City Portraits
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How does urban violence co-opt the state? Laurent Gayer’s classic study of Karachi has some answers
‘Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for City’ maps the relationship between the citizenry and agents of violence.
Prerna Vij
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How Delhi has been written over the years in novels and in stories (and essays)
The pandemic may have silenced the urban legends of the capital for a year, but there is enough and more in literature to look back on.
Ranjana Sengupta
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A love for sweets and fascism: The history of Bombay’s iconic cake shop Monginis
The Italian founder of Monginis was a fan of Benito Mussolini.
Tania Bhattacharyya
Trending
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BJP worker’s son claims in video he cast eight votes in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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India to South Africa: How two activists defied their family legacies to challenge injustice
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How do you visually capture Bengaluru without showing its landmarks? Hint: With zombies and murders
A new graphic novel on the city avoids the clichés.
Rohini Kejriwal
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Is Dadar, Mumbai’s first planned suburb, becoming hipster cool? (And at what cost?)
The gentrification which began in the neighbourhood’s buildings has spread to its eateries.
Aakash Karkare
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Was Ahmedabad’s founder Ahmed Shah a wise ruler or an ambitious tyrant?
An anthology of 55 stories of Ahmedabad and Amdavadis peels away the layers of the city.
Nisha Nair-Gupta
Video
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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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Deep in the Amazon jungle, Brazil’s ‘invisible cities’ are in crisis
We're used to debating the region's environment. But far-western Brazil has lots of urban problems too.
Luke Parry, André de Moraes, Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana and Patricia Torres, The Conversation
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‘Every day was a party’: When a commune by the sea fed and housed film strugglers
For close to a decade, film personalities like Jahnu Barua and Om Puri shared space, alcohol and friendship at Ganga Vihar on Mumbai’s Marine Drive.
Rani Day Burra
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Hauz Khas hipsters, Def Col dudes and other denizens immortalised by a Delhi artist
Priya Kuriyan has been posting sketches on her blog of Capital types she sees on the streets.
Mridula Chari
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