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Narrow Survival

The most revealing moments in politics are rarely the ones that end careers. They are the ones that do not.

Serampore Heritage Utsav, where history and cultures mix

The annual Serampore Heritage Utsav, a festival tomtomming the intriguing cultural mix of the town's rich Danish, British, and Vaishnavite history, was inaugurated last Monday and has already proved a draw with its heritage walks, river cruise, old temples, and even a palace.

Taxing Balance

Rachel Reeves’s latest Budget attempts something British chancellors before her rarely managed with conviction: mixing fiscal restraint with visible social compassion.

Poll bugle

The decision by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a national election for July 4 is a bold and risky manoeuvre, given the precarious position of his Conservative Party.

Gandhi’s path

Through the last two weeks of March and April 1930, Mahatma Gandhi continued his march on foot, along with 78 Congress volunteers from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to the Gujarat coast; what the world knows as the Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha, a historic event.