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
Trending
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Congress moves Madras HC seeking Election Commission action against Modi for propagating hate speech
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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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
Video
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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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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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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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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IPL 2024: Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma lead Hyderabad to crushing 10-wicket win over Lucknow
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Badminton: India to host World Junior Badminton Championships 2025 in Guwahati
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to compete in India for first time since Tokyo Olympics
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals stay in playoff hunt with win over Rajasthan Royals in high-scoring clash
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Paris Olympic-bound Preeti among seven gold medallists for India