Changing Times
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Vinyl records, film cameras, synthesizers: What’s driving an analogue revival?
Increasingly, many are discovering a ‘love of the process’, the joy of ‘happy accidents’ and a new meaning in successfully learning to use older technology.
Michael Beverland, The Conversation & Giana M Eckhardt, The Conversation
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In a fast-changing country, Indians are fashioning new identities to keep up with the times
The truth is that hardly anyone fears the market or the loss of an ‘authentic’ self, writes anthropologist Sanjay Srivastava.
Sanjay Srivastava
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In photos: Glimpses of the past and present as the Bhutia community in the Himalayas face change
Once the guardians of the Indo-Tibet trade route, the Bhutia used to be one of the more prosperous high-altitude communities in Kumaon in Uttarakhand.
Shikha Tripathi
Trending
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Lok Sabha elections: Fifth phase records estimated voter turnout of 60.48%
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‘Santosh’ review: A thoughtful study of power and powerlessness
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International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Harmanpreet Singh – the calm leader and ruthless drag-flicker for team India
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For Ruskin Bond, a busy railway station has often been the best place to find – and write – a story
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Elon Musk’s Tesla is now offering car insurance. What does this mean for the future of data privacy?
In the future, other services like banking and road tax may also be driven by real-time data.
Alex Zarifis, The Conversation
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Video games are becoming a legitimate sport. Can India keep up?
At 264 million, India has the second-highest number of mobile gamers after China.
Anirudh Rastogi, qz.com & Sarthak Doshi, qz.com
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Video games are becoming a legitimate sport. Can India keep up?
At 264 million, India has the second-highest number of mobile gamers after China.
Anirudh Rastogi, qz.com & Sarthak Doshi, qz.com
Video
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Watch: Classical dancers perform Bharatnatyam and Odissi duet to ‘Sakal Ban’ from ‘Heeramandi’
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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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Mattel’s gender-neutral dolls are great, but changing mindsets is no child’s play
Gender neutrality represents the absence of gender, not the tolerance of different gender expression.
Megan K Maas, The Conversation
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Defunct research centre in Chennai speaks of the state of Dravidian ideals in the land of its birth
Tamil Nadu’s political parties were born from the Dravidian movement but have done little to encourage scholarly work on it.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Watch a British comedian remind us on Leap Year day why our calendar is nonsense
In Dave Gorman's new format, each month is 28 days long, and there are 13 months to the year. Plus a surprise.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Santosh’ review: A thoughtful study of power and powerlessness
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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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The five most common misunderstandings about evolution
Why do so many people question evolution and not other scientific theories?
Paula Kover, The Conversation
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Vote count underway in historic Myanmar elections
Many expect Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy to win the country’s first openly contested polls in 25 years.
Scroll Staff
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The changing map of India from 1 AD to the 20th century
Battles were fought, territories were drawn and re-drawn. An amateur historian has caught these shifts in a series of maps.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Archery, World Cup Yecheon: Jyothi Surekha Vennam qualifies fourth in women’s individual compound
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Wrestling, Olympics 2024: Vinesh Phogat, Antim Panghal to go to Paris after WFI calls off trials
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Boxing: India loses an Asian Games medal after Parveen Hooda’s doping suspension
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: With new coach, captain at helm, Indian women’s team look towards new era
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Indian men’s team get ready to fine-tune Paris squad in Europe leg