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  • How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
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    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

  • ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
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    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary

  • Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?
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    Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?

  • ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941
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    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

  • In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells

  • Demolishing homes of India’s urban poor fails the address the root causes for informal settlements
    6

    Demolishing homes of India’s urban poor fails the address the root causes for informal settlements

  • How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan
    7

    How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan

  • 'Undignified' Modi caricature: Indore cartoonist denied anticipatory bail by MP High Court
    8

    'Undignified' Modi caricature: Indore cartoonist denied anticipatory bail by MP High Court

  • Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’
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    Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’

  • In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad
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    In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad

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‘I know how much a single civil servant can do to prevent even the worst of massacres’: Harsh Mander

Activist Harsh Mander’s account of how the civil servants failed to prevent the 2002 Gujarat riots is important to revisit.

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Feb 26, 2020 · 10:43 am
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“I know how much a single Civil Servant can do to control violence,” says @harsh_mander, a former IAS officer with years of experience in controlling riots like #Delhi is witnessing right now.pic.twitter.com/kUUNaeQemC

— Natasha Badhwar (@natashabadhwar) February 25, 2020
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  1. How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

  2. ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary

    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary

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    Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?

  4. ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

  5. In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells

    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells

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