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Harsh Mander: In a demolished home in Delhi, the invisible tragedies of improbable heroes
Three months after Waqil Hassan led a team of ‘rat miners’ to rescue 41 workers trapped in a Himalayan tunnel, his home was demolished. He does not know why.
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Harsh Mander: The deep Hindutva roots of the violence that reduced a mosque to rubble in Haldwani
For months, Hindutva organisations have spearheaded a campaign of hate against Uttarakhand’s Muslims residents that has been amplified by the chief minister.
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Harsh Mander: Ayodhya dispute was not just about a plot of land – it was about how we imagine India
January 22 will mark the consecration of a grand Ram temple on the ruins of an imagination of India that has endured many centuries.
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Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Was it raw hatred or indifference? Why the lynching of a young Muslim man still haunts me
Mohammed Ishaq was tied up to a pole with saffron bands and beaten for hours at a busy crossroad in Delhi – all for eating a banana from a pandal.
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With 2024 elections looming, Opposition must heed lessons of Congress defeat in three state polls
The party cynically appropriated the language and symbols of Hindutva, instead of forging a secular, democratic political strategy.
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In grief-struck relief camps, songs and prayers heavy with suffering – Manipur, seven months later
The new border between the Meitei valley and Kuki hills is unyielding and pitiless.
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Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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‘I was consumed by rage, but as time has passed, I have forgiven everyone’: The story of a Kuki man
Attacked and left to die when ethnic violence broke out on May 3 in Manipur, Thangboi Singset has had a long journey to find peace – but the pain remains.
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How state-backed Hindutva rhetoric is fuelling the ethnic cleansing of Uttarakhand
Extremist organisations project the hill state as the ‘holy land’ of Hindus and Muslims a ‘polluting presence’ unleashing a battery of ‘jihads’. –
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Who lit the fires in Nuh?
The Meo Muslims of Nuh shared tight bonds and socio-cultural life with Hindus for centuries. But lynchings and hate killings since 2017 have torn them apart.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Harsh Mander: How ‘shramik’ trains added to the misery of the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown
An excerpt from ‘Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy’.
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Harsh Mander: Why a special court judge had jailed BJP MLA Maya Kodnani for 26 years
Looking back at the Gujarat violence of 2002.
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Harsh Mander: How Hindutva has weaponised Hinduism
The ‘Routes of Wrath’ report shows a recurring pattern by Hindutva organisations aimed at provoking and terrorising Muslims to create a communal chasm.
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The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May