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  • Chhattisgarh's way of dealing with Aadhaar: When fingerprints fail, take photos

    Chhattisgarh's way of dealing with Aadhaar: When fingerprints fail, take photos

    Anumeha Yadav
    · Dec 21, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • Despite the comparisons, India's Aadhaar project is nothing like America's Social Security Number

    Despite the comparisons, India's Aadhaar project is nothing like America's Social Security Number

    Anumeha Yadav
    · Dec 20, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • Can biometrics stop the theft of food rations? No, shows Gujarat

    Can biometrics stop the theft of food rations? No, shows Gujarat

    Anumeha Yadav
    · Dec 17, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • Gujarat matches the fingerprints of the poor before giving them food. Does the system work?

    Gujarat matches the fingerprints of the poor before giving them food. Does the system work?

    Anumeha Yadav
    · Dec 16, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • Are shops being burnt down in Kashmir towns to enforce the hartal?

    Are shops being burnt down in Kashmir towns to enforce the hartal?

    Ipsita Chakravarty Rayan Naqash
    · Dec 15, 2016 · 09:00 am
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    Mumbai weekend cultural calendar: Astad Deboo dance performance, tea pairing workshop and more

    The Daily Pao
    · Dec 09, 2016 · 12:45 pm
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    The hipster hunger for superfoods is starving India’s adivasis

    Purabi Bose
    · Dec 09, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • A women's art collective is serving a dose of truth–strong and Kadak

    A women's art collective is serving a dose of truth–strong and Kadak

    Damini Kulkarni
    · Dec 02, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • Shivaji the great to Aurangzeb the terrible: We see in our kings what we want to see in ourselves

    Shivaji the great to Aurangzeb the terrible: We see in our kings what we want to see in ourselves

    Haroon Khalid
    · Dec 02, 2016 · 10:30 am
  • 'My medicine is my friend for life': The bitter pills and stoic acceptance of the HIV generation

    'My medicine is my friend for life': The bitter pills and stoic acceptance of the HIV generation

    Menaka Rao Priyanka Vora
    · Dec 01, 2016 · 02:30 pm
  • The ICSE English literature syllabus has changed. But Harry Potter and Agatha Christie, really?

    The ICSE English literature syllabus has changed. But Harry Potter and Agatha Christie, really?

    Devapriya Roy
    · Nov 26, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • The debt that Indian cinema owes to Wilkie Collins and his ‘The Woman in White’

    The debt that Indian cinema owes to Wilkie Collins and his ‘The Woman in White’

    Karan Bali
    · Nov 20, 2016 · 12:00 pm
  • How the demonetisation debate is similar to that over Aadhaar

    How the demonetisation debate is similar to that over Aadhaar

    Saikat Datta
    · Nov 18, 2016 · 08:00 am
  • Use of Devanagari numerals on new banknotes draws complaints of Hindi chauvinism

    Use of Devanagari numerals on new banknotes draws complaints of Hindi chauvinism

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Nov 12, 2016 · 08:00 am
  • Pakistan needs an image makeover – and can learn from Brand India

    Pakistan needs an image makeover – and can learn from Brand India

    Maria Amir
    · Nov 10, 2016 · 01:30 am
  • The three-way electoral battle in Punjab is still too early to call

    The three-way electoral battle in Punjab is still too early to call

    Anita Katyal
    · Nov 07, 2016 · 06:30 pm
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    Why a Bollywood theme party drew the ire of queer South Africans of Indian origin

    Bhavya Dore
    · Nov 04, 2016 · 07:00 am
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    'If Lord Hanuman can get an Aadhaar number, why can't a Pakistani spy?'

    Abhishek Dey
    · Nov 03, 2016 · 10:30 am
  • In Gujarat, opposition to the new land law leads to an unlikely alliance

    In Gujarat, opposition to the new land law leads to an unlikely alliance

    Raksha Kumar
    · Oct 30, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • My name is Khan: Inter-religious marriages still draw questions and incredulity in India

    My name is Khan: Inter-religious marriages still draw questions and incredulity in India

    Radha Khan
    · Oct 30, 2016 · 08:00 am
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