Long Reads
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Crash-landing on the world: Why Korean dramas are as addictive as an unending stack of potato chips
They left me flushed of face, happy and, strangely, in touch with some uncomfortable feelings too.
Anita Vachharajani
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Rats can smell tuberculosis, dogs can smell cancer – they're being trained to save your life
Medics have found that teaching animals to detect life-threatening diseases works out cheaper, and faster, than other laboratory techniques.
Emma Young, Mosaic
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Here's why 'quacks’ in India are being trained to practise real medicine
An NGO is attempting to convert self-proclaimed doctors into a legitimate group of health workers to fill the vacuum in the government's health infrastructure.
Priyanka Pulla, Mosaic.com
Trending
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Kalakshetra abuse controversy should force a rethink of power hierarchies in ‘classical’ dance world
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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The dark side of wind energy along Gujarat’s coast
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Is ‘glass skin’ achievable? A dermatologist answers this and other skincare questions in a new book
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Adani is merely a front for PM Modi, alleges Arvind Kejriwal citing ‘BJP leader’
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As idea of family gets redefined by technology and new social norms, are the kids alright?
Test-tube babies, surrogates, single parents, gay fathers – the traditional ideas of what a family is have been challenged. How does this affect children?
Linda Geddes, Mosaic
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When India became the first country to ban 'The Satanic Verses' much before the Iranian fatwa
On October 5, 1988, the ban was invoked by the Finance Ministry, which prohibited importation of the book into the country under the Customs Act of 1962. Possession of the book itself was and is not a crime.
Achal Prabhala
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A tumour stole every memory I had. This is what happened when it all came back
A tumour that gave the author dementia and amnesia also helped him start a new life.
Demetri Kofinas, qz.com
Video
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Watch: Fire spreads through hotel in Indore, rescuers evacuate trapped guests with ladders
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Watch: Trapped miners rescued from collapsed gold mine in Congo as onlookers cheer in relief
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Watch: Israeli commando units stage undersea protest against government’s judicial overhaul plans
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Watch: Rescuer scales 65-foot telecom tower in Pune to save bird tangled in kite string
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Watch: Major pipeline bursts in Mumbai’s Mulund, sends water gushing high into the air
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India can contain its massive rabies problem – if it vaccinates 70% of its dogs
The WHO wants to eliminate rabies in Asia by 2020. But how, when rabid dogs are running India ragged?
Mary-Rose Abraham, Mosaic.com
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The naked selfies: Behind the lens of women’s ‘nudies’
By simultaneously becoming the photographer and the subject, women are learning to see themselves anew, despite the fear of being exposed or shamed.
Nishita Jha
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Missing the familiar: What does it mean to be homesick in 2015
Does technology help or hinder us when we move to a new place?
John Osborne, mosaic.com
The Reel
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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Why do male suicides outnumber female in every country in the world?
What is it about being male that leads to this? Why are middle-aged men most at risk? And why is it getting worse?
Will Storr
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How to mend a broken heart: Replace it with an artificial one that could last forever
The legacy of Texan surgeons and the next generation of pulseless artificial hearts.
Alex O’Brien, mosaic.com
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Why do we have allergies? A Yale immunologist searches for answers
Allergies such as peanut allergy and hay fever make millions of us miserable, but scientists aren’t even sure why they exist.
Carl Zimmer, mosaic.com
The Field
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Table tennis nationals: Sreeja Akula clinches singles, doubles titles; G Sathiyan wins singles gold
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Sports world daily: IOC backs Russia’s return as neutral athletes; Messi scores 100th Argentina goal
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Football: Chhetri, Jhingan score as India win Tri-Nation title; Women’s team loses to Uzbekistan
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Spain Masters Super 300: Another chance for PV Sindhu to find her groove, Satwik-Chirag eye deep run
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Indian football: Sunil Chhetri – ‘My hunger to score is the same as it has always been’