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Devaki Jain
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As Booker trophy is renamed after Iris Murdoch, a former student remembers her inspiring teacher
‘She encouraged our imaginations.’
Devaki Jain
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Is Greta Thunberg breaking our armour of aatmanirbharta?
To my generation, it is embarrassing, if not humiliating to have our national government take umbrage against a few words by a young Swedish woman.
Devaki Jain
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Memoir: How a ‘British bootlicker’ became involved with Gandhian thought and Indian politics
Excerpts from renowned economist Devaki Jain’s autobiography about life in colonial India.
Devaki Jain
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Coronavirus has upturned the world – and forced us to revisit India’s economic history
What lessons can the pandemic teach us about inequality in India?
Devaki Jain
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‘Neither Gandhi nor Marx’: Devaki Jain on the two forces that might guide India back to justice
‘Before Midnight’s Children’ have been reduced to dissenters, said Jain at the annual Mahindra Lecture held at Harvard’s Mittal Institute on April 24.
Devaki Jain
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Release the wrongfully arrested activists: Full text of petition filed by Romila Thapar and others
Five prominent civil society members petition the Supreme Court against the arrest of five activists.
Romila Thapar, Devaki Jain, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande & Maja Daruwala
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Robert Mugabe: The tyrant of Zimbabwe is also a victim of history
Another hero of an anti-colonial movement meets an inglorious end.
Devaki Jain
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Ahmed Kathrada (1929-2017): Nelson Mandela's prison mate was a quiet man and a towering figure
The anti-Apartheid leader, born to Indian immigrant parents, died on Tuesday in Johannesburg at the age of 87.
Devaki Jain
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When Fidel Castro insisted on calling me Indira
A former member of the South Commission led by the late Julius Nyerere recalls her visit to Cuba in 1987.
Devaki Jain
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Beyond Brexit: UK verdict reflects anxieties of those hit hard by economic inequality
This can't be viewed neatly as a battle between progressives and conservatives.
Devaki Jain
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Fatema Mernissi (1940-2015): A dreamer who tried to bring Asia and Africa together
The Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist wanted to liberate the minds of Africa and Asia, to enable them to see their civilisations’ strengths.
Devaki Jain
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Reading the tea leaves: What the Indian women's movement can learn from Munnar agitation
Discrimination can be fought, on women's own terms when they organise themselves across differences.
Devaki Jain
The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May