City Portraits
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How does urban violence co-opt the state? Laurent Gayer’s classic study of Karachi has some answers
‘Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for City’ maps the relationship between the citizenry and agents of violence.
Prerna Vij
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How Delhi has been written over the years in novels and in stories (and essays)
The pandemic may have silenced the urban legends of the capital for a year, but there is enough and more in literature to look back on.
Ranjana Sengupta
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A love for sweets and fascism: The history of Bombay’s iconic cake shop Monginis
The Italian founder of Monginis was a fan of Benito Mussolini.
Tania Bhattacharyya
Trending
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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
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Why Assam’s farmers are furious at Himanta Biswa Sarma’s ‘fertiliser jihad’ jibe
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Three Doordarshan-era anchors recall what a dignified era of television news looked like
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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Has minor withdrawn her complaint? A media narrative war has broken out over wrestler’s allegations
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How do you visually capture Bengaluru without showing its landmarks? Hint: With zombies and murders
A new graphic novel on the city avoids the clichés.
Rohini Kejriwal
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Is Dadar, Mumbai’s first planned suburb, becoming hipster cool? (And at what cost?)
The gentrification which began in the neighbourhood’s buildings has spread to its eateries.
Aakash Karkare
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Was Ahmedabad’s founder Ahmed Shah a wise ruler or an ambitious tyrant?
An anthology of 55 stories of Ahmedabad and Amdavadis peels away the layers of the city.
Nisha Nair-Gupta
Video
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‘Call got cut’: BJP spokesperson moments after anchor corrects him on budget for new train tracks
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Watch: Coldplay’s Chris Martin arrives by train for concert, joins railway worker’s video
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Watch: Advertisement gives popular nursery rhymes a grim twist to amplify message of climate change
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Watch: Comedian mimics Bollywood stars singing ‘Phir Aur Kya Chahiye’ from ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’
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Watch: Thief returns stolen bottle of alcohol after automatic door traps him inside store
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Deep in the Amazon jungle, Brazil’s ‘invisible cities’ are in crisis
We're used to debating the region's environment. But far-western Brazil has lots of urban problems too.
Luke Parry, André de Moraes, Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana and Patricia Torres, The Conversation
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‘Every day was a party’: When a commune by the sea fed and housed film strugglers
For close to a decade, film personalities like Jahnu Barua and Om Puri shared space, alcohol and friendship at Ganga Vihar on Mumbai’s Marine Drive.
Rani Day Burra
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Hauz Khas hipsters, Def Col dudes and other denizens immortalised by a Delhi artist
Priya Kuriyan has been posting sketches on her blog of Capital types she sees on the streets.
Mridula Chari
The Reel
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic
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Watch: Trailer of ‘The Night Manager’ part two is out
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‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’ trailer: Romantic film stars Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani
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Tigmanshu Dhulia on Irrfan: ‘His observation of life was very surgical, very meticulous’