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Harsh Mander: Congress manifesto is not perfect – but kindles some hope
With promises to restore personal freedoms, recognise civil unions and improve health, the party puts forth a vision to mend India’s economic and social fabric.
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Harsh Mander: It happened, so it can happen again – a journey through Auschwitz
We must firmly block – with our bodies and our souls and the ways that we lead our lives – the pathways of accumulative radicalisation that lead to Auschwitz.
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Harsh Mander: In a demolished home in Delhi, the invisible tragedies of improbable heroes
Three months after Waqil Hassan led a team of ‘rat miners’ to rescue 41 workers trapped in a Himalayan tunnel, his home was demolished. He does not know why.
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Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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Harsh Mander: The deep Hindutva roots of the violence that reduced a mosque to rubble in Haldwani
For months, Hindutva organisations have spearheaded a campaign of hate against Uttarakhand’s Muslims residents that has been amplified by the chief minister.
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Harsh Mander: Ayodhya dispute was not just about a plot of land – it was about how we imagine India
January 22 will mark the consecration of a grand Ram temple on the ruins of an imagination of India that has endured many centuries.
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Was it raw hatred or indifference? Why the lynching of a young Muslim man still haunts me
Mohammed Ishaq was tied up to a pole with saffron bands and beaten for hours at a busy crossroad in Delhi – all for eating a banana from a pandal.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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With 2024 elections looming, Opposition must heed lessons of Congress defeat in three state polls
The party cynically appropriated the language and symbols of Hindutva, instead of forging a secular, democratic political strategy.
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In grief-struck relief camps, songs and prayers heavy with suffering – Manipur, seven months later
The new border between the Meitei valley and Kuki hills is unyielding and pitiless.
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‘I was consumed by rage, but as time has passed, I have forgiven everyone’: The story of a Kuki man
Attacked and left to die when ethnic violence broke out on May 3 in Manipur, Thangboi Singset has had a long journey to find peace – but the pain remains.
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The Reel
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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How state-backed Hindutva rhetoric is fuelling the ethnic cleansing of Uttarakhand
Extremist organisations project the hill state as the ‘holy land’ of Hindus and Muslims a ‘polluting presence’ unleashing a battery of ‘jihads’. –
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Who lit the fires in Nuh?
The Meo Muslims of Nuh shared tight bonds and socio-cultural life with Hindus for centuries. But lynchings and hate killings since 2017 have torn them apart.
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Harsh Mander: How ‘shramik’ trains added to the misery of the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown
An excerpt from ‘Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy’.
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The Field
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Men’s recurve team reach final; Priyansh, Vennam in compound semis
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mumbai City win dramatic semi-final first leg against FC Goa
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India clinch medals in men’s javelin, discus and 1500m on opening day
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller