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It is important to remember that our democracy has become highly election-centric. Political parties envisage elections as the main arena of competitive politics
HILAL AHMEDCasual casteism is often ambivalent and indistinct. How then does one decide whether a remark or a gesture is casual or casteist? Who has the power of decision in this context?
SOMA MANDALEssence of economic development must consist not in achieving a higher growth of the GDP per se, but in overcoming unemployment even at the expense of cheaper imports if necessary
PRABHAT PATNAIKThe biggest impediment to the return of peace in Manipur remains the pursuit of narrow, divisive motives. This kind of regressive agenda must be shunned immediately for the sake of peace
THE EDITORIAL BOARDIn Italy, Giorgia Meloni, who once lauded the policies of the fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, is PM. And in UK, Nigel Farage's Reform UK won a record 14% of the vote in the election
THE EDITORIAL BOARDPadatik, directed by Srijit Mukherji, is running in the theatres