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Basim-u-Nissa
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Is Kerala really inclusive? 33 charts about MLAs in new assembly show there’s still work to be done
There are only seven women in the 140-member assembly. Besides, caste and community exclusion works at the local level.
Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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30 charts dissecting the Kerala verdict: LDF victory comes against backdrop of Congress decline
Even though they have identical vote shares, the CPM has nearly three times the number of seats as the Congress.
Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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Assam verdict: 29 charts that show just how polarised the election was
As the BJP-led alliance won the polls, the state’s deep communal divide manifested itself in the result.
Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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In the poetry of Amir Khusrau, food is served with style and flourish
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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A celebrity fitness instructor offers five rules of fitness for everyone
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Bengal verdict: 25 charts show how the Trinamool conclusively beat the BJP
The party’s victory cuts across most of the state’s territory and across the eight phases of the election.
Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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Bihar polls: 32 charts reveal caste, gender, religious and criminal composition of the new assembly
Most MLAs are male, fairly well-educated, rich and in contradiction with the law.
Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar & Neelesh Agrawal
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Bihar: What does an analysis of incumbents’ performances reflect about Election 2020?
Competition was intense a significant number of politicians managed to hold onto their positions.
Basim-u-Nissa, Mohit Kumar, Neelesh Agrawal & Priyamvada Trivedi
Video
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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Delhi verdict: 30 charts and maps that help understand AAP’s ‘post-identity politics’
This model may work for the party in Delhi but is unlikely to travel well to other states, where larger political issues matter.
Gilles Verniers, Basim-u-Nissa, Saloni Bhogale & Mohit Kumar
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Himachal paradox in eight charts: Women outvoted men – but only four were elected to the Assembly
Both the BJP and Congress are responsible for this dismal state of affairs.
Basim-u-Nissa & Gilles Verniers
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Gujarat elected only 13 female MLAs – continuing a nationwide trend of low representation for women
Women made up just 7% of the contestants for the 182-member house. Yet, the victory margins of those who won were bigger than those of their male counterparts.
Basim-u-Nissa & Gilles Verniers
The Reel
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart