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When The Levee Breaks
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When The Levee Breaks

Bangalore’s 200 lakes—how a boon became a bane

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December 16, 2019
Guru's Army of Outsiders
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Guru's Army of Outsiders

They revere the Sikh gurus. Their annual calendar is an itinerary of Sikh history’s sacred sites. In the everyday life of Sikhs, though, the Nihangs are mostly a quaint curiosity.

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December 16, 2019
From Alt to Real Politik
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From Alt to Real Politik

How AAP and Kejriwal merged an earlier idealism within the real demands of political survival

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December 16, 2019
Exclusion, Their Turn
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Exclusion, Their Turn

NRC scare sinks the BJP in three bypolls; Congress-Left do poorly too

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December 16, 2019
Breaking The Canon Code
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Breaking The Canon Code

A proposed law extracting transparency from the Church divides the laity and its leaders

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December 16, 2019
Maharashtra - Uddhav The King, Pawar The Maker
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Maharashtra - Uddhav The King, Pawar The Maker

A Thackeray to be enthroned for the first time as wily Pawar beats BJP at its own game

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December 09, 2019
Why Are Students Angry?
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Why Are Students Angry?

Behind the rage of the young in India’s campuses is a conflict over the fate of public-funded higher education

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December 09, 2019
Clear Stream Of Reason
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Clear Stream Of Reason

JNU is emblematic of the liberating potential of the humanities

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December 09, 2019
Callertunes Ring Loss in Gigabytes
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Callertunes Ring Loss in Gigabytes

India’s digital revolution goes awry with telcos forced to go for hefty tariff hike. Jio likely to be least affected.

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December 09, 2019
‘Ram Mandir Will Be A Part Of Our Campaign'
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‘Ram Mandir Will Be A Part Of Our Campaign'

Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das is confident about winning a second term in office despite desertion by allies and rebellion by senior party members. Ahead of the first phase of polling on November 30, Das speaks to Preetha Nair about his government’s achievements and why he is not cowed down by setbacks to the BJP. Excerpts.

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December 09, 2019
Nayakan 2 - The New K-town Show
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Nayakan 2 - The New K-town Show

Can a Rajini-Kamal combine derail the Dravidian parties?

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December 09, 2019
Oh No, Not Again!
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Oh No, Not Again!

As government pushes for NRC repeat, people in the state fear the worst

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December 09, 2019
Apples Of A Frozen Wrath
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Apples Of A Frozen Wrath

Mushtaq Ahmad Malik could barely recognise his orchard.

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December 02, 2019
Bitter Truths In Sealed Cover
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Bitter Truths In Sealed Cover

Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi assumed office with a messianic aura but left behind a legacy scorched by controversies

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December 02, 2019
Your Shopping, Her Wings
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Your Shopping, Her Wings

Your Shopping, Her Wings

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December 02, 2019
Tweeterverse
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Tweeterverse

QUACK! The gander gives away the nest’s position behind an arbour of foliage.

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December 02, 2019
Veni Vidi Vanchy
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Veni Vidi Vanchy

K.R. Vancheeswaran, 57, or simply Vanchy as everyone calls him here, wakes up to the sweet call of the Malabar whistling thrush every morning.

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December 02, 2019
Thou Art Here, Nanak!
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Thou Art Here, Nanak!

Iconoclast and pacifist, the first of the Sikh Gurus belongs to all humanity

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December 02, 2019
Their Last Rides
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Their Last Rides

Their Last Rides

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December 02, 2019
The Slytherin Wizard
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The Slytherin Wizard

“COMElet’s release this fellow in the bushes,” says Shravan as he led me into the forested tracts of the sprawling Theosophical Society campus in Chennai.

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December 02, 2019
The Portfolio Of An Aam Aadmi
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The Portfolio Of An Aam Aadmi

IT’S a bright day and Delhi’s deputy CM is walking briskly on the tread-mill at his official residence on Mathura Road.

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December 02, 2019
The Jungle Book
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The Jungle Book

AROUND four in the evening, after a late lunch, Pamela Gale Malhotra is standing at a bay window in her living room looking out at a picture-perfect landscape—a rainsoaked forest with the Brahmagiri hills framing the backdrop.

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December 02, 2019
The Cycle Of Life
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The Cycle Of Life

EVERY day of renewed energy is a message by Nature to continue adding value to life and living.

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December 02, 2019
Slow Gathering Of Life's Net
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Slow Gathering Of Life's Net

AS ducks swim, Virender Sehwag timed the leather orb. Of the 17,253 international runs he scored, Sehwag’s innate ability to spank the cricket ball boiled down to precise hand-eye coordination.

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December 02, 2019
Show A Man His Place
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Show A Man His Place

AS the swish set of south Delhi crowd the serpentine lanes of Hauz Khas Village, Punjabi hits and techno tracks reverberate with the kaleidoscopic colours of the dance floor.

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December 02, 2019
Pressing On Still
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Pressing On Still

Pressing On Still

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December 02, 2019
Passion-Fruit Mojo
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Passion-Fruit Mojo

WITH the top hat, ’tache and three-piece, Gopinath Muthukad almost looks straight out of a Lee Falk comic panel.

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December 02, 2019
Old Man River
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Old Man River

SIDDIQUE Ali stands on the bow his country boat, silhouetted against a flaming orange sky on a November evening.

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December 02, 2019
Officer And A Musafir
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Officer And A Musafir

ANAND Kumar was a regular cricketer in his college days. now, he has to find time for golf during weekends.

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December 02, 2019
No One At The Ranch
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No One At The Ranch

Deserted by allies and partymen, Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das is fighting a lonely battle to save his crown

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December 02, 2019