‘Raktanchal’ trailer: Web series explores rivalry and vengeance in Uttar Pradesh in the 1980s
Ritam Srivastav directs Kranti Prakash Jha and Nikitin Dheer in the latest MX Player web series.

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‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
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The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
Donald Trump says $21 million from USAID went to ‘my friend PM Modi for voter turnout’ in India
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