Changing Times
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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
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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
Trending
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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JD(S) suspends MP Prajwal Revanna amid sexual abuse allegations
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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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
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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
Video
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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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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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
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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
The Reel
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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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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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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