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Moltbook And The Rise Of Machine Societies

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Is Life Inherently Meaningless?

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What Trump’s Autocracy Means For America

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Why The World Must Be Grateful To Donald Trump

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The Persistence Of Caste In India’s Army

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In Defence Of Pessimism

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Mystification By Numbers: Googol, Google & Others

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The Beatles’ Last Trip to India: Fame, Meditation & The Unravelling Of A Band

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Andrius Rudamina, Se Cathedral & The Unlikely Link Between Lithuania And India

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The Crumbling Heart Of Old Goa: Saving the Basilica Of Bom Jesus

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The Thieves of Tolly-Bolly-Kolly-Molly Woods

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Future Tense, Past Present

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‘Killer Robots,’ AI & The Future Of Warfare

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The Cartoonist’s War: Satire, Hate & The Art Of Persuasion

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How Cryptocurrencies Fuel Organised Crime & Global Illicit Trade

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Nilgiri Marten: The Forest Gardener

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When Democracies Choose Their Dictators

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AI’s Workplace Takeover: Innovation Or Impending Crisis?

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The Battle For Digital Sovereignty: How Big Tech Threatens National Autonomy

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Environment, Latest Posts

The Vanishing Bengal Florican

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How Pharma Companies Are Turning Everyday Issues into ‘Diseases’ for Profit

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The Manosphere’s Poisonous Influence: How Digital Hate Transforms Young Men’s Identities

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From Sacred Shores to Concrete Jungles: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands Are At A Crossroads

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Myth & Medicine In Modern India: How Pseudoscience Found Its Place In Governance

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Why I Write & Other Such Musings

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LATEST POSTS

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Glamour, Grammar, And The Magic Wand of A.I.

by Amal Fabian

Why has the glamour in grammar disappeared? From magic and memory to machines and micro-aggressions, here’s a meditation on grammar’s fading glamour in the age of artificial intelligence.

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The Uneasy Arithmetic Of India–U.S. Trade Deal

by S Vijayakrishna

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Ethiopia, Eritrea, And The Fragility Of Peace

by Ekalavya

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AI, Academia And Cognitive Offloading

by P Ananth Kumar

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The Banality Of Indifference: Why Democracies Look Away While Humanity Suffers

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

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EDITOR'S PICKS

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Editor's Picks, OpinionFebruary 11, 2026<February 18, 2026

India-US Trade Deal: A Strategic Surrender

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

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Editor's Picks, OpinionFebruary 4, 2026<February 12, 2026

Is Life Inherently Meaningless?

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

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Editor's Picks, OpinionFebruary 3, 2026<February 12, 2026

The Epstein Emails And The Architecture of Invisible Influence

by P Ananth Kumar

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Editor's Picks, OpinionFebruary 2, 2026<February 12, 2026

Should India Privatise Public Sector Banks?

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

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POLICY

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The Persistence Of Caste In India’s Army

by Ekalavya

For the Indian Army to truly fulfil its promise of representing all of India, it will need to confront the enduring legacy of caste.

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Iran’s War on Its Own People

by Kamini Vadana

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The Silent Fertility Crisis: Falling Birth Rates And The Future of Collective Society

by Madras Courier

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The Dismantling of MGNREGA: Gandhi’s Vision vs. Political Reality

by S Vijayakrishna

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How India’s Universities Are Becoming Ideological Command Centres Of The State

by Kurian Mathew

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Opinion

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Latest Posts, OpinionFebruary 26, 2026<February 26, 2026

The Uneasy Arithmetic Of India–U.S. Trade Deal

by S Vijayakrishna

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Latest Posts, OpinionFebruary 25, 2026<February 25, 2026

Ethiopia, Eritrea, And The Fragility Of Peace

by Ekalavya

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Latest Posts, OpinionFebruary 23, 2026<February 23, 2026

The Banality Of Indifference: Why Democracies Look Away While Humanity Suffers

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

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Latest Posts, OpinionFebruary 20, 2026<February 20, 2026

The Grammar Of Kindness

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

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Environment

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The Aravallis Are Being Destroyed. The Fallout Will Be Severe

by Gaytri Soni

The degradation of the Aravalli mountain range is accelerating desertification, exposing deep failures in governance, land-use policy, and ecological stewardship across North India.

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How Birds Use Smell To Navigate, Forage, And Mate

by Madras Courier

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What The Cassowary Reveals About Risk, History & Biodiversity

by Kamini Vadana

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Madhav Gadgil, The Ecologist Who Listened To The Hills And Trusted The People

by K M Seethi

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How India’s Stubble Crisis Is Fuelling Innovation

by Gaytri Soni

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INSIGHT

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Insight, Latest PostsFebruary 12, 2026<February 12, 2026

Gold: God’s Money

by Madras Courier

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Insight, Latest PostsFebruary 5, 2026<February 12, 2026

Guilty Pigs: The Absurd History Of Animal Trials

by Ekalavya

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Insight, Latest PostsJanuary 30, 2026<February 12, 2026

How Pembarthi’s Women Are Quietly Reclaiming An Ancient Craft

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Insight, Latest PostsJanuary 23, 2026<January 30, 2026

Did Human Innovation Begin In India, Not Africa?

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Biography

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No Full Stops: Remembering Mark Tully

by Madras Courier

Mark Tully remains less a chronicler of history and more its living echo, a reminder that journalism’s true power lies not only in witness but in the gift of listening.

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Nehru’s Scientific Temper & A Vision For A Rational India

by Madras Courier

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The Complicated Legacy Of Dick Cheney

by Madras Courier

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Raila Odinga: The Relentless Democrat Who Revered India

by Gurjit Singh

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Maria Machado’s Nobel: A Prize, or a Provocation?

by Madras Courier

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Art & Poetry

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Art & Poetry, Latest PostsFebruary 21, 2026<February 21, 2026

Prayer

by Ananya Guha

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Art & Poetry, Latest PostsFebruary 14, 2026<February 14, 2026

Our Kind Of Love

by Priyanka Aravind P

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Art & Poetry, Latest PostsFebruary 7, 2026<February 7, 2026

Daughters Of The Bow

by Shivani Mangal

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Art & Poetry, Latest PostsJanuary 31, 2026<January 31, 2026

Winter

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Books & Films

Grammar-Madras_Courier

Glamour, Grammar, And The Magic Wand of A.I.

by Amal Fabian

Why has the glamour in grammar disappeared? From magic and memory to machines and micro-aggressions, here’s a meditation on grammar’s fading glamour in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Breaking Boundaries: The Rock Band With Learning Disabilities

by Madras Courier

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When The Stars Lean Closer

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

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Tintin in Kolkata: The Real-Life Inspirations For Hergé’s Quirky Sidekick

by Kamini Vadana

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Saddam Hussein & His Blood Qur’an

by Madras Courier

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