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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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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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Trending
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Seven firms that failed drug quality tests gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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India’s latest GDP growth numbers are ‘mystifying’, says former chief economic advisor
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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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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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Video
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Watch: Major pipeline ruptured in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, sending jets of water in the air
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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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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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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The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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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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Harsh Mander: Why a special court judge had jailed BJP MLA Maya Kodnani for 26 years
Looking back at the Gujarat violence of 2002.
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Harsh Mander: How Hindutva has weaponised Hinduism
The ‘Routes of Wrath’ report shows a recurring pattern by Hindutva organisations aimed at provoking and terrorising Muslims to create a communal chasm.
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The Field
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Commonwealth Games: Malaysia to consider hosting a downsized edition in 2026; Singapore also in fray
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WPL 2024: From captain Meg Lanning to rising star Shreyanka Patil – The Field’s team of the season
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour
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IWL 2023-24: Odisha FC inch closer to title with win over East Bengal