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  • Photographs: scenes from the Sangam House writers’ residency

    Photographs: scenes from the Sangam House writers’ residency

    Mohini Gupta
    · May 09, 2015 · 03:30 pm
  • How we can break free from sexism in science

    How we can break free from sexism in science

    Amber Griffiths, The Conversation
    · May 09, 2015 · 06:30 am
  • Meet the first Pakistani cartoon on Indian TV: a burka-clad female superhero

    Meet the first Pakistani cartoon on Indian TV: a burka-clad female superhero

    Shelly Walia, Qz.com
    · May 08, 2015 · 07:30 pm
  • Ban triple talaq and abolish Muslim Personal Law Board, says former minorities commission chairman

    Ban triple talaq and abolish Muslim Personal Law Board, says former minorities commission chairman

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · May 05, 2015 · 09:00 am
  • First read: Shovon Chowdhury’s new novel, and he’s as funny as ever

    First read: Shovon Chowdhury’s new novel, and he’s as funny as ever

    Shovon Chowdhury
    · May 03, 2015 · 08:15 am
  • Who is benefiting from the lucrative South India red sandalwood smuggling trade?

    Who is benefiting from the lucrative South India red sandalwood smuggling trade?

    Vivekananda Nemana
    · Apr 30, 2015 · 09:10 am
  • What India’s Swachh Bharat campaign can learn from French smokers

    What India’s Swachh Bharat campaign can learn from French smokers

    Nicholas Lawson
    · Apr 27, 2015 · 11:30 am
  • In Bihar, hearts stopped beating and even the birds fell silent

    In Bihar, hearts stopped beating and even the birds fell silent

    Abhay Mohan Jha
    · Apr 26, 2015 · 12:13 pm
  • Why have Indian-Americans lost the art of eating with their hands?

    Why have Indian-Americans lost the art of eating with their hands?

    Lavina Melwani
    · Apr 26, 2015 · 09:00 am
  • Vilas Sarang: the writer you should have read to understand post-modern Indian literature

    Vilas Sarang: the writer you should have read to understand post-modern Indian literature

    Anu Kumar
    · Apr 20, 2015 · 12:00 pm
  • Should professions like pilots have less medical privacy?

    Should professions like pilots have less medical privacy?

    Carissa Véliz, The Conversation
    · Apr 20, 2015 · 06:25 am
  • The book the Gujarat police does not want released: author speaks about 11 years in jail in Akshardham case

    The book the Gujarat police does not want released: author speaks about 11 years in jail in Akshardham case

    Zahir Janmohamed
    · Apr 18, 2015 · 06:00 pm
  • Poor internet for poor people: why Facebook’s Internet.org amounts to economic racism

    Poor internet for poor people: why Facebook’s Internet.org amounts to economic racism

    Mahesh Murthy, qz,com
    · Apr 18, 2015 · 02:30 pm
  • Roar of China's 'Great Cannon' heard across the internet

    Roar of China's 'Great Cannon' heard across the internet

    Tim Stevens, The Conversation
    · Apr 16, 2015 · 12:27 pm
  • The Perils of Nativism: An essay by Vilas Sarang (1942-2015)

    The Perils of Nativism: An essay by Vilas Sarang (1942-2015)

    Vilas Sarang
    · Apr 16, 2015 · 11:30 am
  • The absolutely legitimate, incredibly useful Indian English word you’re not using

    The absolutely legitimate, incredibly useful Indian English word you’re not using

    Diksha Madhok, qz.com
    · Apr 13, 2015 · 02:21 pm
  • City Of Spies: ‘It had taken the death of Hanif to make me want to learn Urdu’

    City Of Spies: ‘It had taken the death of Hanif to make me want to learn Urdu’

    Sorayya Khan
    · Apr 12, 2015 · 07:30 am
  • Complaints against police have declined – not really

    Complaints against police have declined – not really

    Trisha Jalan, Indiaspend.com
    · Apr 10, 2015 · 07:30 pm
  • How the hot-air balloon transformed the Bengali character in the 19th century

    How the hot-air balloon transformed the Bengali character in the 19th century

    Sarbajit Mitra
    · Apr 06, 2015 · 05:30 pm
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    Some shape-shifting animals that can morph to fool others

    Louise Gentle, The Conversation
    · Apr 05, 2015 · 06:30 am
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