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Swagger Vs Sass

A glamorous show reignites the Delhi-Mumbai debate. Who wins?

The Lush Socialite

After her debut in Fabulous Lives Vs Bollywood Wives, Delhi's Shalini Passi-philanthropist, influencer, Bollywood celebrity and self-care divawho gives little boxes of herbal dust to her friends, is now in the mass eye. Fair or unfair, deal with her

Trump, Up And Charging

'Many countries are nervous about Donald Trump returning to power, but India is not one of them'

Post and Past the Oil in Azerbaijan

As the UN climate conference takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan traces the history of the hydrocarbon industry through the lens of postage stamps

Bhutto's Nehru Story

Nehru's principle of \"compromise and argument\" remains the only workable formula for South Asian leaders

Breathless on Bachchan

Cédric Dupire's documentary The Real Superstar is an irreverent, experimental archive of Amitabh Bachchan's life and his stardom

The Anaphora to Zeugma of the Queen's English

Shashi Tharoor's book is a logophile's candy shop, full of fun, surprises and insights

The Wind Knocked

THE wind knocked on the door. Hesitantly. Wanting to be let in. It had heard the murmuring of the flames. And knew that there was a fire. The wind sought shelter.

The Way Home

“We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection. Something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them their original value as images. Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our store of dreams; we are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that was lost.”—Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

The War Artist

Cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco is in search of the truths distorted by conventional narratives

Mining Adivasi Votes

If the BJP manages to win Jharkhand, it will be the third mineral-rich state after Odisha and Chhattisgarh that will fall into the party's kitty

Unequal Republic

Political parties make promises of equal represention to women, but patriarchy continues to dominate electoral democracy

The Baramati Parivar

The Pawars' family bastion since 1967 is now witnessing a second uncle-nephew fight

No Attention Zone

Malaria, malnutrition, mining...the Adivasis living in Gadchiroli face multiple issues, but they feel the government is not doing enough for them

The Age of Betrayal

Eknath Sambhaji Shinde's tenure as chief minister has been anything but smooth

Bhakt Versus Blood

In Thane's Kopari-Pachpakhadi assembly constituency, three-time winner Eknath Shinde will face-off against his mentor Anand Dighe's nephew, Kedar

Minority Report

The vote bank of Muslims and Dalits is crucial in shifting the balance of power in Maharashtra

Pride Over Prejudice

The fragmented political fabric in Maharashtra has left the voters confused and the leaders jittery. Amid the chaos, the subject of Marathi asmita has risen and ebbed in absence of a strong anchor

Trump's White House 'Waapsi'

Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election may very well mean an end to democracy in the near future

IMT Ghaziabad hosted its Annual Convocation Ceremony for the Class of 2024

Shri Suresh Narayanan, Chairman Managing Director of Nestlé India Limited, congratulated and motivated graduates at IMT Ghaziabad's Convocation 2024

Identity and 'Infiltrators'

The Jharkhand Assembly election has emerged as a high-stakes political contest, with the battle for power intensifying between key players in the state.

Beyond Deadlines

Bibek Debroy could engage with even those who were not aligned with his politics or economics

Portraying Absence

Exhibits at a group art show in Kolkata examine existence in the absence

Of Rivers, Jungles and Mountains

In Adivasi poetry, everything breathes, everything is alive and nothing is inferior to humans

Hemant Versus Himanta

Himanta Biswa Sarma brings his hate bandwagon to Jharkhand to rattle Hemant Soren’s tribal identity politics

A Smouldering Wasteland

As Jharkhand goes to the polls, people living in and around Jharia coalfield have just one request for the administration—a life free from smoke, fear and danger for their children

Search for a Narrative

By demanding a separate Sarna Code for the tribals, Hemant Soren has offered the larger issue of tribal identity before the voters

The Historic Bonhomie

While the BJP Is trying to invoke the trope of Bangladeshi infiltrators”, the ground reality paints a different picture pertaining to the historical significance of Muslim-Adivasi camaraderie

Sarna Dharma

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is keeping the Sarna Code issue alive in its election campaign, especially in tribal areas

Who Stole the Horses' Land?

The Bharatiya Janata Party plays the \"illegal Bangladeshi\" card in poll-bound Jharkhand