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Best of BS Opinion: No room for optimism as history snaps at our heels

It is not just that politics and economics are at war. History is always snapping at our heels

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Uddalok Bhattacharya
Panglossian is a word that has suddenly sprung into fashion. Justifiably so

Kashmir, Hong Kong, economy, or plastic — no room for being optimistic. It is not just that politics and economics are at war. History is always snapping at our heels. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up

Regarding Kashmir, there are some myths dear to the Indian Right and they need to be demolished. Shekhar Gupta explains  

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