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Beast of Ukraine war thrives on corporate greed
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Stalin’s politics fuels new national federalism
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Young wine in old bottles to revive Congress
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Modi moves mountains and molehills to master machinations
As a practice, MoSs are never invited to Cabinet meetings and hardly get a chance to meet the PM unless they are specially called.
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Maim and tame hate monetising tech moguls
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Ideologies are dead, long live individuals
In most democracies today, individuals are ideologies themselves and voters often ignore their political outlook.
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Dithering & sycophantic COVID experts endanger brand Modi
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Stop capital drain with better opportunities at home
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