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Indian Politics · 17 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

The INDIA Alliance’s Ballot-Paper Nostalgia Is an Escape from the Hard Work of Winning Trust

Opposition parties keep treating voting technology as the villain whenever their politics falters. I see a familiar attempt to manufacture outrage, but the Election Commission should answer it with public demonstrations and sharper communication rather than institutional hauteur.

By Meenakshi Iyer

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Delhi’s Voter-Roll Fight Is Too Important for Slogans—and Too Messy for BJP Complacency

Aditya Rao · 17 Oct 2026

The Opposition Killed a Women’s Representation Shortcut, Then Claimed the Moral High Ground

Meenakshi Iyer · 16 Oct 2026

The Budget’s Boring Machinery Is the Reform Congress Still Pretends Not to See

Aditya Rao · 16 Oct 2026

Indian Sports

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India’s 85 Asian Games Medals Deserve More Than a Two-Day National Mood

Farah Sheikh · 17 Oct 2026

Cricket’s Asian Games Gold Cannot Hide India’s Shrinking Room for Test Ambition

Rohan Deshmukh · 17 Oct 2026

India’s 85 Asian Games Medals Deserve More Than a Forty-Eight-Hour National Mood

Farah Sheikh · 16 Oct 2026

Entertainment

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The Streaming Pile Has Made Us Browse More and Watch Less

Ishita Banerjee · 17 Oct 2026

‘Jailer 2’ Proves Star Power Still Works—but Bollywood Keeps Learning the Wrong Lesson

Kabir Malhotra · 17 Oct 2026

Adolescence Became India’s Parenting Seminar Because We Prefer Panic to Conversation

Ishita Banerjee · 16 Oct 2026

Technology

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‘Made in India’ Phones Need Indian Components, Not Better Assembly Slogans

Priya Nair · 17 Oct 2026

A Two-Day Battery Cannot Rescue a Phone You Will Hate for Two Years

Nikhil Bhatt · 17 Oct 2026

Make in India Electronics Has Graduated From Slogan to Scale—Now Comes the Difficult Part

Priya Nair · 16 Oct 2026

Automobiles

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Record EV Sales Are Welcome; Public Charging Still Feels Like a Private Treasure Hunt

Ritika Menon · 17 Oct 2026

The Honda Elevate Is Better When You Stop Shopping Like a Brochure Collector

Arjun Chawla · 17 Oct 2026

India’s EV Sales Are Sprinting Ahead of the Charging Experience

Ritika Menon · 16 Oct 2026

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Roshan Kumari’s Nine Minutes in ‘Jalsaghar’ Carry an Entire History We Failed to Record

Ananya Ghosh · 17 Oct 2026

Sujan Singh Park Is Not Just Old Delhi Real Estate with Better Stories

Devansh Kapoor · 17 Oct 2026

Modhera’s Solar Story Matters Most Where the Tourist Brochure Ends

Ananya Ghosh · 16 Oct 2026

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