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Listen: Baramasa compositions that describe the imagery of the seasons
Thumris by Shobha Gurtu, Sipra Bose and Shubha Mudgal.
Aneesh Pradhan
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
The HD Deve Gowda-led JD(S) faces an existential crisis. A poor performance could see it lose sway over the state’s significant Vokkaliga community to the BJP.
TA Ameerudheen
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Is chewing gum the way to a healthier diet?
The answer is no and here’s why.
Sandra Sunram-Lea, The Conversation
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In Switzerland, the ‘no-blame’ approach brings bullies and bullied students together
Punishing the perpetrators tends to worsen the bullying for the victim. Encouraging an open discussion instead helps change the social dynamic.
Michaela Haas, The Human Journalism Network
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Speculative short fiction: Grounded airships, storms, and a love that could have been
An excerpt from ‘Whirlwind’ in ‘Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain World’, by Gigi Ganguly.
Gigi Ganguly
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
The India Fix: A newsletter on Indian politics from Scroll.in.
Shoaib Daniyal
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This banker’s memoir recounts his journey from a junior officer to executive director
An excerpt from ‘Banker by Chance, Leader by Choice’, by Shiv B Singh.
Shiv B Singh
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
Nandini Ramnath
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How Nitish Kumar’s Mahadalit experiment failed – both politically and for development
Voters from the special Scheduled Castes category do not have access to basic amenities like clean drinking water, irrigation, toilets and roads.
Abhik Deb
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A Bharat Jodo participant recalls what went into organising the mammoth journey on foot
An excerpt from ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra: Reclaiming India’s Soul’, edited by Pushparaj Deshpande and Ruchira Chaturvedi.
Utkarsha Rupwate
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
The 22-year-old midfielder has transformed from a player who could just run fast to a well-rounded attacker.
Abhijit Nair
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
Dibakar Banerjee’s sequel to ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ (2019) stars Paritosh Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee, Bonita Rajpurohit and Abhinav Santosh Singh.
Nandini Ramnath
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
Alex Garland’s apocalyptic drama stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny and Stephen McKinley Henderson.
Nandini Ramnath
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
Could a third term under Narendra Modi see the formalising of second-class status for minorities and the destruction of the country’s ancient composite culture?
Sajjad Hassan
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The Dutch are drawing a line – to keep populists out of power. Can other countries do so as well?
Coalitions against extremism are not new but it has become more difficult in the face of far-right mobilisation.
Daniel Drache, The Conversation & Marc D Froese, The Conversation
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UK set to approve bill to deport asylum seekers – which other countries have similar policies?
The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is aimed at deterring migrants from arriving without permission.
Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Short fiction: Riddled with debt, a farmer urges the PM to change the formula for compound interest
An excerpt from ‘The Keeper of Desolation: Stories’, by Chandan Pandey. Translated from the Hindi by Sayari Debnath.
Chandan Pandey & Sayari Debnath
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Few Indian youngsters have registered to vote –and what that means
With first-time voters and the youth accounting for a large share of India’s population, the power of their votes remains untapped.
Sreya Sarkar