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FIRE IN HER BONES

An ISIS bomb might have taken her legs, but Turkish filmmaker Lisa Calan’s spirit remains buoyant

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3 mins  |
April 03, 2022
FOR MILK, FOR FUEL
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FOR MILK, FOR FUEL

Food and fuel shortage has triggered widespread protests against the ruling Rajapaksas

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5 mins  |
April 03, 2022
CENTRE CANNOT HOLD
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CENTRE CANNOT HOLD

With economic woes denting the popularity of the Rajapaksas, Sri Lanka might look at a political alternative in the next polls

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5 mins  |
April 03, 2022
PODIUM CHASER
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PODIUM CHASER

A handful of medals in the past six months has made Lakshya Sen the new poster boy of Indian badminton  

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5 mins  |
April 03, 2022
India should not be neutral
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India should not be neutral

INTERVIEW RAFAL TRZASKOWSKI, Warsaw mayor, former minister, former member of European parliament

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3 mins  |
April 03, 2022
THREE TO TANGO
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THREE TO TANGO

The BJP and the Congress have for long dominated Himachal Pradesh’s bipolar politics. The generational change in both the parties, along with the AAP’s big entry, can redraw the state’s political map 

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5 mins  |
April 03, 2022
RANT AND RAIL
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RANT AND RAIL

A highspeed rail connectivity project is dividing Kerala and invoking memories of Nandigram

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April 03, 2022
Death overs approaching
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Death overs approaching

Prime Minister Imran Khan is desperately seeking ways to stay in power. If the past is a guide, his fall is imminent

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4 mins  |
April 03, 2022
WILL OPPOSE IF INDIA THROWS LIFELINE TO CORRUPT RAJAPAKSAS
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WILL OPPOSE IF INDIA THROWS LIFELINE TO CORRUPT RAJAPAKSAS

INTERVIEW Patali Champika Ranawaka, leader of 43 Brigade

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April 03, 2022
People like those who support 'nation first' theory
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People like those who support 'nation first' theory

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW/SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN, chief minister, Madhya Pradesh

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April 03, 2022
BALANCING ACT
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BALANCING ACT

As anti-government protests spiral out of control, Sri Lanka seeks Indian investment in the Colombo Port City built by China

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4 mins  |
April 03, 2022
AID, TO OUR AID
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AID, TO OUR AID

Lots of mutual suspicions between India and Sri Lanka are in the process of being removed

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5 mins  |
April 03, 2022
Rajiv Gandhi Killing - Perarivalan And Six Hopefuls
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Rajiv Gandhi Killing - Perarivalan And Six Hopefuls

With A.G. Perarivalan having received bail, fellow convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case are nursing renewed hopes

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9 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Congress - Now, Walk The Talk
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Congress - Now, Walk The Talk

With the decline of the Congress going unchecked, the talks about the party nearing its demise have become louder. Its political opponents have started writing it off and its critics are bemoaning its failure to get its act together, and there is a great sense of despair and despondency within the party

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10 mins  |
March 27, 2022
War In Ukraine - How Putin's Generals Goofed Up
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War In Ukraine - How Putin's Generals Goofed Up

The Russians have goofed up, while the Ukrainian radars and anti-aircraft missiles are alive and shooting

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7 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Imbalance of power
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Imbalance of power

The Congress’s slump has its most durable ally, the NCP, worried

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3 mins  |
March 27, 2022
A cut above
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A cut above

Exclusive excerpts from Indian batting legend G.R. Vishwanath’s autobiography

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5 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Reincarnate to rejuvenate
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Reincarnate to rejuvenate

It is tough for old political parties on the decline to reinvent themselves without a change in leadership

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4 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Faceless front
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Faceless front

The Congress is in no shape to take on the might of the BJP machinery in Gujarat

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2 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Channi turned out to be neither poor nor honest
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Channi turned out to be neither poor nor honest

Interview - Sunil Jakhar, former president, Punjab Congress

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3 mins  |
March 27, 2022
THE 40-PLUS CHAMPIONS
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THE 40-PLUS CHAMPIONS

Shefali Shah and Vidya Balan, who are in the prime of their careers, talk about their roles in the thriller, Jalsa

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5 mins  |
March 27, 2022
Toast to the coast
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Toast to the coast

Tulu cinema’s golden jubilee could also be a time of its renaissance, but it still has to contend with a shortage of theatres, high tariff and competition from other languages

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5 mins  |
March 27, 2022
The Chinese Wanted To Learn From Operation Ganga
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The Chinese Wanted To Learn From Operation Ganga

This operation involving several countries for evacuation of our citizens from war-torn Ukraine was so large that it required intervention of the government at the highest level and the support of local authorities and additional support staff.

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2 mins  |
March 20, 2022
WITH BATED BREATH
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WITH BATED BREATH

Amid confusion in the combat zone and a raging propaganda war, a section of Russians is protesting the military action. Many others, however, seem to have closed their eyes and believed Putin’s words that their country will come out of the current difficulties “renewed”

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7 mins  |
March 20, 2022
UNITED STATES OF EUROPE
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UNITED STATES OF EUROPE

As Europe launches a fierce fightback against Putin, Germany takes the lead with an extraordinary geostrategic U-turn

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10 mins  |
March 20, 2022
WALK THE TALK, AROUND THE CLOCK
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WALK THE TALK, AROUND THE CLOCK

The larger message of the BJP and AAP victories is that the delivery of promises, combined with effective communication, is the template to be followed. Politics in the Modi era is a 24x7 phenomenon; it is not to be practised just before the polls, as the opposition found out, especially in Uttar Pradesh

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8 mins  |
March 20, 2022
WINNER TAKES ALL
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WINNER TAKES ALL

Adityanath has not just defeated the opposition, but also silenced every challenger within the BJP

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5 mins  |
March 20, 2022
WHO WEARS THE CROWN?
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WHO WEARS THE CROWN?

It is between Pramod Sawant and Vishwajit Rane for the chief minister’s job in Goa

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2 mins  |
March 20, 2022
FOR A WORLD OF HER OWN
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FOR A WORLD OF HER OWN

THE WEEK’s ‘Indian Women Pathbreakers— Shaping a New Dream’ celebrated womanhood and honoured women Covid warriors

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5 mins  |
March 20, 2022
NEIGHBOUR'S CRYSIS
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NEIGHBOUR'S CRYSIS

POLAND HAS GONE ALL OUT TO SUPPORT UKRAINE, BUT A CAUTIOUS NATO IS MAKING WARSAW’S MISSION DIFFICULT

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7 mins  |
March 20, 2022