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Devaki Jain
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As Booker trophy is renamed after Iris Murdoch, a former student remembers her inspiring teacher
‘She encouraged our imaginations.’
Devaki Jain
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Is Greta Thunberg breaking our armour of aatmanirbharta?
To my generation, it is embarrassing, if not humiliating to have our national government take umbrage against a few words by a young Swedish woman.
Devaki Jain
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Memoir: How a ‘British bootlicker’ became involved with Gandhian thought and Indian politics
Excerpts from renowned economist Devaki Jain’s autobiography about life in colonial India.
Devaki Jain
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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Coronavirus has upturned the world – and forced us to revisit India’s economic history
What lessons can the pandemic teach us about inequality in India?
Devaki Jain
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‘Neither Gandhi nor Marx’: Devaki Jain on the two forces that might guide India back to justice
‘Before Midnight’s Children’ have been reduced to dissenters, said Jain at the annual Mahindra Lecture held at Harvard’s Mittal Institute on April 24.
Devaki Jain
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Release the wrongfully arrested activists: Full text of petition filed by Romila Thapar and others
Five prominent civil society members petition the Supreme Court against the arrest of five activists.
Romila Thapar, Devaki Jain, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande & Maja Daruwala
Video
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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
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Robert Mugabe: The tyrant of Zimbabwe is also a victim of history
Another hero of an anti-colonial movement meets an inglorious end.
Devaki Jain
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Ahmed Kathrada (1929-2017): Nelson Mandela's prison mate was a quiet man and a towering figure
The anti-Apartheid leader, born to Indian immigrant parents, died on Tuesday in Johannesburg at the age of 87.
Devaki Jain
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When Fidel Castro insisted on calling me Indira
A former member of the South Commission led by the late Julius Nyerere recalls her visit to Cuba in 1987.
Devaki Jain
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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Beyond Brexit: UK verdict reflects anxieties of those hit hard by economic inequality
This can't be viewed neatly as a battle between progressives and conservatives.
Devaki Jain
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Fatema Mernissi (1940-2015): A dreamer who tried to bring Asia and Africa together
The Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist wanted to liberate the minds of Africa and Asia, to enable them to see their civilisations’ strengths.
Devaki Jain
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Reading the tea leaves: What the Indian women's movement can learn from Munnar agitation
Discrimination can be fought, on women's own terms when they organise themselves across differences.
Devaki Jain
The Field
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit