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LEFT & WRITE
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LEFT & WRITE

Social activist Kobad Ghandy, jailed for a decade for his alleged Maoist leanings and activities, is finally adjusting to life outside prison. He has turned to writing, and his first book, Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir, chronicles his incredible journey

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10 mins  |
March 21, 2021
Tactical timeout
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Tactical timeout

Sasikala has given up politics for now, but she could reclaim her position if the AIADMK loses the assembly elections

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5 mins  |
March 21, 2021
Pretty evil
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Pretty evil

Marvel’s WandaVision breaks the mould with a grief-stricken heroine’s acts of terror

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2 mins  |
March 21, 2021
No minor predicament
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No minor predicament

Even a small shift in minority votes can have a major effect on poll results

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9 mins  |
March 21, 2021
Corporate Ltd
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Corporate Ltd

Alankrita Shrivastava’s new web show touches all the right talking points but fails to hold the viewer’s attention

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4 mins  |
March 21, 2021
DARK AND DARING
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DARK AND DARING

The Sickle By Anita Agnihotri

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1 min  |
March 21, 2021
Ten years seven jails five states
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Ten years seven jails five states

FRACTURED FREEDOM: A PRISON MEMOIR

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9 mins  |
March 21, 2021
CZAR OF STAR
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CZAR OF STAR

In his gripping memoir, Peter Mukerjea sheds light on what made Star TV an industry leader under his decade-long leadership

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3 mins  |
March 21, 2021
DELHI BELLY
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DELHI BELLY

A high jinks whodunnit by Anuja Chauhan is the laughter tonic we all need

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2 mins  |
March 14, 2021
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Ready to sell

India is set to become a competitive exporter in the global defence market

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8 mins  |
March 14, 2021
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Kerala Polls - A Date Wuth History

Coalitions led by CPI(M), Congress and BJP are locked in a fierce, fluctuating contest in Kerala. A resurgent Congress and a belligerent BJP are trying hard to deny the left parties a historymaking victory in their last bastion. No matter which party wins, the state is likely to lose one thing: its long-held political equilibrium

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10+ mins  |
March 14, 2021
TDP is tired
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TDP is tired

With questions being raised about Chandrababu Naidu’s future, even TDP insiders feel that the road ahead will be tough for him

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4 mins  |
March 14, 2021
Sex and the CD
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Sex and the CD

A leaked sex tape lands the BJP government in hot water

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5 mins  |
March 14, 2021
Tiger in a tight spot
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Tiger in a tight spot

Shiv Sena finds itself cornered over its former minister’s alleged involvement in the death of a 22-year-old woman

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5 mins  |
March 14, 2021
Sleuthing season
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Sleuthing season

Weeks before the West Bengal elections, the CBI intensifies its focus on three cases with major political implications

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10+ mins  |
March 14, 2021
Inequality begins at home
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Inequality begins at home

One of the big untold stories of the pandemic year will be how it impacted women. With families forced to hunker down and work from home—this may possibly become the norm even when things fully normalise—women, in India and elsewhere, are reeling under the consequences.

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2 mins  |
March 14, 2021
KNIGHT AT 99
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KNIGHT AT 99

Mangaluru’s nonagenarian traffic warden and his squad are on a mission to make roads safe

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10 mins  |
March 14, 2021
All quiet on the western front
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All quiet on the western front

Most of the world and its elder brothers in Washington believe that there is so much distrust between India and Pakistan that the two might go to war at the drop of a brass hat.

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3 mins  |
March 14, 2021
A LOVE STORY LIKE NO OTHER
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A LOVE STORY LIKE NO OTHER

Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey bares it all in his debut book—from the personal to the profound

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7 mins  |
March 14, 2021
Parineeti Chopra Discovered A New Facet Of Her Acting
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Parineeti Chopra Discovered A New Facet Of Her Acting

While filming on The Girl on the Train, Parineeti Chopra discovered a new facet of her acting

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4 mins  |
March 07, 2021
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The Planet & I

Climate disasters have turned from newspaper stories to personal experiences

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4 mins  |
March 07, 2021
Poach and win
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Poach and win

The success of ‘Operation Lotus’ and the arrival of the new lieutenant governor shake up Puducherry politics

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10 mins  |
March 07, 2021
Digital detox
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Digital detox

Enforcement agencies need to take strong measures to boost the confidence of netizens in cybercrime investigations

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5 mins  |
March 07, 2021
Home alone
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Home alone

The small community of non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits feels isolated with no hope for a future in its homeland

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10+ mins  |
March 07, 2021
You can't digitise shopping experience
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You can't digitise shopping experience

Gautam Singhania, chairman & managing director, Raymond

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3 mins  |
March 07, 2021
If the BJP can stay united, it can at least become a kingmaker
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If the BJP can stay united, it can at least become a kingmaker

E. Sreedharan, technocrat-politician

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4 mins  |
March 07, 2021
Talking amid turbulence
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Talking amid turbulence

Even as violence mars the state elections, the Congress-left combine tries to stitch up a grand alliance with Abbas Siddiqui’s ISF

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6 mins  |
March 07, 2021
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Sea change

The Puducherry beach I grew up by is just a wall of granite rocks today

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4 mins  |
March 07, 2021
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Bad air days

The Delhi of my childhood is vastly different from the one in which my children are growing up

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3 mins  |
March 07, 2021
Disha Ravi And The Conspiracy Theories
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Disha Ravi And The Conspiracy Theories

The Delhi Police is probing an alleged conspiracy by an overseas network to ‘instigate’the farmers’protests. At the heart of it is a 22-year-old passionate about the environment

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10 mins  |
February 28, 2021