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Onion Dome Of Stained Glass
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Onion Dome Of Stained Glass

Five African sides have qualified for the World Cup. With excellent organisation and a few world-class players, can they overcome history?

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June 25, 2018
Bonanza, Come What May!
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Bonanza, Come What May!

Pre-GST panic mode prompts retailers to hold grand sales, offer big discounts, triggering shopping spree

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July 03, 2017
This Land is Your Land
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This Land is Your Land

Ten lakh acres—that’s 4,000 sq km, the size of Trinidad and Tobago —are lying idle with central PSUs. How can India benefit?

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September 26, 2016
Ballia: Seven Days Of Swaraj
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Ballia: Seven Days Of Swaraj

Few know of the defiant 1942 Republic of Ballia, ground down brutally

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August 24, 2015
Hard Liquor Banned, No Worries!
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Hard Liquor Banned, No Worries!

The bars are closed. No worries, the Malayali takes to beer, wine.

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October 5, 2015
A Tableau Of Feelings Towards Tipu Sultan
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A Tableau Of Feelings Towards Tipu Sultan

As swords are crossed over Tipu Jayanti, everyone revisits a complex debate with all-too-pat answers.

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November 23, 2015
Self Reflection Is Not Modi's Trait!
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Self Reflection Is Not Modi's Trait!

The Bihar imbroglio has stung Modi badly. So have angry elders. Outlook offers ten ways for the PM to follow, for a regaining of old elan.

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November 23, 2015
Blood Bros: Arabs and Muslims
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Blood Bros: Arabs and Muslims

The Arab worlds whimsy over ISIS has allowed other players to step in.

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November 30, 2015
Chennai Floods: A Depression Will Not Sink Them
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Chennai Floods: A Depression Will Not Sink Them

A Biblical deluge has engulfed Chennai. The amazing spirit of its people keeps it afloat.

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December 14, 2015
Are Nehru-Gandhis Sins Catching Up?
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Are Nehru-Gandhis Sins Catching Up?

Will the Nehru-Gandhis finally realise that all is not their family fiefdom; are their sins catching up?

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December 21, 2015
Will Modi Sarkar Lose A Winning Battle?
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Will Modi Sarkar Lose A Winning Battle?

To get the economy right, Modi sarkar needs to get its politics right or it’ll lose a winning battle.

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January 11, 2016
Death Of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed: A Dark Winter Of Unease
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Death Of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed: A Dark Winter Of Unease

Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s death upsets the delicate dynamics of the coalition between the BJP and his party.

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January 25, 2016
Netflix: Streamer's Avenue
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Netflix: Streamer's Avenue

Netflix, with its coveted hoard, is here. But censorship and cost can curb its appeal.

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January 25, 2016
Rohith Vemula Suicide: Not Quite An End Note
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Rohith Vemula Suicide: Not Quite An End Note

In the end, the system got Rohith Vemula. He died thinking he could not win the caste battle, little knowing that he has started a war.

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February 01, 2016
Fashion Designers And Their Interior Statements
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Fashion Designers And Their Interior Statements

Fashion designers cast their eye on interiors and make a statement of it.

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February 01, 2016
Will FB Win It's Free Basics War?
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Will FB Win It's Free Basics War?

Bolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s free basics publicity blitz.

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February 08, 2016
On The Line Between Hero And Fall Guy
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On The Line Between Hero And Fall Guy

As Modi’s consigliere, Amit Shah bears the wounds of Delhi, Bihar. More failure would be disaster. Critics inside are keeping the score.

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February 08, 2016
'Right To Divorce' For Muslim Women In Kashimir
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'Right To Divorce' For Muslim Women In Kashimir

Fed up with troubled marriages, women in Kashmir are seeking divorce and getting it—from regular and Sharia courts

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February 15, 2016
JNU Controversy: In The End It Was Raining Slogan On Main Street
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JNU Controversy: In The End It Was Raining Slogan On Main Street

The Sangh parivar pushes the battle for control over a ‘leftist’ JNU by invoking the oldest trick—patriotism.

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February 29, 2016
Sanjay Dutt: A Life Unshackled From Past Mistakes
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Sanjay Dutt: A Life Unshackled From Past Mistakes

Jail term done, Sanjay Dutt can lead a life unshackled from past mistakes.

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February 29, 2016
Fracture Un-Nursed
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Fracture Un-Nursed

A post-merger revolt in AIADMK reduces the EPS government to a minority 

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September 04, 2017
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The Art Of Speaking

Media and democracy—the themes recurred at the Vinod Mehta Memorial Lecture and Outlook SpeakOut Awards

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September 04, 2017
A Latter-Day Torch To Be Borne With Care
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A Latter-Day Torch To Be Borne With Care

In this inaugural Vinod Mehta Memorial Lecture, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll talks about the origins, uses, abuses, trials and triumphs of free, fair and investigative modern journalism as the world knows it

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September 04, 2017
'It's Not Worth Having Whistle Blowers In India Today'
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'It's Not Worth Having Whistle Blowers In India Today'

For many millennials, turning 30 is often a reminder to look back and assess the life goals one sought and achieved, failed to or is still striving for.

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September 04, 2017
From Pebbles To Bullet
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From Pebbles To Bullet

Turmoil is back in Kashmir’s apple countryside after a long

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May 22, 2017
Mirror, Mirror, Who's Worse?
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Mirror, Mirror, Who's Worse?

BJP’s strategies for capturing Bengal—development and communalism—are in Mamata’s playbook too.

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May 22, 2017
The Congress Hopes Against Hope On A Candidate For President.
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The Congress Hopes Against Hope On A Candidate For President.

The Congress hopes against hope for the entire Opposition to agree on a candidate for president.

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May 22, 2017
Court Of The Absurd
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Court Of The Absurd

In mythology, the Sun God’s son is a tragic hero. But Justice Karnan, the first HC judge to be awarded jail term for contempt of court, has set a sad precedent.

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May 22, 2017
Revisionism Saves The Day
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Revisionism Saves The Day

Bengal’s beleaguered comrades push a changed ‘Yechury line’ down hardliners’ throats in the party congress

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May 07, 2018
No Party After Erauschwitz?
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No Party After Erauschwitz?

#MeToo wasn't the Holocaust. Nor were the accusing women killijoy feminazis. Male entitlement speaks out of fear - of loss of pervasive, silent privileage.

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May 07, 2018