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‘The ecological collapse is overwhelming, but observing something alive can…
An interview with the author of ‘Wild Capital.’
How Anand RK created the Pulitzer-winning graphic investigation of India’s…
He won the ‘Illustrated Reporting and Commentary’ prize, along with investigative reporter Natalie Obiko Pearson and Suparna…
Harsh Mander: India’s hate speech poison can’t be legislated away
Already existing legal provisions and court orders have done little to punish hateful speeches. New laws might only be weaponised…
How ‘decision fatigue’ can lead to a bad diet
Eating healthy often requires paying attention to numbers and nutrition details. When we are no longer able to, we opt for what…
Increase in illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayas endangers the fragile region
Better cooperation among the countries, including India and China, is needed, say researchers.
Fiction: Freshly minted MBA graduate Pawan Pande realises the corporate ladder…
An excerpt from ‘Rat Race’, by Mamta Kalia, translated from the Hindi by Jerry Pinto.
This book argues that leaders weaponise world trade to wage wars and win votes
An excerpt from ‘Why Politicians Lie About Trade’, by Dmitry Grozoubinski.
India’s massive judicial backlog can be tackled by a simple legal provision…
Following the ‘Rule of Three’ cap on adjournments will deter deliberate delaying of cases and transform the judicial system.
Did Britain influence Kashmir’s decision to join India? A new book examines the…
An excerpt from ‘The Origins of a Dispute, Kashmir 1947: Why Sheikh Abdullah Chose India’, by Prem Shankar Jha.
Why US has accused some Indian students of misusing visa provision that allows…
The managements of the firms that employed them were based in India, not in the US, as legally required.
How slow counting of votes in Bengal helped BJP win a lost seat from Trinamool
The Trinamool claims that the BJP colluded with the Election Commission to slow down the counting of votes in its strongholds on…
Why lipoprotein(a) cholesterol is gaining attention as an indicator of heart…
Unlike most other cholesterol measures, Lp(a) is largely determined by genetics.
‘The self is all pervasive like ether’: A new translation of the Isa Upanisad…
An excerpt from ‘The Upanisads’, translated from the Sanskrit by Nachiketa Jha.
How literary critic DR Nagaraj engaged with 12th-century philosopher-poet…
An excerpt from the Introduction to ‘Allama Prabhu and the Shaiva Imagination’, by DR Nagaraj, translated from the Kannada by NS…
Why hantavirus isn’t the ‘next Covid’
The difference in transmission potential is why SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic and Andes virus has only produced contained…
Love stories from the epics: Mandodari’s devotion to her husband Ravana…
An excerpt from ‘Epic Love Stories’, by Bulbul Sharma.
A new book argues women must think of themselves as ‘providers’ and not just…
An excerpt from ‘The Girls Are Not Fine: The Cost of Ambition, Careers and Becoming’, by Harnidh Kaur.
Indian writer Sharon Aruparayil is the Asia winner of the 2026 Commonwealth…
The winning story is titled ‘Mehendi Nights’.
How caste but also North-South divide affect child malnutrition in India
Scheduled Caste children south of the Vindhyas had better health outcomes than those living in the north, shows research.
Bangladesh: Instead of uniform VAT, Dhaka should look to India’s GST regime
More indirect taxation will impoverish already poor citizens deepen economic weakness.
‘Logic in a Popular Form’: When Bengal’s syncretic traditions countered…
Cultural theorist Sumanta Banerjee draws on folklore and social history in his book to trace connections between religious…
India’s data centre push runs into farmers’ resistance
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are each developing at least one big multibillion-dollar data centre project in India.
Fiction: London-born Sukanya returns to her ancestral Meerut home, where…
An excerpt from ‘The Missing Piece’, by Parul Sharma.
The life of Puja: How a young woman from rural Bengal became an internet star
The articulate 26-year-old from an East Midnapore village speaks about how she taught herself the ways of the web, and found ‘a…
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