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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
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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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
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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
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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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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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement