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Arun Kumar
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Celebrating a poor man’s child landing a high-paying job reflects the deep inequality of education
Access to education has expanded greatly since independence, but equal opportunities continue to elude those from socially marginalised backgrounds.
Arun Kumar
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Amidst UK heatwave, a reminder of how British colonials exploited ‘punkah-walas’ in India’s summers
Colonial rulers created a cruel regime to keep their workers awake as they slept.
Arun Kumar
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Why is the culture of punishment as spectacle so pervasive in India?
Violence impacts and transforms for a lifetime all those who experience it, commit it and witness it.
Arun Kumar
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library