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Justice AP Shah: ‘India is moving towards a form of elected autocracy. We must keep speaking up’
The former chief justice of Delhi High Court spoke at the inaugural session of the Janta Parliament organised by civil society groups on August 16.
AP Shah
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Full text: Narayana Murthy on the true meaning of patriotism and the path to building a great nation
Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy’s address at the convocation of Gorakhpur’s Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology on August 22.
NR Narayana Murthy
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‘India is fighting for her soul’: Arundhati Roy on fascism, Modi and being a writer in today’s world
‘In this blitzkrieg of idiocy, fascist marches, fake-news coups, and what looks like a race toward extinction – what is the place of literature?’
Arundhati Roy
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BJP worker’s son claims in video he cast eight votes in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad
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International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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‘An illness is upon us’: Arundhati Roy on activist Anand Teltumbde’s impending arrest
‘His impending arrest cannot but be seen as a political act. It will be a shameful and shocking moment in our history.’
Arundhati Roy
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Full text: ‘I am devastated by the prospect of imminent arrest’, writes author Anand Teltumbde
The police claim he is involved in a conspiracy that resulted in caste violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune lat year.
Anand Teltumbde
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Jairam Ramesh: Lessons from reorganising India's states – and why Uttar Pradesh needs to be divided
India needs a second States Reorganisation Commission. And it needs to split up its most populous state into smaller, manageable states.
Jairam Ramesh
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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Jerry Pinto on fear, hate – and the magical power of words
What were MM Kalburgi and Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar and Gauri Lankesh doing that they were so feared?
Jerry Pinto
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A public philosophy of non-violence, a culture of peace – that’s the diplomacy the world needs today
Full text of former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao’s speech at the Gandhi Memorial Center’s ‘Fellowship of Peace Award’ ceremony.
Nirupama Rao
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‘The tide will turn’: Arundhati Roy’s letter to jailed Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam
On PEN International’s ‘Day of the Imprisoned Writer’, Roy says his arrest ‘is an attack not on intellectuals but on intelligence’.
Arundhati Roy
The Reel
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury
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‘Unlike his imitators and those who claim his legacy, Patel worked tirelessly for communal harmony’
‘The man who literally created the Indian Union as we know it, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a giant in more senses than one.’
Shivshankar Menon
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India has become ‘a republic of fear for thinkers and writers’: Critic and novelist Shanta Gokhale
Speaking at the Ooty Literary Festival, the writer said today’s India has turned into a place where ‘truth-tellers are arrested and imprisoned’.
Shanta Gokhale
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Release the wrongfully arrested activists: Full text of petition filed by Romila Thapar and others
Five prominent civil society members petition the Supreme Court against the arrest of five activists.
Romila Thapar, Devaki Jain, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande & Maja Daruwala
The Field
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IPL 2024: Rajasthan pipped to second spot by Hyderabad after match against Kolkata gets washed out
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IPL 2024: Abhishek Sharma stars as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Punjab Kings to cap off league stage
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Badminton, Thailand Open, as it happened: Satwik-Chirag win second men’s doubles title of the season
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IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings to take the final playoffs spot
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Satwik-Chirag enter fourth final; Tanisha-Ashwini exit