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Investigative reports on misuse of public funds, corruption allegations, and accountability.

Electoral Bonds: The ₹16,518 Crore Paper Trail That Exposed Indian Democracy's Darkest Corner
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Electoral Bonds: The ₹16,518 Crore Paper Trail That Exposed Indian Democracy's Darkest Corner

The Supreme Court called it unconstitutional. The numbers tell a story of corporate cash, regulatory favours, and a political funding machine designed to erase accountability. Melodious Venom traces the full paper trail.

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Arjun Khanna
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Data Analysis: India's Communal Violence Doesn't Just Happen. It Has a Calendar.
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Data Analysis: India's Communal Violence Doesn't Just Happen. It Has a Calendar.

Ten years of NCRB data cross-referenced against state election schedules reveals a pattern too consistent to be coincidental. The data is published. The question is whether India wants to look at it.

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Nandini Iyer
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Adani vs. Hindenburg: 18 Months Later, India Is Still Waiting for Answers
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Adani vs. Hindenburg: 18 Months Later, India Is Still Waiting for Answers

A ₹11 lakh crore market rout. A Supreme Court-mandated investigation. A SEBI report that raised more questions than it answered. What India's biggest corporate controversy actually revealed about institutional accountability.

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Arjun Khanna
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UAE to Rome: What Did Modi's May 2026 Five-Nation Tour Actually Cost — and Deliver?
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UAE to Rome: What Did Modi's May 2026 Five-Nation Tour Actually Cost — and Deliver?

PM Modi's five-nation tour covering UAE, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy generated enormous diplomatic coverage. An analysis of the announced deliverables, the known costs, and a reality-check on which outcomes are verifiable.

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Arjun Khanna
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NEET Paper Leaks: How India's Most Competitive Exam Became a Market for Fraud
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NEET Paper Leaks: How India's Most Competitive Exam Became a Market for Fraud

70+ major examination paper leaks since 2014. The NEET-UG 2024 scandal affected 2.4 million students. A documented pattern of organised crime, institutional failure, and a government that cancelled exams after results — not before.

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Kavya Rao
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Three Lakh Dead: The Farmer Suicide Crisis That India Stopped Counting Carefully
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Three Lakh Dead: The Farmer Suicide Crisis That India Stopped Counting Carefully

NCRB data records over 3 lakh farmer and agricultural worker suicides since 2014. Announced MSP increases have not matched input cost inflation. A rural India that political speeches describe as thriving tells a different story in its own data.

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Priya Menon
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