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A new book follows the figure of the yogini from ancient stone carvings to foreign museums
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Review: In ‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’, to love is to remember and to remember is to love
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India must realise that resilience isn’t an economic strategy – it needs a clear economic philosophy
Every economy needs optimism. Investors respond to confidence, consumers spend when th…
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A tourist rush is swamping Himachal Pradesh – and the environmental cost is heavy
On May 24, Nitesh Thakur left Shimla in his car around noon, hoping to reach his villa…
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Israel and India show how democracies drift towards digital authoritarianism
“Digital authoritarianism” refers to governments using technology for surveillance and…
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A new book looks at how movements for civil liberties have developed in India
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Why the Trinamool Congress is collapsing like a house of cards
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How philosopher KC Bhattacharyya appealed for liberation from British ‘cultural subjection’
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A Sangh organisation is leading the demand that Christian tribals be delisted
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This book asks why Kerala, long ruled by the Left, has not succeeded in annihilating caste
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Start the week with a film: Cult thriller ‘13 Tzameti’ is a nerve-wracking game of chance
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How India’s ambitious plan to curb unhealthy food failed
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Goodbye Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026): Your graphic odes to unceasing rebellion are everlasting
She died of sadness, her close ones reported . Marjane Satrapi had spent her entire wo…
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‘They have sold themselves’: At ‘cockroach’ gathering in Delhi, protestors rage against the system
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Watch: ‘Balan – The Boy’ is a new survival drama from the ‘Manjummel Boys’ director
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‘I come not to praise AI but to bury it’: A novelist opens up on writing during the AI apocalypse
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Beyond the Modi phenomenon, what makes up the anatomy of India’s new regime?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the coming of a “New India” in 2017 – in…
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A murder in the UK reopens debate on whether Sikhs should be allowed to carry kirpans in public
The murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa in Southampton in the United Ki…
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In a new book, Stephen Alter writes about discovering monsoon beetles and bugs as a young naturalist
When I was a boy, growing up in Landour, the monsoon was a time for collecting things,…
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‘Brown’ review: Gripping series overcomes plotting holes through memorable characters
Once upon a time, cops were cops. They carried out their duties. They extended greasy …
