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Avik Chanda
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‘The quest for the ultimate ‘Mahabharata’ is madness. It is not there’: Translator Wendy Doniger
‘‘Mahabharata’ has no single answer to anything at all. There are several answers, sometimes contradictory. That’s the complexity of the text.’
Avik Chanda
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The inheritance of loss: ‘History may be written by victors but songs are sung by survivors’
‘The human life is the greatest metaphor of all. How are we to say what a life could do and what it could be?’
Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Alison James, Lina Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas & Avik Chanda
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To STEM or not: How can higher education in India meet the demands of the job market?
An excerpt from ‘Work 3.0’, by Avik Chanda and Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay.
Avik Chanda & Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay
Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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‘Nehru, Indira were not fools’: JNU VC says uniformity in religion, language cannot be imposed
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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‘My intention is to be as authentic as possible to what Veda Vyasa said’: Translator Bibek Debroy
‘Prose came into Sanskrit literature much later. When we think of poetry, often we tend to think of rhyming. Sanskrit poetry was not like that.’
Avik Chanda
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‘Economic policies are seldom based on past effectiveness or endorsements alone’: Ashok Lahiri
An interview with economist-politician Ashok Lahiri on how economics and politics work together to shape India’s future.
Avik Chanda
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Revisiting Rana Safvi’s Delhi trilogy shows how her books capture long-term history, not moments
From the first city of Delhi to the living city, Safvi maps changes across centuries with depth and precision.
Avik Chanda
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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‘For a fuller understanding of modern India, we must also investigate the princely states’
An interview with Manu Pillai, whose latest book addresses the role played by the princely states during the freedom movement.
Avik Chanda
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Re-reading ‘Empress’: As a feminist historian, Ruby Lal offers a scholarly look at Nur Jahan’s life
Yet, is the feminist mode the only way of studying this text?
Avik Chanda
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This book breaks new ground in history by bringing together Mughal politics and Sufi spiritualism
Muzaffar Alam’s ‘The Mughals and the Sufis’ is a remarkable and original work of scholarship.
Avik Chanda
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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‘The Sanskrit texts divided horses into castes, just as they divided people’: Wendy Doniger
An interview with the author of ‘Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares’.
Avik Chanda
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Interview: Dipesh Chakrabarty on how climate change upends long-standing ideas of modernity
‘Questions arise when we assume that technology can keep solving problems regardless of the nature of the problem.’
Avik Chanda
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‘I love English, French. But I chose Bengali as a creative medium’: Trilingual writer Chinmoy Guha
An interview with Sahitya Akademi award winner Chinmoy Guha.
Avik Chanda
The Field
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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
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship