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Horror fiction: Why a poltergeist’s logic does not answer the troubled mind of humans
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (551+ words) Why don't Indians trust the Modi government's gas and petrol assurances? Olympics' ban on trans athletes contravenes human rights laws "Nothing threatened Delhi': A new book recalls the tense nights of Operation Sindoor Great Nicobar Island: Galathea Bay sees record…...
‘Being Modern’: Ananda Ram Dhekial Phookan’s (1829–1859) biography resurrects Assam’s forgotten hero
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (505+ words) How Indian doctors paved the way for the country's most powerful export " trust Why a textile town became the hub of illegal organ trade In charts: How India doesn't exercise "Why I Killed My Husband': Anita Nair's "state of the…...
From the memoir: A corpse collector in Kerala buries those who have died an ‘unnatural death’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (304+ words) Tamil film "Mayilaa" is a tribute to "women whose lives and pain often remain unseen and unheard" "International conspiracy": Why the BJP is opposing the Roman script for Tripura"s Kokborok tongue "Bulldozer justice" continuing in UP despite Supreme Court…...
A tale of one city: Jamshedpur and India’s fragile modernity
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1100+ words) Counterview: Guru-shishya tradition did not kill critical thinking " we just forgot how it worked "The Robe and the Sword: Echoes of Buddhist extremism in Indias own relationship with minorities Uttarakhand: FIR filed after mob protests Hindu man who objected to…...
‘I remain a sceptic despite the occurrences around me’: Sanjoy K Roy on his book on ghosts
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (394+ words) Review: "Border 2" is "Border" too, the whole package better packaged Two letters from JRD Tata show how India"s elite expressed dissent " and how it was treated "Fighting for our existence": In Maharashtra"s Palghar, huge protests against development plans…...
In his new book, Rana Dasgupta shows how imperial Britain hijacked successful Asian economies
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (150+ words) In his new book, Rana Dasgupta shows how imperial Britain hijacked successful Asian economies When India needed support, Venezuela stood firmly by its side Silence as citizenship: The burden of being a "Good Muslim" in India A former managing director…...
A new book studies how West Bengal’s Siliguri became an important corridor on India’s eastern border
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (374+ words) Ramachandra Guha: In praise of Dr Umar Khalid, from one historian to another A new book studies how West Bengal's Siliguri became an important corridor on India's eastern border Carriages, bazaars and colonial views: An American woman writer's visit to…...
‘Railsong’: Rahul Bhattacharya’s heartfelt ode to the India that was and the India that can be
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (622+ words) How Tata Group became BJP's biggest donor weeks after Modi cabinet cleared its semiconductor units In a new book of essays, scholar GN Devy asks whether India risks becoming an anti-knowledge nation India's GDP, other national accounts data given "C…...
Along the Brahmaputra: The terrors of the colonial ‘Planter Raj’ in Assam’s tea plantations
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (501+ words) New plan could carve up Mumbai's last green lung Why air quality numbers in Delhi vary widely "Forbidden Desire': Indian queer history cannot be decolonised by ignoring the violence of caste "Nishaanchi 2' review: The formula always wins How early vernacular…...
Across the Mandovi, a portal opens to Goa’s vanished past
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (240+ words) What's missing in Arundhati Roy's memoir: A daughter's rage and true forgiveness "Frankenstein' review: Grand visuals and a gentle Creature Who founded the Indian National Army? A new work has an answer that isn't in most school books "Thode Door…...