Essay
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‘Do you know why nails grow? They are the remnants of our animal life’
Pavitra Mohan translates Hazari Prasad Dwivedi’s famous essay from the Hindi.
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
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‘Song of the Soil’ author Chuden Kabimo on how right-wing moves disturbed the peace in Darjeeling
Kabimo’s novel, longlisted for the JCB Prize, presents the political movement for Gorkhaland through fiction.
Chuden Kabimo
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The organic intellectual, mystical poetry, and the rationalist tradition in India today
Intellectuals might debate on class, but they aren’t always defined by it.
Amit Chaudhuri
Trending
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What is ‘medical feminism’ and how does it affect the lives of women in the US and India?
Author Shashi Deshpande dissects the growing opposition to women’s selfhood.
Shashi Deshpande
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Knowledge is power: The unintended outcomes of Orientalist William Jones’ study of Sanskrit texts
Looking back on Jones’s legacy on his 275th birth anniversary, which falls on September 28.
Girish Shahane
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Passing the pandemic with Pamuk: How to travel the world from one room during the lockdown
Even when you’re confined to your writing desk, your bookshelf will take you somewhere else altogether.
Pallavi Narayan
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes