Long Read
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Valentine’s Day: A personal history of how a celebration of love became the target of hate in India
The nation’s women are never reassured that, for all its thorns, life can also bring roses.
Annie Zaidi
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‘Maoist plot’ in Mumbai: 12 identical witness statements put police claims under doubt
Five workers, who barely earned enough to support their families, have been arrested on charges of funding the Maoists.
Mridula Chari & Shone Satheesh
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As a Goan boy growing up in Kenya in the 1950s, I saw football change and history being made
While the writer battled adolescence and longed for the most beautiful girl in the world, history was being reshaped at World Cups.
Hartman de Souza
Trending
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Why are concerns being raised about the Election Commission’s voter turnout data?
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The Frenchwoman who fell in love with Lucknow and launched many jihads in her lifetime
After taking the side of East Pakistan in 1971, Mariam Abou Zahab became an active sympathiser of the Palestinian liberation struggle.
Laurent Gayer
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From Veena Malik to Qandeel Baloch: Why are some women in Pakistan branded as ‘bold’?
Men use the idea of honour to keep women in control in every field of life, showbiz included.
Faiza Shah & Fatima Niazi
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A brief history of Pakistani art and the people who shaped it
Contemporary Pakistani art has many strengths, but also a few failings.
Iftikhar Dadi
Video
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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To keep rich Arab nations happy, Pakistan is letting them kill houbara bustards for sport
The bird could be in danger, but the government doesn’t accept this.
Subuk Hasnain
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Seventy years on, a fraught question still troubles Pakistan: Should Urdu be its official language?
Since the adoption of the Constitution about 44 years ago, the process of Urdu’s implementation is still far from complete.
Ali Raj
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When the world realised that treating HIV was essential for global security
Governments around the world started acting on HIV/AIDS when they realised it not just as a health issue but as security one too.
Alexandra Ossola, Mosaic
The Reel
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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‘Why did you let him shoot that?’: An Indian woman’s story of ‘revenge porn’
Aradhana’s case is what is commonly labelled ‘revenge porn’, a misnomer for non-consensual distribution of sexual imagery or videos.
Neha Dixit
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‘I just want to know how my sons died’: Bringing home Bosnia’s dead
Ed Vulliamy meets the scientists piecing together the evidence from mass graves, and the relatives hoping for justice – and a body to bury.
Ed Vulliamy
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In a race against time, an engineer found a fix to his faulty heart
Doctors had far from ideal surgical solutions to Tal Golesworthy's bursting aorta.
Geoff Watts, mosaic.com
The Field
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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IPL 2024: Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar bowl Punjab Kings to crucial win over Chennai Super Kings
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Badminton, Thomas Cup 2024: India finish second in Group C following loss to Indonesia