become Rahul Gandhi’s Permanent Hashtag

The government was right to accept caste enumeration, but collecting the data is only the beginning. Congress wants instant political credit and predetermined conclusions; India needs clean categories, transparent methods and caution about what the numbers can actually prove.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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GST’s Boring Repair Job Matters More Than Another Budget-Day Giveaway

Aditya Rao · 26 Oct 2026

The Caste Census Was Supposed to Corner Modi; Now the Opposition Must Explain Its Own Arithmetic

Meenakshi Iyer · 25 Oct 2026

Capital Expenditure Is Not Glamorous, Which Is Precisely Why Delhi’s Critics Ignore It

Aditya Rao · 25 Oct 2026

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India’s 85 Asian Games Medals Deserve More Than a Two-Day National Mood

Farah Sheikh · 26 Oct 2026

BCCI Has Scheduled a Test Feast After Feeding Us White-Ball Snacks

Rohan Deshmukh · 26 Oct 2026

Neeraj Chopra’s 90 Metres Should Be a Starting Gun, Not a National Comfort Blanket

Farah Sheikh · 25 Oct 2026

Entertainment

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Student of the Year Going ‘After Dark’ Is Streaming’s Identity Crisis in One Teaser

Ishita Banerjee · 26 Oct 2026

Drishyam’s Best Final Trick Is Knowing That a Franchise Should End

Kabir Malhotra · 26 Oct 2026

Adolescence Is Powerful Television, but the One-Take Trick Is Not Its Moral Argument

Ishita Banerjee · 25 Oct 2026

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India Can Assemble the World’s Phones; Building an Indian Phone Champion Is Harder

Priya Nair · 26 Oct 2026

Seven Years of Updates Won’t Help If Your Pixel Cooks Itself in an Indian Summer

Nikhil Bhatt · 26 Oct 2026

India’s Electronics Boom Is Real, but Assembly Cannot Be the Graduation Ceremony

Priya Nair · 25 Oct 2026

Automobiles

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India Doesn’t Need a Charger on Every Map Pin; It Needs Chargers That Work and Earn

Ritika Menon · 26 Oct 2026

The Thar Roxx Trim Ladder Is a Tax on Buyers Who Don’t Bring a Spreadsheet

Arjun Chawla · 26 Oct 2026

India’s EV-Charging Policy Is Finally Talking About the Grid, but Showrooms Still Sell a Fantasy Map

Ritika Menon · 25 Oct 2026

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Nine Senior Citizens in School Uniforms Have Exposed Our Patronising Idea of Literacy

Ananya Ghosh · 26 Oct 2026

A School With One Child Is Not Quaint; It Is a Village Sending an Exit Notice

Devansh Kapoor · 26 Oct 2026

A Pune Village Put a Study Hall in a Crematorium—and Exposed Our Wasteful Fear of Useful Space

Ananya Ghosh · 25 Oct 2026

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Aditya RaoIndian Politics

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