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Mumbai · Tuesday, 8 September 2026

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To build Delhi’s future, learn from past missteps

About 25 years ago, when Delhi’s third Master Plan came into effect, the city’s population was about 14 million, Gurugram and Noida were fledgling suburbs, the first lines of the capital’s Metro…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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Core concerns: On the Indian economy, the road ahead

The slowdown in the growth of India’s core industrial sectors in July was not surprising, with other indicators predicting easing demand conditions as well. Growth in the index of core industries (ICI)…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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A civilisational approach to social media

The debate over banning social media for minors is rapidly becoming one of the defining policy questions of the digital age. As countries around the world move toward restrictions, India is faced…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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The Jat, non-Jat fault line in Haryana

The controversy over Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Archana Gupta’s reference to a “vishesh varg” (particular class) in the context of government jobs has once again brought the State’s deeply entrenched…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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Letters to The Editor — August 24, 2026

Selective call Those pushing for the full rendition of Vande Mataram should also acknowledge that Jana Gana Mana is rendered in its prescribed version rather than in its entirety as a longer…

By Sohail Khan · 23 Aug
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The return of profanation as a new political language

In his work Profanations, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben observes how the act of profanation applies to the game of chess and children playing with household items as toys. For Agamben, profanation refers…

By Sohail Khan · 23 Aug