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Help fund the most diverse Lok Sabha election coverage in 2024
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Why Nitish Kumar faces an existential crisis in Bihar
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The test of time: A jail mulaqat with Umar Khalid
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How Indians subverted Canada’s racist immigration policy – with a little help from a Japanese firm
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Football: Sunil Chhetri retires – ‘Always wanted to bring value and not be carried by the team’
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Pets bring infinite joy and companionship to our lives – but there are also downsides
It remains important to acknowledge the stressors and difficulties pet owners face.
Emily Hemendinger, The Conversation
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Pronatalism: What Silicon Valley’s latest fad is and why it raises troubling questions
The seemingly ‘rational’ push to have more children is rooted in a racist, white supremacist anxiety over population.
Luke Munn, The Conversation
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‘Where God Began’: A deftly dramatised journey of a Sri Lankan refugee’s long years in waiting
Moving and humorous in equal parts, Appadurai Muttulingam’s novel, translated by Kavita Muralidharan, explores a man’s unending quest to belong.
Divya Shankar
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Why builder-driven ‘slum redevelopment’ won’t change the lives of Mumbai’s poorest residents
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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RBI recommends shrinking J&K government share in Jammu and Kashmir Bank
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Ramachandra Guha: India’s many fault lines undermine our future – they must be addressed urgently
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Start the week with a film: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has thrills plus heart
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Sunday book pick: The darkly comic and sex-talking novel ‘Big Swiss’ tells women to take it easy
Despite its heavy themes about trauma and obsession, there is ample joy to be found in Jen Beagin’s novel.
Sayari Debnath
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‘Your name is rebel’: A Berkeley walking tour brings alive a century of radical South Asian activism
A second-generation Indian couple is drawing from history and anti-racist and queer solidarity to tell different stories of the ‘model minority’.
Anahita Mukherji
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Himachal’s latest dam accident points to a pattern of negligence of dam safety
The state has seen at least 14 such incidents in the last ten years, resulting in the loss of 35 lives.
Vaishnavi Rathore
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Eco India: How locally grown food is capturing the imagination of urban Indians
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Eco India, Episode 262: What are some great ways of knowing your greens
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Watch: This stray cat kept bringing flowers to a woman’s doorstep until she was adopted
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Watch: Care home residents recreate Taylor Swift’s album covers for singer’s UK Eras Tour concert
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Watch: How the crew and passengers were evacuated from a plane after bomb scare in Delhi