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The Hills Tied In Knots
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The Hills Tied In Knots

A Bill In Matrilineal Meghalaya Bars Khasi Women From Inheritance Rights If They Marry Non-Khasis.

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September 03, 2018
It's Personal Once Again
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It's Personal Once Again

The Triple Talaq Bill Made Big Noise When It Was Drafted Last Year, But It Is Still To Serve Its Purpose.

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September 03, 2018
Changing Gears
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Changing Gears

That our roads are getting deadlier by the day isn’t really breaking news. But no one thinks this fact will ever come home to roost. Well, in my case, it did – literally!

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September 03, 2018
Charge Through The Cappuccino
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Charge Through The Cappuccino

Presenting Calcutta’s Cafe Positive, where young HIV positive persons deliver a strongish brew.

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September 03, 2018
The Damn Floods: Why We Are Never Prepared
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The Damn Floods: Why We Are Never Prepared

Why does nearly every ‘natural’ disaster hit us on such a scale? What are we doing wrong? Who’s guilty? Kerala’s monster monsoon leaves us with a deluge of questions.

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September 03, 2018
The KCR Gambit
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The KCR Gambit

Political debate heats up in Telangana over early elections.

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September 10, 2018
Count Your Rupee In Cents
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Count Your Rupee In Cents

Will 70 to a dollar be the new normal for the Indian currency?

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September 10, 2018
Epic Sound Of Thunder
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Epic Sound Of Thunder

The Adishakti group brings alive a myth from the Ramayana.

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September 10, 2018
Flood And After- New Kerala, Green Kerala
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Flood And After- New Kerala, Green Kerala

Was the deluge so terrible because of poor planning and meddling with nature? Environmental concerns must come to the fore as Kerala rebuilds.

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9 mins  |
September 10, 2018
Turn On A Thousand Lights
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Turn On A Thousand Lights

Lights As DMK chief, Stalin has to keep his flock together, set an agenda and meet challenges.

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September 10, 2018
The Force Of Habit
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The Force Of Habit

The success of the nuns protest stirs Keralas political soup.

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October 08, 2018
Winter Is Coming
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Winter Is Coming

Measures against stubble burning will make but a dent in the smoke.

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October 15, 2018
Runaway River On Kochi's Flight Path
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Runaway River On Kochi's Flight Path

UN award fails to hide airports shaky foundations.

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October 15, 2018
The Sub-plot In Ratnam's Saga
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The Sub-plot In Ratnam's Saga

The veteran director returns with a violent mafia movie after a string of flops.

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October 15, 2018
Self Care In A Blinding State
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Self Care In A Blinding State

After a hail of 1.3 million pellets by security forces, some victims get together to rehabilitate in Kashmir

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August 13, 2018
Sepsis Shots For The Masses
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Sepsis Shots For The Masses

Modicare ambitiously plans healthcare for the poor, but doesn’t address the glaring concerns of past efforts

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August 13, 2018
We Are All Harappans
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We Are All Harappans

The Rakhigarhi project shines light on an old enigma: the Harappans were genetically ‘Ancestral South Indian’ stock. Which is to say, all of us in South Asia are their children.

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August 13, 2018
Admit Not Jeeves's Game Sense
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Admit Not Jeeves's Game Sense

The BCCI detests the RTI’s bind. Yet its very structure—the men who officiate in matches—stands on government patronage.

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August 13, 2018
This Secrecy May Be A Fig Leaf
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This Secrecy May Be A Fig Leaf

Deviations from universal practices in bilateral deals, even regarding  defence procurement, cannot be beyond the scrutiny of Parliament and the public

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August 13, 2018
Protection For Unruly Data
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Protection For Unruly Data

Europe’s shown the data protection way with the GDRP, India intends to follow, but the road is tricky

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August 13, 2018
The Baba Of Big Bucks
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The Baba Of Big Bucks

Combining commercial success with simplicity, Ramdev is a class apart,

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August 20, 2018
The BHIM Thing
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The BHIM Thing

The Dalit social movement needed a leader who would demand power. Chandrashekhar stepped up.

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August 20, 2018
Clarity And Revolution
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Clarity And Revolution

A tireless warrior tracing the lines of oppression.

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August 20, 2018
Script Abhi Baaki Hai
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Script Abhi Baaki Hai

Knowing Kashyap as a twenty something film buffto the auteur he became, a contemporary predicts that the director has yet much more to offer to Hindi cinema.

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August 20, 2018
His Search Umbrella
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His Search Umbrella

The Google mothership enters into a bit of a storm. It’s a tough course from here. How shall the calm captain fare?

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August 20, 2018
Confidence Does It
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Confidence Does It

Top bank employees, government agencies like the ED and a lax system enabled Nirav Modi to pull off his con.

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August 20, 2018
In Here, It's Dog Treat Dog
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In Here, It's Dog Treat Dog

A key gap in canine healthcare has been filled with India’s first blood bank for dogs in Chennai.

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March 11, 2019
All You Need Is Radio Ga Ga
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All You Need Is Radio Ga Ga

Inventive podcasters are changing the way we consume information on audio.

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6 mins  |
March 11, 2019
What iPhone, I have the Blackberry!
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What iPhone, I have the Blackberry!

India didn’t have Netflix then and Jio was yet to be concieved.

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March 11, 2019
The Short Change Card
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The Short Change Card

Is the government’s new dole scheme another mirage or will the farmer benefit?

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March 11, 2019