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Interview: Political reservations for women are the best strategy for long-term change
Sustained improvement requires changing embedded norms. Evidence from panchayats shows that women’s quotas do this effectively, says economist Rohini Pande.
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Interview: Comprehensive review needed of cases like Bhima Koregaon, says former SC judge
Courts should scrutinise the case of the investigating agency and if it lacks credibility, act against the investigating officer, said Justice Madan B Lokur.
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Interview: BJP’s preemptive strike in Maharashtra before 2024 will play out in other states too
More communal polarisation can be expected as the BJP stands to lose ground if Hindu voters are divided on caste lines, says journalist Girish Kuber.
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Months after controversy, IIT-Bombay sets aside space for those eating vegetarian food
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Why a celebrated Russian artist chose to become an Indian citizen
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‘Kumari Srimathi’ review: An entertaining comedy laced with welcome tartness
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India at Asian Games, Sept 28, live blog: India 0-0 Saudi Arabia at half-time; Deepak Bhoria loses
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‘Fukrey 3’ review: Third time unlucky
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Interview: It is deplorable, but wrong to say Bengal’s is the only kind of violence in the polity
Political violence perpetrated on lines of caste and religion common across India, says political scientist Neelanjan Sircar.
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Interview: ‘Big filmmakers are being mobilised by the state to further the majoritarian project’
Many movies slated for release in the run-up to 2024 have a definite purpose – to generate hatred of Muslims, says Ira Bhaskar, a professor of cinema studies.
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Interview: ‘Augment capacity instead of running Vande Bharat luxury trains that add to congestion’
Our trunk routes are running 25% above capacity, compromising safety, speed, says retired Indian Railways engineer Alok Kumar Verma.
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Watch: Hyderabad police personnel dance with crowd during Ganesh immersion procession
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Watch: In Bengaluru, man gets pizza delivered to his car while it was stuck in traffic jam
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‘You want to keep an alien as a pet?’: Comedian imagines the struggles parents might face in 2050
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Watch: Man helps dugong calf stranded on Tamil Nadu beach back into the sea
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Watch: Pakistan cricket team gets warm welcome in Hyderabad as they arrive in India for World Cup
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Interview: Manipur government complicit in offensive against Kukis, used radicalised Meitei groups
The violence, political scientist Kham Khan Suan Hausing says, is a result of a long-term integrationist and majoritarian agenda of the BJP state government.
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Interview: ‘Biren Singh pushed rash policies in Manipur, added to Kuki resentment’
Historical divisions, the BJP chief minister’s handling of an anti-poppy drive and the NRC contributed to the violence, said journalist Pradip Phanjoubam.
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Interview: For BJP, polarisation has hit saturation point – but Karnataka will deliver clear verdict
The state will not have a hung assembly, said political scientist Sandeep Shastri.
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Interview: Two petitioners explain why same-sex marriage case is not an urban-elitist concept
There are many like us in India’s towns and villages who fear coming out, a favourable SC ruling will give them confidence, say petitioners Kajal and Bhavna.
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Interview: ‘Gay, lesbian couples should be allowed to adopt. No evidence this could harm the child’
The Indian Psychiatric Society has extended support for same-sex marriage, adoption, on the basis of scientific research, says psychiatrist Alka Subramanyam.
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Karnataka Elections: ‘Vokkaliga regions have been least accepting of the BJP and its ideology’
BJP hoped to make some headway by asserting that Uri Gowda-Nanje Gowda killed Tipu, says Professor Chandan Gowda of the Institute of Social and Economic Change.
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The Field
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: Tamim Iqbal dropped in Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh squad
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ISL: Mohun Bagan Super Giant edge past nine-man Bengaluru FC
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: Dasun Shanaka to continue leading Sri Lanka; Wanidu Hasaranga still not fit
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Asian Games, Wushu: Silver medallist Roshibina Devi unable to go back home due to Manipur violence
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Happy problem: As India peak in time for the World Cup, Dravid and Co have a problem of plenty