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Why jobs are becoming unaffordable for some Indian women
Twenty-three-year-old Ayesha* fought hard to study a master’s degree in social science…
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‘Manufactured hysteria’: Former NDTV journalist Maya Sharma on why TV news has become ‘unwatchable’
Over the years, I was frequently introduced to people this way: “This is Maya Sharma. …
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The takeover of a Bandra football ground is part of a larger fight for Mumbai’s public spaces
On the overcast afternoon of August 18, a football match of the Mumbai Football Associ…
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How public canteens in India are creating jobs, supporting women, and fostering democratic spaces
Canteens are under-researched not only in India, but elsewhere too. Therefore, in Nove…
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The desperate wait of families of Indian men tricked into fighting Russia’s war
From the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine border, Manoj Singh Shekhawat sent a 21-seco…
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Living and longer and living well are not the same thing. Here’s why ‘healthspan’ matters more
I’ve spent more than three decades studying how exercise and diet keep us healthy. But…
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How illnesses like smallpox in colonial India exposed Britain’s myths of control and invincibility
As we know, the fear of contagion predominated most British reports of infectious dise…
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‘Planned failure’: Is the Modi government sabotaging its own caste census?
In April 2025, the Modi government made a dramatic U-turn and announced that it would…
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‘Writing to dazzle can be a fatal mistake of the preoccupation with writerly craft’: Saikat Majumdar
Having read several of Saikat Majumdar’s novels and a couple of his non-fiction books,…
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Ramachandra Guha: Historian Sumit Sarkar took his scholarship beyond the confines of the academy
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Watch: In ‘Babita Singh Reporting’, Nimisha Sajayan plays a cop who investigates her friend’s murder
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India’s poorest will pay the most for ethanol-fuel push
I first learned to think about ethanol as a fault line in conversations with my friend…
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‘1942: A Love Story’ review: A treat for the eye and the ear
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How a bureaucrat has forced Maharashtra’s eateries and other food businesses to clean up their act
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‘Wild country’: This book says the colonial government misunderstood the princely state of Bastar
Abujhmad, a captivating expanse of hills, woods and streams, holds a special place in …
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Why Gen Alpha protests show India’s official school data is unreliable
In recent weeks, school students across the country have launched protests against the…
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‘Dimagi naxals’: The freedom to disagree is a political right – and is economically valuable
On Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned that while armed naxalism had…
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Ayodhya land deals yield rich dividends for relatives of politicians
In February 2021, the nephew of the mayor of Ayodhya, Rishikesh Upadhyaya of the Bhara…
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Jharkhand cancels key graduate-level exam, students say protest will continue over CBI probe demand
Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday cancelled the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commiss…
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This book shows that from the Cholas to the British, governing India was inseparable from religion
The relationship between temples and the sovereign evolved over hundreds of years and …
