Book Excerpt
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Meet Mohammed Sleem, the ‘first Indian tennis superstar’
‘The first native Indian to win a major championship in India and stamp his name firmly in the annals of Indian tennis.’
Anindya Dutta
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Ruttie: This biography reveals what we did not know about the woman who married Jinnah
An excerpt from ‘The Woman Who Stood Defiant: Ruttie Jinnah’, by Saad S Khan with Sara S Khan.
Saad S Khan with Sara S Khan
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In Pakistan’s Balochistan province, looking for the goddess Kottari Devi and finding Bibi Nani
Edited excerpts from a book of essays on Hindu temples dedicated to the many manifestations of the goddess.
Alka Pande
Trending
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It isn’t just an Amazon web series under fire from Hindutva groups – the real tandav is yet to come
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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Once considered India’s answer to WhatsApp, Hike Messenger has shut down
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Why has the Adani group singled out journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta?
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Watch: Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy dances with contagious energy
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‘Murder at the Mushaira’: A poet is murdered, and the detective chasing the killer is Mirza Ghalib
An excerpt from Raza Mir’s historical novel set in the Delhi of 1857 and after, with a crime driving the narrative.
Raza Mir
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Ghalib in Banaras, Banaras in Ghalib: A new critical biography rereads the legendary poet’s life
An excerpt from ‘Ghalib: A Wilderness at My Doorstep’, by Mehr Afshan Farooqi.
Mehr Afshan Farooqi
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In Bihar, an absent State has pushed its people into coming up with imperfect replacements
Why bahubalis and coaching centres thrive – and why dubbed Tamil and Telugu films are so popular.
M Rajshekhar
Video
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Watch: Explosion in Madrid, capital of Spain, destroys building, kills at least three people
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Watch: Comic José Covaco’s hilarious interpretation of ‘private chat’ with Navika Kumar
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Watch: US Police dog receives a hero’s welcome upon return after multiple surgeries
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Watch: Mount Etna in Italy erupts yet again
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‘Tejashwi Yadav speaking’: Bureaucrat changes tone when RJD leader rings him for teachers’ protest
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Why Gurugram is ‘a city of black and white with grey spaces missing’
An urban theorist’s perspective on the megapolis previously known as Gurgaon.
Suptendu P Biswas
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Mohandas Gandhi on student life in London, finding a vegetarian meal, and dancing lessons
An excerpt from a new autobiography that retraces Gandhi’s childhood, formative years in Porbandar and London, and his activist phase in South Africa.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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Sanitation crusader Bindeshwar Pathak on tackling manual scavenging: ‘I cannot just sit and watch’
An excerpt from a biography of the founder of the company that builds Sulabh toilets.
Y Ravindranath Rao
The Reel
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‘Kuruthi Kalam’ trailer: A police officer is caught between rival gangs in Chennai
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It isn’t just an Amazon web series under fire from Hindutva groups – the real tandav is yet to come
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‘Gandii Baat’ trailer: AltBalaji erotic thriller series is now into season six
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‘The Legend of Hanuman’ trailer: Animated series features the voice of Sharad Kelkar
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‘Mission Frontline’ trailer: Rana Daggubati anchors a tribute to the Border Security Force
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‘The Hidden Garden’: This book examines Mir Taqi Mir’s life through his incomparable poetry
A love story from the ghazal-writer’s life, and four ghazals.
Gopi Chand Narang
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Why Ashish Khetan wrote a book about his discoveries from going undercover during the Gujarat riots
‘I had always believed that, at some point, I would have to tell the full story of what I witnessed in Gujarat.’
Ashish Khetan
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Ved Mehta (1934-2020) on how life changed after losing his vision at the age of three-and-a-half
The writer died on Sunday, January 10, in New York at the age of 86.
Ved Mehta
The Field
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No reason whatsoever to believe Tokyo Olympics will not be held in July: IOC chief Thomas Bach
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Return of Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer will be a major boost against India: England captain Joe Root
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Tennis: ATP announced tweaked 2021 calendar, adds tournaments in Singapore and Marbella
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After triumphant return from Australia, Mohammed Siraj goes straight to his father’s grave
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We don’t agree with Messi’s two-game ban, hope it’s reduced: Barcelona manager Koeman