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Style, Sass, and Squash
Dipika Pallikal talks about her journey to become one of the world’s best squash players, her love for travel and why she prefers stylish cars.
Good Treatment
Dear Zindagi’s radical break from Bollywood’s portrayal of mental illness.
Heavy Metal
India’s first smelters and their fraught history with the Tatas
History Detective
The woman who set up Afghanistan’s biggest cultural archive / Arts
Media Functions
Why high-profile events by news organisations can damage journalistic independence
Stifling The Truth
The government and media’s cover-up after the Gorakhpur tragedy
The Illusionist
Hyderabad’s teacher of the magical arts
State Graft
Can Xi Jinping save the Chinese communists from corruption?
Throwing Light
Insights into the neglected history of Indian documentaries.
Visual Art
Enactments and each passing day
Driving Miss Jinnah
An antique car exhibit in Karachi spotlights an underappreciated historical figure / Politics
Counting Crores
Why Indian films’ box-office figures do not add up.
Parched
How the termination of drought relief will affect communities in Lesotho
A Matter Of Choice
What the right-to-privacy judgment means for India’s abortion law
A Pack Of Troubles
How Spiti is coping with its stray-dog problem
Temple Run
Will Karnataka’s real, devout Hindus please stand up? / Politics
A Modest Proposal
For preventing the children of poor people in India from being a burden to their parents or the economy, and for making them beneficial to the public / Satire
Squandered Chances
The ruling parties’ defeat in local polls has dealt a blow to Sri Lanka’s hard-won democratising process
The Lede
Fine-Tuned India’s exclusive circles of competitive whistling / Music
An Awkward Silence
Massive layoffs at newspapers expose professional conditions that undermine the public sphere / Media
Mind Game
An unusual sport’s rapid growth in India / Sport
Silver Lining
How Peru’s poorest are solving their water woes / Politics
High Horses
Polo and patriotism in northern Pakistan / Sport
Stolen Turf
The BJP has usurped part of Kanshi Ram’s dream / Politics
Unhappy Anniversary
Taking stock after half a century of Dravidian rule in Tamil Nadu / Politics
Water and Fire
Mamata Banerjee’s simmering confrontation with the BJP / Politics
The Diminishing Middle
How Modi is restructuring the BJP / Politics
Drawing The Line
Why the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill united northeastern India in protest / Communities
No Direction Home
How the world’s largest democracy treats the world’s most persecuted minority.
Leaves Of Grass
Uruguay’s experiment with legalising cannabis / Communities