Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan

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Kerala has a long tradition of Naga (s…

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Now that the hosannas to Pervez Musharraf have reached a…

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2022…

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The Supreme Court, in a 4:1 judgment, hel…

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Elizabeth Holmes, the formerly celebra…

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Now that the euphoria over the ascent of Rishi Sunak to the pos…

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The past year has …

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The Hero’s Journey is a common metaphor used by storytellers from the Ramayana to the Iliad, and in innumerable modern works. You have the hero rising, then …

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It is a bit of a coincidence that, just around the 75th…

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The ongo…

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There are only two US Supreme Court judgments deeme…

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Abe Shinzo will be remembered as A…

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I must conf…

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I don’t know about you, but I have long been a …

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The commentariat has rightly focused on the specifics of the Nupur Sharma in…

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A lot has h…

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There has been a slew of social media pos…