"Are you safe?" "Should you leave?" "Is Dubai running out of food?" The questions come from well-meaning souls who have been mainlining Indian news. Meanwhile, I'm working from home, ordering groceries online, and watching the metro run like clockwork
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“Why I didn’t want to pack a ‘go-bag’ while missiles were being intercepted over Dubai”
An NRI living in the UAE writes about what she learnt over the past few days: real leadership, safety, a sense of belonging… and why the world gets it wrong every time
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Shashi Tharoor: Political orphan, prodigal MP returns home
Shashi Tharoor has compromised with the Congress top leadership after attempts to move to CPM/BJP flopped. He will stay with the Congress for now and join the state election campaign
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Mamdani Envy: Why the NYC Mayor is making Indians uncomfortable
Mamdani manages to speak to you in a way very few politicians have ever done
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Indian tourists are giving the country’s reputation a masterclass in “how to fail at soft power”
Surely, it should be a given — the fact that you behave like responsible global citizens when you want to be taken seriously on the global stage?
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How Indian media fanned the ‘Rs 23 lakhs for lifetime residency in the UAE’ fake news into a viral storm
More than 48 hours after the fake news broke, and 48 hours after the UAE came out with a denial, the Indian media is now trying to brush the tsunami of misinformation under the carpet
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Trump sends illegal Indians back home as Modi plans US trip to limit damage
Sources in New Delhi have confirmed that all on board the flight were verified by the Indian government
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Modi-Trump meeting in the works? Tariffs, visas, China on the agenda
The Indian PM travel to Washington DC next month to meet Trump, if the meeting does happen
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Dr Manmohan Singh: A gentleman PM and star of India’s economic rise on world stage
Dr Singh’s life and his elevation to the highest political office is a lesson in grit, merit and, above all dignity and humility
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Will Indian-American presence in Trump 2.0 cabinet impact bilateral ties?
Once a part of the new political set-up, India should be prepared to see the diaspora representing the interests of the US and nothing else