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#OPINION | Religious intolerance and the challenge of pluralism

Why is religion, which supposedly espouses compassion, peace, and harmony, often the cause of intolerance? Usually, it is because of the attempts to claim political space and hence the failure of leaders to work with the ‘internal policers’.

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#OPINION | Does the Shirdi Sai Baba fit into 'new India'?

When the azaan vs Hanuman Chalisa controversy was taking place in Maharashtra last month, the Sai Baba shrine in Shirdi decided to follow the Supreme Court guidelines given in a 2005 verdict that public address systems could only be used between 6 am and 10 pm.
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#OPINION | BBMP elections: Will Bengaluru get a better deal?

With the Supreme Court cracking the whip against state governments and ordering that all pending local body elections should be scheduled within two weeks, the state government has had to buckle down and put an end to its arbitrary and impudent procrastination of BBMP elections since September 2020 in violation of the Constitution.
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#OPINION | Indian business today needs leaders like Keshub Mahindra

Keshub Mahindra was part of a glittering list of business leaders who were born before/around Independence. These leaders witnessed and were crucial partners in building India post-Independence.

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#OPINION | King Charles’ portrait is artful propaganda

The arguing is beside the point because royal portraiture’s role through the millennia is to project power and legitimacy; thus, disputes about an artifact’s artistic merit are secondary to its propaganda value.

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#OPINION | Why is it hard for Corporate India to say ‘Sorry’?

All the HR rules, SOPs, and committees are mere formalities unless a culture of respect and empathy is deeply ingrained in every corner of an organisation.

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#Opinion | India’s Musk — and his EVs — need to be less combustible

The past week ought to have taught Aggarwal a lesson: Not everyone gets to play the world’s richest man.

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#Opinion | Beijing’s success is a conundrum for Nobel winners

China’s very success has knocked a hole in both the ambitious question the institutionalists asked, and in their preferred answer.

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#Opinion | Hyundai’s India IPO harks back to another era

Hyundai’s parent offered to sell as much as 17.5% of its local unit not because anyone twisted its arm. The Korean firm did it to take advantage of India’s sizzling valuations.

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#Opinion |Trump’s rants about immigrants and crimes are lies

'The Democrats say please don’t call them animals, they’re humans. I said no, they’re not humans. They’re not humans,' Trump said. 'They’re animals.'

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#Opinion | Hamas' guerrilla tactics in North Gaza make it hard to defeat

Israel has decimated Hamas’ military wing, along with much of Gaza. But the group’s small-scale, hit-and-run approach poses a threat in the enclave’s north.

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#Opinion | China and India bury the hatchet...for now

So what motivated this thaw? Next month’s election in the US, for one. The race is tight and there is the distinct possibility that Donald Trump will return to the White House. One less troubled relationship would suit both parties.

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#Opinion | India’s announcement that its four-year border dispute with China has ended should be welcome news. One less hotspot in a world on fire can only be a good thing, right?

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#Opinion | Why I’m voting for Kamala Harris

I do not agree with Vice President Kamala Harris on every issue, but earlier this week, I voted for her without hesitation. I’d like to explain why, in hopes that others who have a history of supporting candidates in both parties — as I do — will join me.

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