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Cloud of mistrust hangs over elections in western UP
Muslim voters are convinced their votes are being suppressed. A lawyer is contesting elections to strengthen the legal challenge to voting machines.
Supriya Sharma
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Instead of buying your way to wellness, try this five-step method for wellbeing
Long-term wellbeing comes from a committed pursuit of both pleasure and meaning.
Ben Gibson, The Conversation & Victoria Ruby-Granger, The Conversation
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Sandeshkhali: How adapting to ecological distress led to landgrabs, abuse and economic oppression
Shrimp farming, an emerging alternative to agriculture in the region due to high salinity, became the preserve of those with capital and power.
Ambar Kumar Ghosh & Sayanangshu Modak
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Fiction: Maya’s elaborate tricks to ward off a billionaire who has his eyes set on her sister’s home
An excerpt from ‘Manohar Kahani’, by Raghu Srinivasan.
Raghu Srinivasan
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Badminton Asia C’ships: The final step to 2024 Paris Olympics qualification begins in China
The Badminton Asia Championships is a make or break event for the Indian women’s doubles pairs of Treesa Jolly-Gayatri and Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto.
Abhijit Nair
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Indian architecture: What was the influence of colonial styles on Indian bungalows?
An excerpt from ‘Vernacular Architecture of India: Traditional Residential Styles and Spaces’, by Tejinder S Randhawa.
Tejinder S Randhawa
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Demolishing intangible barriers: Disability inclusion starts with changing societal attitudes
Attitudinal barriers are often the first wall of segregation that curtail opportunities, accessibility and equality.
Shashank Pandey & Nayan Chandra Mishra
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An Allahabad HC judge is using morality norms to deny protection to live-in couples
Justice Renu Agarwal has remarked that such relationships ‘cannot be at the cost of social fabric of this country’.
Vineet Bhalla
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Why property and private vehicles should be taxed higher in India for equitable urban development
An excerpt from ‘Accelerating India’s Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance’, by Karthik Muralidharan.
Karthik Muralidharan
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Ambiguity, arbitrariness and anxiety: Incoherent CAA rules will be twisted to suit political intent
The ruling BJP’s entire citizenship project remains vague but Assam’s experience is an indication of how the system will gamed to fulfil a grand objective.
Angshuman Choudhury
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A work in progress, helping others: Lessons from a course on happiness
Unless we keep working at it, the improvements are temporary.
Sarah Jelbert, The Conversation & Bruce Hood, The Conversation
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How do you get citizens to change their behaviour? Lesson’s from France’s ‘zero-waste’ push
Encouraging lifestyle changes, promoting financial savings and innovative awareness campaigns have yielded results. But there is still a long way to go.
Joseph Winters, The Human Journalism Network
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Mythological fiction: The Chendur battle has enervated Aambal. Will she find her way to words again?
An excerpt from ‘Theivanai: Murugan Trilogy Part 2’, by Kala Krishnan.
Kala Krishnan
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A psychiatrist’s book tells parents how they can help children have healthy gaming habits
An excerpt from ‘How to Raise a Healthy Gamer: Break Bad Screen Habits, End Power Struggles, and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids’, by Alok Kanojia.
Alok Kanojia
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‘A storm in an ocean’: Hindustani vocalist Kumar Gandharva refused to be bound by orthodoxy
He exemplified the generative aspects of art well beyond narrowly construed genres.
Aditi Deo
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How ‘decolonial Hindutva’ marries nativist politics with left-wing vocabulary
Postcolonial populists are dressing up contemporary authoritarian politics as a project of decolonial liberation.
Kira Huju
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Earthquakes in India: The 2004 tsunami was not the first of its kind and certainly won’t be the last
An excerpt from ‘The Rumbling Earth: The Story of Indian Earthquakes’, by CP Rajendran and Kusala Rajendran.
CP Rajendran & Kusala Rajendran
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Start the week with a film: ‘Yannick’ is a comic take on trolls taking charge of art
Quentin Dupieux’s French-language movie is being streamed on MUBI.
Scroll Staff