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Tea industry contends with environmental and social problems
Solutions lie in reducing the sector’s environmental footprint and building resilience against climate change effects in a rapidly warming world, say experts.
Sean Mowbray
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How wildlife returned to an Ecuadorian moorland
After centuries, the livestock that grazed across the Antisana Ecological Reserve were evicted. The delicate ecosystem is now recovering slowly.
Emilia Paz y Miño, The Human Journalism Network
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‘The Tattoo Murder’ injects local aesthetics into a post-World War II Japanese crime novel
The novel is a gripping page-turner of the first order that also wonderfully explores Tokyo, then a city in ruins.
Saptak Choudhury
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Eco India, Episode 256: How can the marginalised in cities cope with climate change effectively?
Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow.
Scroll Staff
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‘The Chandayan’: The 14th-century Sufi romance brought to life by a new translation and essays
Written by Mulla Daud, the romance is based on popular folklore in Awadh, Bundelkhand, Chhattisgarh and Western Bihar.
Rana Safvi
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A British woman fused Hindustani and Western music in the 18th century – with the help of courtesans
Sophia Plowden reworked short musical compositions, such as Punjabi tappas, ghazals and raginis, in the western idiom as instrumental or sung pieces in English.
Malini Nair
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‘He has done good work’: In Kejriwal’s constituency, strong support from people on the margins
Opinions on whether the arrested chief minister is corrupt depended on whether interviewees had benefitted from his government’s welfare schemes.
Abhik Deb
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Renewable energy firm donated Rs 13 crore to BRS before bagging motorsport event in Telangana
The current Congress government has asked why the previous BRS regime did not act against Greenko, which reneged on its agreement to conduct the Formula E race.
Anjana Meenakshi & Vaishnavi Rathore
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‘The Solitude of a Shadow’: A novel of unsettling moralities and sympathy with the wretched
N Kalyan Raman’s English translation of Devibharathi’s Tamil novel captures the nuances and unspoken realities of life in small-town India.
Ila Manish
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Listen: Begum Akhtar and Shobha Gurtu perform Holi songs
The tabla on these tunes plays a role akin to the dholak.
Aneesh Pradhan
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Ramachandra Guha pays a literary tribute to the oft-invisible friendship between editor and writer
In ‘The Cooking of Books: A Literary Memoir’, Guha explores and expands on his friendship with his editor Rukun Advani.
Suchismita Ghosh
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The curious case of ‘lucky’ Trinamool leaders and their biggest donor – the TN lottery giant
Future Gaming also donated Rs 149 crore to YSRCP after AP government set up a committee to consider lifting the ban on lotteries and casinos in the state.
Azeefa Fathima, Pooja Prasanna, Shabbir Ahmed, Sumedha Mittal & Project Electoral Bond
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Trinamool Congress’s biggest donors: Future Gaming, RP-Sanjiv Goenka and Keventer
A third of the party’s electoral bond earnings comes from a Tamil Nadu lottery company.
Sumedha Mittal, Rokibuz Zaman & Project Electoral Bond
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‘The women cower / Hide like roaches’: Poems on living and working as a woman in a violent world
An excerpt from ‘If Only It Were Spring Everyday’, by Mohua Chinappa.
Mohua Chinappa
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Accused in Rs 100-crore Delhi liquor scam, businessman’s firms paid BJP Rs 55 crore through bonds
AAP is accused of taking Rs 100 crore bribes for liquor licences. Electoral bond data shows firms related to an accused person donated Rs 55 crore to the BJP.
Jahnavi Reddy & Project Electoral Bond
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After Rs 170 crore to BJP, real estate firm DLF got ‘clean chit’ in Vadra deal from Haryana
The group did not donate electoral bonds to any political party besides the BJP.
Ayush Tiwari & Project Electoral Bond
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A new book suggests two ways in which writers can make their work ‘relevant’ for busy readers
An excerpt from ‘Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World’, by Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink.
Todd Rogers & Jessica Lasky-Fink
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Kolkata-based MKJ, MEIL biggest donors of electoral bonds to Congress
A company owned by a BJP MP donated Rs 30 crore to the Congress three weeks after it won a contract in Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh.
Anisha Sheth, Jisha Surya & Project Electoral Bond