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Aditya Birla group donated Rs 100 crore to BJP two months before government’s Vodafone Idea bailout
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A brief history of Patanjali’s dangerous claims
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A dummy’s guide to propaganda films in Bollywood
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Salman Rushdie’s new memoir un-wounds the ‘knife’ of language
‘Knife’ is an exceptional book written in exceptional circumstances by a writer who wanted to ‘answer violence with art’.
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
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Listen: Baramasa compositions that describe the imagery of the seasons
Thumris by Shobha Gurtu, Sipra Bose and Shubha Mudgal.
Aneesh Pradhan
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
The HD Deve Gowda-led JD(S) faces an existential crisis. A poor performance could see it lose sway over the state’s significant Vokkaliga community to the BJP.
TA Ameerudheen
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is chewing gum the way to a healthier diet?
The answer is no and here’s why.
Sandra Sunram-Lea, The Conversation
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In Switzerland, the ‘no-blame’ approach brings bullies and bullied students together
Punishing the perpetrators tends to worsen the bullying for the victim. Encouraging an open discussion instead helps change the social dynamic.
Michaela Haas, The Human Journalism Network
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Speculative short fiction: Grounded airships, storms, and a love that could have been
An excerpt from ‘Whirlwind’ in ‘Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain World’, by Gigi Ganguly.
Gigi Ganguly
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted