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Ajoy Bose
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Floating down the hippie trail: This book tells the history of a heady time but lacks colour
In a new book, two historians try to unravel what attracted so many people to the counterculture and the journey from West to East.
Ajoy Bose
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Do or die? Mayawati works with whip in hand to revive her flagging political fortunes
The Bahujan Samaj Party chief effects an organisational shake up ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Ajoy Bose
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43 years later: ‘We have a nightmare which is worse than the Emergency,’ says Nayantara Sahgal
On the 43rd anniversary of the declaration of the Emergency by Indira Gandhi, an interview with her writer cousin, about parallels between then and now.
Ajoy Bose
Trending
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Constitution does not allow preferential treatment for religious majority: SC judge BV Nagarathna
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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Interview: India’s exaggerated value and the danger of S Jaishankar’s ‘new world order’ posturing
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Who was the photographer who took these dehumanising images of the Madras famine?
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Political leaders in Nepal object to ‘Akhand Bharat’ mural in new Parliament
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Tremors from Gorakhpur: A series of regional skirmishes in 2019 is the BJP’s worst nightmare
The party’s plan to convert 2019 polls into a presidential contest, with the towering figure of Modi dwarfing any alternative leader faces a threat.
Ajoy Bose
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Desperate times, desperate measures: Mayawati faces a compelling need to rebrand herself
Does the Bahujan Samaj Party chief’s decision to back Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh bye-polls signal a full-fledged shift in her politics?
Ajoy Bose
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When Indian parliamentarians saw a CIA plot in the Beatles’ stay at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram
Not everyone was happy about the Fab Four’s visit to India 50 years ago.
Ajoy Bose
Video
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Watch: Joe Biden trips and falls at the US Air Force Academy graduation, jokes he ‘got sandbagged’
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Watch: How DRI, Coast Guard officers recovered over 32 kg gold from under the sea in Tamil Nadu
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Watch: Rare all-white panda caught on camera at nature reserve in Sichuan, China
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Watch: Actor Parineeti Chopra sings the song ‘Tu Jhoom’ while in a dubbing studio
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Watch: French carpenter makes fully functional wooden car modelled after a Citroën
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The demonetisation gambit has backfired for the BJP (and the old communal ploy hasn't worked)
The party's tentative election campaign has failed to rally more groups and communities under its banner in western Uttar Pradesh.
Ajoy Bose
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In Punjab, as the Akali edifice seems set to crumble, the main battle is between Congress and AAP
While Congress supporters are attracted to its administrative experience, AAP backers want to give the fledgling party a chance.
Ajoy Bose
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Not just bluster: Unfazed Mayawati actually thinks the BJP has handed her a chance to play victim
'I pray to God that they take a couple of more decisions like demonetisation,' said the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, while accusing the BJP of vindictive politics
Ajoy Bose
The Reel
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‘Scoop’ review: A flat view of a highly irregular case of police overreach
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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‘School of Lies’ review: An overloaded saga of secrets and trauma
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‘Mumbaikar’ review: A dated, draining exercise
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Review: In ‘Fire in the Mountains’, the enormous burden of womanhood
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Yadav vs Yadav in Uttar Pradesh is father (once again) reminding son who's boss
By siding with his brother Shivpal over son Akhilesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav has reasserted his dominance over the Samajwadi Party
Ajoy Bose
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Why the Mehbooba flag fiasco is symbolic of the collapse of the state machinery in Kashmir
Legislators are running scared, the constabulary has deserted its posts – in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir, the state machinery is invisible.
Ajoy Bose
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As the slur on Mayawati feeds Dalit fury, the BJP also faces Thakur wrath
For the already smarting followers of Yogi Adityanath, the expulsion of a key Thakur leader adds insult to injury.
Ajoy Bose
The Field
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Pro League: Harmanpreet Singh – ‘We are not letting the two losses last week play on our minds’
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IPL 2023: MS Dhoni doing well after knee surgery, confirms CSK CEO
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Molestation, demand for sexual favours: What wrestlers alleged in FIR against Brij Bhushan Singh
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Cricket: Shweta Sehrawat to lead India ‘A’ squad at ACC Emerging Women’s Asia Cup 2023
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Sports world daily: Altmaier stuns Sinner at Roland Garros; Messi’s Barcelona return difficult