Forgotten Stories
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Bhicoo Batlivala: The forgotten freedom fighter whose US tour made the British government anxious
She was an active member of the India League and at one point Jawaharlal Nehru’s secretary.
John O’Brien
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The near-forgotten ‘Demon of Cawnpore’ revealed Jules Verne’s reading of India and its conflicts
The renowned French writer of ‘Around The Word In Eighty Days’ wrote an imaginative work featuring the hunt for the Indian revolutionary Nana Sahib.
Revanth Ukkalam
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This mislabelled book of Bengali Sufi poetry tells the story of South Asians in Australia
In a small desert town at the edge of the desert in Australia, the ‘Kasasol Ambia’ is stored in a small, red mosque. How it got there is a fascinating story.
Samia Khatun, The Conversation
Trending
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Bodies with hands tied uncovered from mass graves in Gaza, says UN
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri: The women who helped popularise yoga in Britain
The gurus offered yoga to British homemakers as a route to personal and social liberation.
Suzanne Newcombe, The Conversation
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How one German city developed – and lost – generations of math geniuses
Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world's greatest centers for mathematical research.
David Gunderman, The Conversation
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An artist reanimates the untold stories of Sikhs in Canada through digital collages
Angela Aujla’s ‘Canadian Stories’ uses archival images to give the minority community the recognition that history books do not.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Video: The Indian who pioneered fiber optics and missed winning the Nobel remains an unsung hero
Narinder Singh Kapany managed to transmit images over a bundle of optic fibers as early as 1953.
Ramakrishnan M
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Remembering Baby Naaz, Sridevi’s voice in her early Hindi films
Despite achieving acclaim early on as a child actress, Salma Baig spent her later years lending her voice to the cinematic dreams of others.
Soumya Rao
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Why the Hashimpura massacre of 42 Muslim men in 1987 is relevant in the polarised UP of today
Vibhuti Narain Rai’s account of India's deadliest extrajudicial killings is a reminder that minorities face the same hatred they did then.
Harsh Mander
The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer