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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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EU splurges on border controls, thousands of miles away in other countries, to curb migrants
Rights groups say the bloc is putting millions of lives at risk by cutting deals with countries that do not share its democratic values or uphold human rights.
Beatrice Tridimas, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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As wetlands of Assam’s Majuli island go dry, ecology thrown out of balance
Bird populations are declining while residents are struggling to catch fish amid a threat to livelihoods.
Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
For an elderly voter in western UP, the prime minister’s personal appeal and a perceived improvement in law and order prevail over her family’s difficulties.
Ayush Tiwari
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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A novel in dialogue: Two strangers share a flat in the maddening city of Mumbai
An excerpt from ‘The Sea’, by Swati Guha. Translated from the Bengali by V Ramaswamy.
Swati Guha & V Ramaswamy
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
The Mysore court was once a melting pot of forms and genres, from which emerged a niche repertory for the veena that is scarcely known and rarely performed.
Malini Nair
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This Indian American consultant’s new book is on using war games to build corporate competitiveness
An excerpt from ‘Competitive Success: Building Winning Strategies with Corporate War Games’, by Arjan Singh.
Arjan Singh
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes