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Gopalkrishna Gandhi
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‘Your statement has been written in haste’: Letters between Mahatma Gandhi and his son Devadas
An excerpt from ‘Scorching Love: Letters from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to his son Devadas’, by Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Tridip Suhrud.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi & Tridip Suhrud
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Drawing the line: This book of animal stories charms with its words as well as its illustrations
In his final column on books, Gopalkrishna Gandhi reads ‘Animalia Indica’ and marvels at the illustrations
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This book is a fascinating walk through the lives of Indian cities told through their trees
In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi reads ‘Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities’ by Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli.
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Trending
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Unnatural sex between husband and wife not rape, woman’s consent immaterial: Madhya Pradesh HC
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
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The Notre Dame fire has created a new Victor Hugo moment for lovers of literature and history
In this month’s column, the Notre Dame fire takes Gopalkrishna Gandhi back to Victor Hugo’s work immortalising the cathedral.
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One hundred years of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre: What Tagore wrote in 1919 resounds today
In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi re-reads two letters that Rabindranath Tagore wrote, before and after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 13.
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This novel ‘should not have been written, but had to be written’, according to Gopalkrishna Gandhi
In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi reads ‘The Fate of Butterflies’, Nayantara Sahgal’s new novel, with despair and a little hope.
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Video
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Arun Shourie chronicles the despair and hope, the faith and frustration, of going to court in India
In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi reads ‘Anita Gets Bail’, Shourie’s insightful book on the foibles of the judiciary.
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A book on Ustad Vilayat Khan that is just like the maestro – flamboyant and confident
In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi reads Namita Devidayal’s book on the sitarist.
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In his book Kapil Sibal speaks for the Congress, but also for facts
In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi passes Kapil Sibal’s ‘Shades Of Truth’ through a truth check.
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The Reel
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry
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Karan Thapar has shown he is as much in control of the book as a medium as television
In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi investigates whether the host of Devil’s Advocate can pull off his magic when writing too.
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Letters may be gone, but K Natwar Singh’s book reminds us they are not forgotten
In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi dips into a treasure trove of letters written by famous people to the former politician and writer K Natwar Singh.
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Is liberalism an ignoramus in the high school of politics, outwitted by the illiberal bully?
Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s monthly column focusses on Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s pithy study on the twilight of liberalism.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Kolkata beat Mumbai in a thriller at Wankhede for the first time in 12 years
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh, Aryan and five other Indians enter finals
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Cricket, ICC rankings: India remain No 1 in ODIs and T20Is, ranked second in Tests
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Watch, ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Sean Paul and Kes combine to create tournament's official anthem
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Four Indians move to semi-finals with comprehensive wins