First Person
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Winning against poverty, losing against time: An unlikely academic’s (un)finished agenda
Cancer has upended my friend Arif Naveed’s promising academic career. The best way I can deal with the tragedy is by helping him tell his story.
Peter Sutoris
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‘You get one life, you enjoy it responsibly, then you die’: A cancer patient’s farewell essay
Mumbai journalist Mayank Bhatt, who moved to Canada in 2008, passed away on August 1. He chronicled the progress of his illness on The Beacon.
Mayank Bhatt
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An Indian Army officer remembers how observing roza in Kashmir changed his life
Just one day of fasting during Ramzan in 2002 offered me a social and spiritual experience that I have not forgotten since.
Major General Yash Mor
Trending
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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Translated short fiction: A 73-year-old Indian man goes to Bangladesh, his ‘land of birth’ to die
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The Indian diaspora is equally guilty of holding on to old stereotypes about the homeland
Indians settled abroad are wracked by the opposing forces of heartsickness for touch and the fear of contagion.
Ankhi Mukherjee
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The personal is political: How events on two continents drove a wedge between my father and me
A son’s story.
Mauktik Kulkarni
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How a 74-year-old YouTuber created instrumental versions of film songs using the Pratham tarang
Rajendra Naik has been paying tribute to classic movie tunes with the string instrument. Find out how he does it.
Rajendra Naik
Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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On my freedom fighter father’s birth centenary, what would he have made of the hate in India today?
We started with a vision of unity and harmony. How did we get there 72 years later?
David Devadas
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A new Indian venture capitalist lifts the curtain on his industry
Amongst the most dramatic differences between venture capital and traditional industries is the time you spend with 20-somethings.
Sajith Pai, qz.com
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First person: What my mother taught me about crows – and life
They don’t like me, I whined once. They will someday, my mother replied.
Nandini Ramnath
The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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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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‘They all became animals’: My grandfather remembers the trauma and violence of India’s Partition
Despite witnessing or hearing about unbelievable cruelties, my Dada has an almost diasporic longing to return to the subcontinent.
Sapan Maini-Thompson
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First person: When Boris Johnson asked me to spice up a profile of Mayawati
...and I went on the campaign trail in London with his brother Jo.
Jawid Laiq
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What growing up with two abusive men taught me about the #MeToo movement in India
Witnessing my father and grandfather’s acts of violence filled me with an inchoate rage and internal chaos that have never completely left me.
Vikram Zutshi
The Field
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda shine as India bag five gold medals
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Olympics, Athletics: India’s men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams make the cut for Paris Games 2024