First Read
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After the Panama Papers: How to dismantle tax havens (and bring justice to 99 per cent of the world)
Book excerpt: The inside story from the two journalists who received the leaked data.
Bastian Obermayer & Frederik Obermaier
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How the map of Jammu and Kashmir could have been significantly different today
Had India not accepted the cease-fire of 1948, much of the land that’s with Pakistan and China today may have been with India.
Arjun Subramaniam
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What you can learn from a bonesetter with a BUMS (yes, really) degree
An excerpt from a book that tracks practitioners of traditional forms of medicine – in modern day India.
Aarathi Prasad
Trending
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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
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Three Doordarshan-era anchors recall what a dignified era of television news looked like
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Watch: Beyoncé was joined by her daughter Blue Ivy on stage for a dance routine during UK concert
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A new book offers detailed historical accounts of the Sultans of Oman in the 19th century
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Arrested, acquitted: Jigna Vora recounts her trauma after being accused in journalist J Dey’s murder
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Is this how a Jihadi Jane is made?
Fiction excerpt: What makes Ameena and Jamilla go from being teenage students in England to fighting for the IS in Syria?
Tabish Khair
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‘A True Liar’: A short story about a man who lied when awake and told the truth in his sleep
An excerpt from a book of short stories set in the fictional town of Karuthupuza, a la Malgudi.
Manu Bhattathiri
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Malayalam writer KR Meera writes explosively, and her new novel is no exception
Book excerpt: In ‘The Gospel of Yudas’, a former Naxalite carries a secret that won’t let him accept a lover.
KR Meera
Video
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Watch: Dense smoke and yellowish haze cover New York as a result of Canadian wildfires
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Watch: How this lone buffalo outwits a pride of lions to escape an attack
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Watch: Truck carrying cartons of beer overturns, passersby rush to steal bottles
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Watch: This version of Rema’s chart-topping hit ‘Calm Down’ has Tamil lyrics
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Watch: Dramatic sight of massive sandstorm enveloping western and northern parts of Rajasthan
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Was the displacement of Pandits a greater tragedy than the displacement of Dalits?
Those who accuse people of forgetting the first conveniently forget the second themselves.
Gopal Guru
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Billionaires can be both good and bad. Ruchir Sharma shows how to tell them apart
Book excerpt: How, in an impermanent world, can we predict which nations are most likely to rise, and which to fall?
Ruchir Sharma
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And now, how about a good old-fashioned romance from Pakistan’s top soap writer?
Book excerpt: Zainab is shattered when her fiancé Shiraz dumps her. This is what happened earlier.
Umera Ahmed
The Reel
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Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic
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Watch: Trailer of ‘The Night Manager’ part two is out
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‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’ trailer: Romantic film stars Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani
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Tigmanshu Dhulia on Irrfan: ‘His observation of life was very surgical, very meticulous’
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Start the week with a film: ‘Charlie’s Country’ is a powerful portrait of defiance
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How everyone – the state, corporations, and even some ‘Maoists’ – gains from Maoist insurgency
Book excerpt: an enquiry into the roles of the different players in the battle between Adivasis, Maoist rebels, corrupt bureaucrats and hungry corporations.
Rohit Prasad
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Is this the most gruesome murder in Indian crime fiction?
Book excerpt: a detective is horrified when he discovers the method, because he knows the killer who uses this technique.
Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
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The day Patna's Super 30 became the magic destination for students trying to enter the IITs
How did Anand Kumar achieve an extraordinary 100% success rate at his free coaching institute?
Biju Mathew
The Field
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Football: Lionel Messi says he’s headed to USA, signs up for David Beckham co-owned Inter Miami
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Hockey, FIH Pro League, India vs Netherlands as it happened: Holland win 4-1
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ISSF Junior World Cup: India win team silver, two individual medals in the Rapid Fire Pistol event
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Golf merger: How Saudi Arabia’s involvement influenced a new world order in the sport
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Football: Legislators in Rio de Janeiro approve 'Vini Jr's law' against football racism