Beyond Borders
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Hyper nationalism outside, desolate inside: A guide to the Wagah-Attari border crossing
When Islamabad and New Delhi come to their senses and make peace, the landmark immigration point will be full of bazaar cacophony so natural to Southasia.
Kanak Mani Dixit
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From Canada to Khalistan: What maps encompass and exclude
Maps produced me, contouring my family’s movements for a half-century.
Ajay Gandhi
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India and Pakistan must end the Partition of families and let them reunite – before it is too late
In the 75th year of the Independence, both countries should ease the visa and bureaucratic hurdles that keep them apart.
Tridivesh Singh Maini
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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Naga group lifts shutdown in 6 districts after responding to Election Commission notice
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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A Belgian farmer accidentally annexed France by moving a rock. What does it say about borders?
Man-made boundaries are fragile. They contradict the apparent solidity in an atlas or on Google Maps.
Imogen Wegman, The Conversation
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Around the world, there’s a battle of storytelling about migrants and Muslims. Populists are winning
Because it’s a contest of storytelling, the sworn enemies of the populists are people like me: writers and journalists. Truth tellers, writes Suketu Mehta.
Suketu Mehta
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It's time to redraw the world's very unequal knowledge map
There are huge global inequalities in knowledge production and exchange. What drives this inequality and how can it be corrected?
Laura Czerniewicz, The Conversation
Video
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?