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Justice AP Shah: ‘India is moving towards a form of elected autocracy. We must keep speaking up’
The former chief justice of Delhi High Court spoke at the inaugural session of the Janta Parliament organised by civil society groups on August 16.
AP Shah
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Full text: Narayana Murthy on the true meaning of patriotism and the path to building a great nation
Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy’s address at the convocation of Gorakhpur’s Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology on August 22.
NR Narayana Murthy
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‘India is fighting for her soul’: Arundhati Roy on fascism, Modi and being a writer in today’s world
‘In this blitzkrieg of idiocy, fascist marches, fake-news coups, and what looks like a race toward extinction – what is the place of literature?’
Arundhati Roy
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Seven firms that failed drug quality tests gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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India’s latest GDP growth numbers are ‘mystifying’, says former chief economic advisor
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‘An illness is upon us’: Arundhati Roy on activist Anand Teltumbde’s impending arrest
‘His impending arrest cannot but be seen as a political act. It will be a shameful and shocking moment in our history.’
Arundhati Roy
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Full text: ‘I am devastated by the prospect of imminent arrest’, writes author Anand Teltumbde
The police claim he is involved in a conspiracy that resulted in caste violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune lat year.
Anand Teltumbde
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Jairam Ramesh: Lessons from reorganising India's states – and why Uttar Pradesh needs to be divided
India needs a second States Reorganisation Commission. And it needs to split up its most populous state into smaller, manageable states.
Jairam Ramesh
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Watch: Major pipeline ruptured in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, sending jets of water in the air
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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Jerry Pinto on fear, hate – and the magical power of words
What were MM Kalburgi and Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar and Gauri Lankesh doing that they were so feared?
Jerry Pinto
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A public philosophy of non-violence, a culture of peace – that’s the diplomacy the world needs today
Full text of former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao’s speech at the Gandhi Memorial Center’s ‘Fellowship of Peace Award’ ceremony.
Nirupama Rao
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‘The tide will turn’: Arundhati Roy’s letter to jailed Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam
On PEN International’s ‘Day of the Imprisoned Writer’, Roy says his arrest ‘is an attack not on intellectuals but on intelligence’.
Arundhati Roy
The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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‘Unlike his imitators and those who claim his legacy, Patel worked tirelessly for communal harmony’
‘The man who literally created the Indian Union as we know it, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a giant in more senses than one.’
Shivshankar Menon
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India has become ‘a republic of fear for thinkers and writers’: Critic and novelist Shanta Gokhale
Speaking at the Ooty Literary Festival, the writer said today’s India has turned into a place where ‘truth-tellers are arrested and imprisoned’.
Shanta Gokhale
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Release the wrongfully arrested activists: Full text of petition filed by Romila Thapar and others
Five prominent civil society members petition the Supreme Court against the arrest of five activists.
Romila Thapar, Devaki Jain, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande & Maja Daruwala
The Field
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Commonwealth Games: Malaysia to consider hosting a downsized edition in 2026; Singapore also in fray
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WPL 2024: From captain Meg Lanning to rising star Shreyanka Patil – The Field’s team of the season
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour
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IWL 2023-24: Odisha FC inch closer to title with win over East Bengal