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Indian Politics · 15 Nov 2026 · 7 min read

Waqf Reform Deserved Scrutiny, Not the Opposition’s Emergency Siren

The Waqf amendments contain provisions worth challenging, but the INDIA alliance’s refusal to distinguish accountability from persecution cheapened the debate. Religious endowments do not become untouchable merely because reform is politically uncomfortable.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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The Middle-Class Tax Cut Is Reform, Not a Pre-Election Sweetener

Aditya Rao · 15 Nov 2026

The Opposition’s Delimitation Panic Is Loudest Where Its Alternative Is Vaguest

Meenakshi Iyer · 14 Nov 2026

India’s Electronics Incentives Have Earned an Upgrade, Not the Opposition’s Usual Eyeroll

Aditya Rao · 14 Nov 2026

Indian Sports

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Manu Bhaker’s Medals Exposed India’s Four-Year Attention Span

Farah Sheikh · 15 Nov 2026

The Ranji Trophy Cannot Survive as Team India’s Punishment Drill

Rohan Deshmukh · 15 Nov 2026

Manu Bhaker’s Medals Were Not a Fourteen-Day Licence to Care About Shooting

Farah Sheikh · 14 Nov 2026

Entertainment

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Adolescence Worked Because It Refused to Turn the Internet Into a Cartoon Villain

Ishita Banerjee · 15 Nov 2026

Nadaaniyan Proved That Nepotism’s Real Cost Is Creative Cowardice

Kabir Malhotra · 15 Nov 2026

Streaming’s Autoplay Habit Is Flattening Everything Into the Same Show

Ishita Banerjee · 14 Nov 2026

Technology

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India Can Celebrate Phone Exports Without Pretending Assembly Is the Finish Line

Priya Nair · 15 Nov 2026

The Pixel 9a’s Seven-Year Promise Is Only as Good as India’s Repair Counter

Nikhil Bhatt · 15 Nov 2026

Made in India Phones Are a Real Win—But the Valuable Parts Still Tell the Harder Story

Priya Nair · 14 Nov 2026

Automobiles

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An EV Charger Count Is Not the Same Thing as a Charging Network

Ritika Menon · 15 Nov 2026

The Mahindra BE 6 Is Best When You Ignore Its Most Expensive Toys

Arjun Chawla · 15 Nov 2026

An EV Road Trip in India Still Requires Too Many Apps and Too Much Faith

Ritika Menon · 14 Nov 2026

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The Family in the Gokarna Cave Did Not Need Our Spiritual Fantasies

Ananya Ghosh · 15 Nov 2026

Gadchiroli’s ‘Rightful Home’ Is Dignity Built From Timber and Defiance

Devansh Kapoor · 15 Nov 2026

Kerala’s Library Culture Is Quiet Infrastructure, Not a Quaint Tourist Detail

Ananya Ghosh · 14 Nov 2026

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