First Person
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Winning against poverty, losing against time: An unlikely academic’s (un)finished agenda
Cancer has upended my friend Arif Naveed’s promising academic career. The best way I can deal with the tragedy is by helping him tell his story.
Peter Sutoris
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‘You get one life, you enjoy it responsibly, then you die’: A cancer patient’s farewell essay
Mumbai journalist Mayank Bhatt, who moved to Canada in 2008, passed away on August 1. He chronicled the progress of his illness on The Beacon.
Mayank Bhatt
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An Indian Army officer remembers how observing roza in Kashmir changed his life
Just one day of fasting during Ramzan in 2002 offered me a social and spiritual experience that I have not forgotten since.
Major General Yash Mor
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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The Indian diaspora is equally guilty of holding on to old stereotypes about the homeland
Indians settled abroad are wracked by the opposing forces of heartsickness for touch and the fear of contagion.
Ankhi Mukherjee
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The personal is political: How events on two continents drove a wedge between my father and me
A son’s story.
Mauktik Kulkarni
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How a 74-year-old YouTuber created instrumental versions of film songs using the Pratham tarang
Rajendra Naik has been paying tribute to classic movie tunes with the string instrument. Find out how he does it.
Rajendra Naik
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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On my freedom fighter father’s birth centenary, what would he have made of the hate in India today?
We started with a vision of unity and harmony. How did we get there 72 years later?
David Devadas
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A new Indian venture capitalist lifts the curtain on his industry
Amongst the most dramatic differences between venture capital and traditional industries is the time you spend with 20-somethings.
Sajith Pai, qz.com
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First person: What my mother taught me about crows – and life
They don’t like me, I whined once. They will someday, my mother replied.
Nandini Ramnath
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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‘They all became animals’: My grandfather remembers the trauma and violence of India’s Partition
Despite witnessing or hearing about unbelievable cruelties, my Dada has an almost diasporic longing to return to the subcontinent.
Sapan Maini-Thompson
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First person: When Boris Johnson asked me to spice up a profile of Mayawati
...and I went on the campaign trail in London with his brother Jo.
Jawid Laiq
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What growing up with two abusive men taught me about the #MeToo movement in India
Witnessing my father and grandfather’s acts of violence filled me with an inchoate rage and internal chaos that have never completely left me.
Vikram Zutshi
The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May