First Read
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After the Panama Papers: How to dismantle tax havens (and bring justice to 99 per cent of the world)
Book excerpt: The inside story from the two journalists who received the leaked data.
Bastian Obermayer & Frederik Obermaier
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How the map of Jammu and Kashmir could have been significantly different today
Had India not accepted the cease-fire of 1948, much of the land that’s with Pakistan and China today may have been with India.
Arjun Subramaniam
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What you can learn from a bonesetter with a BUMS (yes, really) degree
An excerpt from a book that tracks practitioners of traditional forms of medicine – in modern day India.
Aarathi Prasad
Trending
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Congress moves Madras HC seeking Election Commission action against Modi for propagating hate speech
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Is this how a Jihadi Jane is made?
Fiction excerpt: What makes Ameena and Jamilla go from being teenage students in England to fighting for the IS in Syria?
Tabish Khair
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‘A True Liar’: A short story about a man who lied when awake and told the truth in his sleep
An excerpt from a book of short stories set in the fictional town of Karuthupuza, a la Malgudi.
Manu Bhattathiri
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Malayalam writer KR Meera writes explosively, and her new novel is no exception
Book excerpt: In ‘The Gospel of Yudas’, a former Naxalite carries a secret that won’t let him accept a lover.
KR Meera
Video
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Was the displacement of Pandits a greater tragedy than the displacement of Dalits?
Those who accuse people of forgetting the first conveniently forget the second themselves.
Gopal Guru
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Billionaires can be both good and bad. Ruchir Sharma shows how to tell them apart
Book excerpt: How, in an impermanent world, can we predict which nations are most likely to rise, and which to fall?
Ruchir Sharma
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And now, how about a good old-fashioned romance from Pakistan’s top soap writer?
Book excerpt: Zainab is shattered when her fiancé Shiraz dumps her. This is what happened earlier.
Umera Ahmed
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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How everyone – the state, corporations, and even some ‘Maoists’ – gains from Maoist insurgency
Book excerpt: an enquiry into the roles of the different players in the battle between Adivasis, Maoist rebels, corrupt bureaucrats and hungry corporations.
Rohit Prasad
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Is this the most gruesome murder in Indian crime fiction?
Book excerpt: a detective is horrified when he discovers the method, because he knows the killer who uses this technique.
Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
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The day Patna's Super 30 became the magic destination for students trying to enter the IITs
How did Anand Kumar achieve an extraordinary 100% success rate at his free coaching institute?
Biju Mathew
The Field
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IPL 2024: Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma lead Hyderabad to crushing 10-wicket win over Lucknow
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Badminton: India to host World Junior Badminton Championships 2025 in Guwahati
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to compete in India for first time since Tokyo Olympics
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals stay in playoff hunt with win over Rajasthan Royals in high-scoring clash
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Paris Olympic-bound Preeti among seven gold medallists for India