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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 …
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For weeks, an Assam district stared at drought. Then it got hit by floods
June had come and gone. It was almost the end of July. But Babul Bora of eastern Assam…
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‘Batwara 1947’ review: Dull storytelling and sharp messaging
A chunk of Sunny Deol’s career is devoted to swinging hand pumps at Pakistanis, bashin…
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Should India be worried about the ‘AI bubble’?
The fortunes of millions of households in India, from those of software engineers to s…
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This essay reveals Jagadish Chandra Bose’s response to his research being ignored in India
Plant life is only a shadow, a reflection, of human life. I’d written an essay about t…
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How adulterated fairness creams led to a surge of mercury poisoning cases in rural Maharashtra
In January, Rushikesh Dhore visited a doctor in Maharashtra’s Akola district with a ra…
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‘Many times, ideas from a novel leave an imprint on poems under construction’: Jeet Thayil
Strange shadows fall on poet-novelist Jeet Thayil’s face as his photos are clicked. St…
