India
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New Year’s Day 2025 – A Message

“I long to give myself a fair shot at my responsibilities, but they must wait for another year, another time” – now is that YEAR, and now is that TIME. Continue reading
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India Travel Diaries: Bombay

The vastness of Bombay often surpassed the glories it hid in its well-anointed coat. Continue reading
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Autumn in Hyderabad

Had Paradise survived, the last Hyderabadi too would have weathered the storm. Continue reading
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Bandland 2024

The second edition of the Bandland Music Festival in Bengaluru on November 23 and 24 was as awe-inspiring as the first in 2023. Continue reading
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Calcutta horror: Punitive justice and retribution needed

Ms Banerjee has lost the mandate of the people whom she had seemingly satiated with populist agendas. Continue reading
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Bangladesh Can Ill-Afford To Antagonise India

Bangladesh, created by India and as some might say, for India, has risen in revolt strongly against the daughter of the tall leader who won them their freedom. Continue reading
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Telangana Budget 2024: Freebies don’t cut it

Welfare schemes rarely succeed in making a people hospitable to crisis and feed, instead, upon their insecurities. Continue reading
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Union Budget 2024: Do nothing, do nothing

The burden continued to be borne by the middle-class taxpayer was dispiriting. Continue reading
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The Role of the Speaker in the Lok Sabha

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Indian Parliament, and in turn, the highest authority in it. Continue reading
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The Last Hyderabadi

Wasn’t it George Bernard Shaw who said that politics was the last resort of the scoundrel? The last Hyderabadi remembered having read something of the sort during his time at the Nizam College. Continue reading

Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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