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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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Cricket, class and baila: The many layers of Sri Lanka’s celebrated Royal Thomian sports encounter
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
OpIndia had published an article attacking The Somaiya School’s Parveen Shaikh, based on her social media activity. She said that she does not intend to quit.
Prayag Arora-Desai
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‘On shaky ground in Valley’: Why BJP has ducked a Lok Sabha contest in Kashmir
Political observers say the decision is a tacit acknowledgement of the anger at the party over the decisions of August 5, 2019.
Safwat Zargar
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
‘Vaalvi’ director Paresh Mokashi’s new Marathi movie stars Mukta Barve and Namrata Sambherao.
Nandini Ramnath
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Why Justice Datta’s attack on petitioner in VVPAT verdict is worrisome for PILs
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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For children: A new book presents short biographies of 50 Indians who received Padma awards
An excerpt from ‘The Padmas: Fifty Stories of Perseverance’, by Neha J Hiranandani. Illustrations by David Yambem.
Neha J Hiranandani
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s eight-episode series is out on Netflix.
Nandini Ramnath
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Interview: Marriage will be a free choice if the privileges associated with it are taken away
Community, care and the idea of a ‘chosen family’ deeply informs Nazariya co-director Rituparna Borah’s feminist activism and organising.
Sharif Rangnekar
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60