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    View from Dawn: Pakistan has co-opted Edhi after his death

    Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
    · Jul 16, 2016 · 07:30 pm
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    The dying of gulmohars heralds Bangalore's demise – and is a sign of urban India's forbidding future

    Samar Halarnkar
    · Jul 14, 2016 · 08:00 am
  • The battle between AAP and BJP: 'Modi's attack on Kejriwal seems vengeful'

    The battle between AAP and BJP: 'Modi's attack on Kejriwal seems vengeful'

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    · Jul 10, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Swathi murder: Tamil cinema is a convenient villain, the roots of violence lie elsewhere

    Swathi murder: Tamil cinema is a convenient villain, the roots of violence lie elsewhere

    Uma Vangal
    · Jul 09, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • What the culling of wild animals in some states can tell us about future water wars in India

    What the culling of wild animals in some states can tell us about future water wars in India

    Peter Smetacek
    · Jul 07, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Confessions (though he calls them lessons) of a self-styled ‘pick-up artist’

    Confessions (though he calls them lessons) of a self-styled ‘pick-up artist’

    Dave Besseling
    · Jul 06, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Tribute: For Abbas Kiarostami, the truth of lived lives mattered the most in a film

    Tribute: For Abbas Kiarostami, the truth of lived lives mattered the most in a film

    Suresh Chabria
    · Jul 05, 2016 · 06:00 am
  • Chennai murder: 'Behaviour of passersby was reprehensible, but don't make it about caste'

    Chennai murder: 'Behaviour of passersby was reprehensible, but don't make it about caste'

    Scroll
    · Jul 03, 2016 · 07:30 pm
  • Five-star cinema: ‘Plein Soleil’ is one of the best adaptations of ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’

    Five-star cinema: ‘Plein Soleil’ is one of the best adaptations of ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Jul 03, 2016 · 05:00 pm
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    ‘Game of Thrones’ fan theories that braved the test of ice and fire (or L+R does equal=J)

    Ankita Chawla
    · Jun 29, 2016 · 11:00 am
  • Lessons in race, policing and justice from a 1990s trial in documentary ‘OJ: Made In America’

    Lessons in race, policing and justice from a 1990s trial in documentary ‘OJ: Made In America’

    Oindrila Mukherjee
    · Jun 28, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • The Venkat Dhulipala interview: 'On the Partition issue, Jinnah and Ambedkar were on the same page'

    The Venkat Dhulipala interview: 'On the Partition issue, Jinnah and Ambedkar were on the same page'

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Jun 28, 2016 · 08:30 am
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    The Woman Who Thought She was a Planet and Other Stories

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    · Jun 27, 2016 · 10:03 pm
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    Meet the man who's addicted to WhatsApp – but moved the Supreme Court to have it banned

    Mayank Jain
    · Jun 26, 2016 · 03:30 pm
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    How the mafia is causing cancer in Italy

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    · Jun 25, 2016 · 09:30 pm
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    Six thoughts about Nicola Barker’s Ramakrishna Paramhansa novel, The Cauliflower®: a non-review

    Devapriya Roy
    · Jun 25, 2016 · 07:30 am
  • The Quest for Cruzo: Remembering a Bombay artist who painted the rich but identified with the poor

    The Quest for Cruzo: Remembering a Bombay artist who painted the rich but identified with the poor

    Ranjit Hoskote
    · Jun 24, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • Amjad Sabri (1970-2016): The man who chose the difficult path of preserving a musical tradition

    Amjad Sabri (1970-2016): The man who chose the difficult path of preserving a musical tradition

    Peerzada Salman
    · Jun 23, 2016 · 07:30 pm
  • ‘A True Liar’: A short story about a man who lied when awake and told the truth in his sleep

    ‘A True Liar’: A short story about a man who lied when awake and told the truth in his sleep

    Manu Bhattathiri
    · Jun 23, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Bengali hit ‘Praktan’ valourises the past while ignoring the excesses of the present

    Bengali hit ‘Praktan’ valourises the past while ignoring the excesses of the present

    Chandrima Pal
    · Jun 20, 2016 · 01:30 pm
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