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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
Rather than focusing solely on numerical reductions, a strategic approach is crucial for a sustainable solution.
George Kofi Danso, The Conversation
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
An excerpt from ‘Poems Of the First Buddhist Women’, translated from the Pali by Charles Hallisey.
Charles Hallisey
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
The Mysore court was once a melting pot of forms and genres, from which emerged a niche repertory for the veena that is scarcely known and rarely performed.
Malini Nair
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
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
The company has challenged the IT rules allowing the Centre to ask social media companies to decrypt messages and identify the first originator of information.
Scroll Staff
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
The High Court implicated the state government for involvement in the recruitment scam that has dominated the state’s politics over the last few years.
Vineet Bhalla
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Instant ‘gate-cane’ weddings in parched Marathwada supply desperate labour to sugar industry
Water-intensive sugarcane plantations of Western Maharashtra hire workers in husband-wife pairs, in tune with the harvest season, necessitating quick nuptials.
Reetika Revathy Subramanian
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
The party’s pitch to Muslim voters is based on its welfare programmes, caste politics, and, in some cases, fear.
Rokibuz Zaman
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
Shyam Benegal’s ‘Manthan’, about the Amul dairy co-operative movement, has undergone a new restoration by Film Heritage Foundation.
Scroll Staff
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Yamini Aiyer interview: With jobless growth, welfare has become a ‘compensation’, not a public right
Technology gives the illusion of bypassing inefficiency while building up Narendra Modi’s image as a benefactor, creating a politically useful beneficiary class
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Field
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Harshit Kumar wins hammer throw gold as India’s medal tally increases
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Indian compound archers sweep all three team event gold medals
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
She described her role as the courtesan Bibbojaan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Netflix series ‘Heeramandi’ as a dream come true.
Udita Jhunjhunwala
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View from Pakistan: Islamabad must be proactive and normalise trade relations with New Delhi
The country’s shrinking economy and rising inflation and poverty point to the urgency of taking a decision.
Manzoor Ahmad, Dawn.com
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Business history: How Jaypee Infratech’s stalled construction projects left homebuyers in the lurch
An excerpt from ‘The Dirty Dozen: India’s Twelve Biggest Corporate Defaulters’, by N Sundaresha Subramanian.
N Sundaresha Subramanian
Magazine
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‘Hand of God’: How a young Indian Navy sailor returned from the dead in Australia in 1951
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why Britain rebuffed Australia’s effort to recruit Indian labour for its pearl fishing industry
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How Indians won civil rights in Australia
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Hindustani stalwart Amarnath’s path to musical glory ran through the carnage of the Partition