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Kalpish Ratna
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History reimagined: Condemned as a drunken wastrel, what was Bahadur Shah of Gujarat really like?
An excerpt from ‘Bahadur Shah of Gujarat: A King in Search of a Kingdom,’ by Kalpish Ratna.
Kalpish Ratna
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Two doctors argue that eggs are the gold standard for all proteins, and the most perfect food ever
An excerpt from ‘Gastronama: The Indian Guide to Eating Right’, by Kalpish Ratna.
Kalpish Ratna
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No trees: What the landscapes where all recent pandemics originated have in common
We failed to prevent the coronavirus pandemic because we failed to recognise a truth that stares us in the face.
Kalpish Ratna
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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How I wrote the pandemic. Not the current one, but the one in Bombay over 100 years ago
Kalpish Ratna on the writing of ‘Room 000’, the book set during the Bombay Plague of 1896.
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Two women on different continents lose babies to microcephaly. Were both cases of Zika?
‘The Secret Life of Zika Virus’ traces what we know about a virus that causes minor illness in adults but horrendous malformations in babies.
Kalpish Ratna
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The chilling discovery: when the plague came to Bombay in 1896
An exclusive excerpt from a book that casts a Holmesian look at the forgotten truths of the Bombay Plague of 1896.
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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