German Shepherding 

An MLA who turned out to be a foreign citizen is such a perfect Indian story German citizen Chennamaneni Ramesh is a shoo-in for the history books. Ramesh won assembly elections four times from Vemulawada…

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Capital mistake

Delhi’s next election’s a hot potato, but what really counts will barely be discussed Political twins Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia have staked their political futures on Delhi assembly election 2025 – both out on…

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Mukhyamantri’s mantra

Fadnavis’s management skills will be strongly tested, with two deputies who don’t see eye to eye Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Uneasier clearly the heads that wear deputy CM crowns. That the…

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Aloo’s not well…

Imagine this: farmers in Bengal grow tons of potatoes, but instead of selling them to neighboring states like Odisha and Jharkhand, trucks full of potatoes are stopped at the border. Why? Because the Bengal government…

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Aloo’s not well… 

…if inter-state trade can be curbed on a whim, as Bengal’s doing now. Producers are robbed of the national market  Bengal cops posted on state borders have strict orders: the spud stops here. Seasonal price…

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Make America bland again

I spent my first American Christmas in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania visiting the family of a friend at Harvard. He was genial and easy-going, from a Christian Republican family. They took their religion very seriously, he said….

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