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Nirma University’s “Panvel” Controversy: When Academic Authority Turns Into a Collar-Grabbing Display of Power
There is something deeply uncomfortable about what unfolded at Nirma University during Technofora 2026. Not because a student interrupted a…
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The collar, the threat, and the feet: How Nirma’s HOD turned a meme into a public lesson in power
There is a reason the clip will not die. It is not because a student quoted Golmaal 3. Indian campuses…
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THE HOSPITAL WAS THE ALIBI. THE FILE WAS THE WEAPON.
There are scams that hide in footnotes. This one, if the Anti-Corruption Branch and the Directorate of Vigilance are even…
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WITNESS ON MONDAY, ACCUSED ON FRIDAY, BAILED BY JUNE — THE FIFTEEN-YEAR SOUTH MUMBAI FILE THAT STILL HAS NO CONVICTION
There is a Mumbai speciality that looks like law enforcement and behaves like storage. A 2011 loan sits in a…
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Harresh Mehta : How a 2011 SBI loan, a Dadar tower, a “witness” who became an accused, and a 12-year investigation still have not produced a conviction
There is a particular kind of Mumbai scandal that does not explode. It ferments. It sits in a bank file,…
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Vantara : The Ark That Can’t Count Its Animals
A private compound beside an oil refinery does not become a conservation cathedral because a press note says “rescue.” It…
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Is Vantara Involved in International Animal Smuggling?
A private compound beside an oil refinery does not become a conservation cathedral because a press release says so. It…
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Is Vantara Involved in Cross-Border Animal Smuggling?
There is a point at which “rescue” stops being an adequate answer to a provenance question. Vantara presents itself as…
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From Toothless Tiger to Leashed Dog: How the Election Commission Lost Its Integrity, Transparency and Authority in the Twelve Years of the Modi Era
There was a time when the Election Commission of India could make a sitting Prime Minister wait. T.N. Seshan did…
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Nayan Raheja : Bail Denied. The Door Is Still Open
The Saket PMLA court did on 19 September 2026 what the Enforcement Directorate should have forced months earlier. It refused…
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