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• Growing strategic convergence with Indonesia

  Refer to ‘BrahMos deal boosts strategic ties with Indonesia’; PM Narendra Modi’s Indonesia visit marks a decisive shift from past differences to a forward-looking strategic partnership based on a shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. However, Indonesia’s decision...

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• Scientific approach crucial

  With reference to ‘Credible data must fuel ethanol drive’; India’s ethanol blending policy must be backed by scientific evidence and periodic review by multidisciplinary committees representing agriculturalists, automobile manufacturers, environmental experts and consumer groups. The programme must evaluate factors like...

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• Heal, not suppress

  With reference to ‘Punjab’s harsh truths can’t be wished away’; the attempt to censor the film Satluj cannot alter the course of history. The irreparable losses can’t be undone by removing a film from a streaming platform or theatres. Past...

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• Satluj takedown: Lawful debate necessary

  Refer to ‘Let Satluj flow’; the CBI investigation and subsequent court proceedings established that Punjab Police officials abducted and murdered human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, and several officers were convicted. Justice is incomplete if only the executors are punished...

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• Govts should inspire confidence

  With reference to ‘How I prove my Indian citizenship’; the true measure of a democracy is not how easily it questions the citizenship of its people, but how fairly it protects those who belong to it. Documents may establish identity,...

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• Porous borders help relations thrive

  Refer to ‘Vaapsi on the wings of love’; remembering the past need not imprison us, yet forgetting it is neither possible, nor humane. My father, despite severe dementia and the lifelong trauma of Partition, would suddenly brighten up whenever I...

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• Women a force to reckon with

  Refer to ‘More power to women in khaki’; the creation of an all-women police task force by the Tamil Nadu government is ample recognition that irrespective of all inherent prejudices and biases against women, they are a force to reckon...

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• Borewell tragedies: No implementation of rules

  Apropos of ‘Fatal borewells’; twenty years after the miraculous escape of Prince from Haryana in a similar borewell incident, Nirvair’s death brings back grim memories of heart-rending but avoidable tragedies. Abandoned borewells left uncovered in fields and construction sites point...

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