Memory Lane
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A last walk through Grandma’s house – and back in time: The life of an East Indian family in Bandra
Memories of mango pickle and music and mortuary cards of relatives long past.
Deborah Rosario
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Dragonfly races, cycling backwards and other childhood adventures in the Vile Parle Railway Quarters
Four buildings that housed generations of Western Railway employees and their families will now be demolished to make way for a new line.
Venkat Iyer
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I was at the 1983 Cricket World Cup final. Here’s how the movie ‘83’ spoke to me
Kabir Khan’s film brought back happy memories, from watching the Indians defy expectations to charging the ground after they won the final.
Karan Bali
Trending
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Interview: India’s exaggerated value and the danger of S Jaishankar’s ‘new world order’ posturing
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Arrested, acquitted: Jigna Vora recounts her trauma after being accused in journalist J Dey’s murder
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Who was the photographer who took these dehumanising images of the Madras famine?
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Readers’ comments: ‘Most Kerala Hindus are already lost’
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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I was at the 1983 Cricket World Cup final. Here’s how the movie ‘83’ spoke to me
Kabir Khan’s film brought back happy memories, from watching the Indians defy expectations to charging the ground after they won the final.
Karan Bali
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‘All routes to death’: A personal essay of friendship with Agha Shahid Ali in the early 1980s in USA
Agha Shahid Ali died 20 years ago, in December, 2001.
Padmini Mongia
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Tracing the overlapping lives of my great-grandfather and one of the heroes of the Bombay Plague
Dr Miguel Caetano Dias and Dr Acacio Gabriel Viegas had a lot in common, not least their zealous effort to save lives during the Bubonic plague.
Luis Dias
Video
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Watch: Actor Vadivelu and AR Rahman perform the song ‘Raasa Kannu’ in Chennai
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Watch: Staff cheers as dog shot during robbery gets discharged from hospital two months later
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Watch: Cricketers Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard engage in a hilarious debate over IPL’s top team
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‘So beautiful’: Fan’s special song combining several tunes by Shreya Ghoshal moves the musician
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Caught on CCTV: Constable saves passenger being dragged while boarding a moving train
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My mother’s unlikely journey to becoming the Agony Aunt for Punjabi men and women around the world
Kailash Puri won many awards for her journalism and literature. But her most enduring legacy might be her work with people struggling with sexual issues.
Shammy Puri
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I studied 8,000 obituaries and found that we have always been afraid of writing ill of the dead
Obituaries, for Prince Philip or a commoner, tend to play down any negative aspects of character.
Janice Hume, The Conversation
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How my uncle dodged death and escaped from East Pakistan to India (with a little help from a hen)
There were many occasions when death came close, but somehow, with luck and grit, my uncle made the perilous journey to safety.
Anu Kumar
The Reel
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‘Scoop’ review: A flat view of a highly irregular case of police overreach
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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‘School of Lies’ review: An overloaded saga of secrets and trauma
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‘Mumbaikar’ review: A dated, draining exercise
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Review: In ‘Fire in the Mountains’, the enormous burden of womanhood
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How I restored Bapu’s bicycle with the help of local repairmen and ingenuity
I don’t think the Mahatma would have approved of our little project.
Riyaz Tayyibji
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How Toru Dutt, who died at just 21 in 1877, pioneered Indian writing and poetry in English
The Bengali poet-translator is often considered the first Indian poetess to write in French and English.
Sutapa Chaudhuri, Sahapedia
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What I learned about (and from) Ravi Shankar as a child hanging around his music room
The world may remember Ravi Shankar, who would have turned 99 today, as a performer and composer. But to me, he will always be my Guruji Dadu.
Chandrima Pal
The Field
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Hockey, FIH Pro League, India vs Belgium as it happened: Harmanpreet Singh and Co win 5-1
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Wrestlers’ protest: Members of 1983 World Cup team issue statement – ‘Disturbed by unseemly visuals’
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Thailand Open Super 500: Lakshya Sen reaches his first semi-final of 2023; Kiran George’s run ends
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Pro League: Harmanpreet Singh – ‘We are not letting the two losses last week play on our minds’
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IPL 2023: MS Dhoni doing well after knee surgery, confirms CSK CEO