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Senior sub editor
VARIETY
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Guess who failed their board exam – Madhya Pradesh government scores low on caste
After stamping 'SC/ST' on job candidates' chests, state education board now lists Class 10,12 results with students' castes.
VARIETY
| 3-minute read
Kairana by-poll: Promises of withdrawing Muzaffarnagar riot cases show all parties willing to trade justice for votes
This is the height of callousness to riot victims – and to law and order.
VARIETY
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Satna 'beef' lynching – Why MP government must say, not in my name
Yet another Muslim has been killed by cow vigilantes, this time in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh. Without firm action, government will look weak – or complicit.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Karnataka polls will change 2019 general elections for India
It will set a big precedent as to how the Congress and BJP fight polls from now on.
ART & CULTURE
| 3-minute read
Let Sonam choose whose name it is anyway
You are not a feminist if you cannot accept other people’s choices.
VARIETY
| 4-minute read
Yes, India’s big three banking CEOs are in hot water – but why bring their gender into it?
The criticism against Chanda Kochhar (ICICI), Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank) and Usha Ananthasubramanian (Allahabad Bank) has been sharper just because they are women.
POLITICS
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Why Congress-JD(S) sing, I love you (like I hate you)
Both parties have a bitter past of harsh words, broken deals, stinging barbs. How long will their new romance last?
VARIETY
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Karnataka crown in governor's hands, but there is no set convention for him to follow
Vajubhai Vala, who, in 2001, vacated his Rajkot West Assembly seat for a certain Narendra Modi, now decides the fate of Karnataka and future convention.
POLITICS
| 3-minute read
Karnataka elections: JD(S) proves BJP and Congress cannot afford to write off regional players
Deve Gowda’s party has held on to its Vokkaliga voter base, while Dalits too seem to have chosen it over the Congress.
VARIETY
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