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India’s middle‑class crisis: the great bifurcation and the Gen Z uprising
The student protests we have been witnessing in India can be explained in large part by the crisis facing the Indian middle class, marked in particular by graduate unemployment and a...
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In HangZhu, G20 missed a real opportunity to be...
RSS’ new mission: Hindutvaisation of Kerala’s Onam festival
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Why Nehru is a Thorn in the Flesh for the Modi Regime
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