Why the stampede at the Elphinstone Road railway station was waiting to happen
Mumbai’s local trains are equipped to handle only half of the 3,60,000 passengers they carry per hour during peak hours everyday.
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1How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
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2Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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3This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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4Are our pampered pets really living their best life?
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5For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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6Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
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7A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
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8A Swiss court’s decision on use of a pesticide sends a hopeful message to Indian farmers
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9Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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10Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
