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Indian Politics · 18 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

The Opposition’s Outrage Factory Cannot Substitute for a Governing Idea

The INDIA alliance has learned to turn every procedural dispute into an existential emergency. I think voters can distinguish institutional vigilance from a permanent audition for prime-time victimhood.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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The Budget’s Boring Capital-Expenditure Habit Is the Reform Congress Still Pretends Not to See

Aditya Rao · 18 Oct 2026

The INDIA Alliance’s Ballot-Paper Nostalgia Is an Escape from the Hard Work of Winning Trust

Meenakshi Iyer · 17 Oct 2026

Delhi’s Voter-Roll Fight Is Too Important for Slogans—and Too Messy for BJP Complacency

Aditya Rao · 17 Oct 2026

Indian Sports

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The Asian Para Games Should Not Need a Sympathy Campaign to Earn Indian Attention

Farah Sheikh · 18 Oct 2026

India’s Test Calendar Is Being Treated Like Spare Furniture

Rohan Deshmukh · 18 Oct 2026

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

Farah Sheikh · 17 Oct 2026

Entertainment

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Streaming Has Turned Our Evenings Into Administrative Work

Ishita Banerjee · 18 Oct 2026

Bollywood’s Franchise Addiction Is What Happens When Star Kids Are Asked to Replace Ideas

Kabir Malhotra · 18 Oct 2026

The Streaming Pile Has Made Us Browse More and Watch Less

Ishita Banerjee · 17 Oct 2026

Technology

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Made in India Cannot Stop at the Screwdriver Station

Priya Nair · 18 Oct 2026

A Phone Review Should Begin After the Second Monsoon, Not the First Weekend

Nikhil Bhatt · 18 Oct 2026

‘Made in India’ Phones Need Indian Components, Not Better Assembly Slogans

Priya Nair · 17 Oct 2026

Automobiles

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Eight Per Cent EV Share Is a Sales Victory and an Infrastructure Warning

Ritika Menon · 18 Oct 2026

The Base Mahindra Thar Roxx Makes More Sense Than the Trim the Salesman Wants to Show You

Arjun Chawla · 18 Oct 2026

Record EV Sales Are Welcome; Public Charging Still Feels Like a Private Treasure Hunt

Ritika Menon · 17 Oct 2026

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A Village Library Is Not Quaint; It Is Public Infrastructure With Shelves

Ananya Ghosh · 18 Oct 2026

Mumbai’s Dabbawalas Do Not Need to Become an App to Prove They Are Modern

Devansh Kapoor · 18 Oct 2026

Roshan Kumari’s Nine Minutes in ‘Jalsaghar’ Carry an Entire History We Failed to Record

Ananya Ghosh · 17 Oct 2026

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Aditya RaoIndian Politics

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Nikhil BhattTechnology

Priya NairTechnology

Arjun ChawlaAutomobiles

Ritika MenonAutomobiles

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