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A new book of photographs captures contemporary Indian artists at work in their studios
13+ hour, 50+ min ago (370+ words) How Indian cities are becoming deadly heat traps as summer temperatures soar Can't go to the gym or work out regularly? Get moving with everyday activities In 2000, Kashmir family lost son to militants. 26 years later, another son to Army "encounter…...
Why Kishor Parekh's photojournalism is especially relevant in the era of controlled, curated images
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (143+ words) Counterview: Guru-shishya tradition did not kill critical thinking " we just forgot how it worked Son declared Indian, but father, uncle and aunt pushed into Bangladesh Uttarakhand: FIR filed against Hindu men who objected to Muslim shopkeeper's harassment A tale of…...
How George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four' predicted the global power shifts now underway
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1078+ words) Why UGC guidelines cannot be caste-neutral, lawyer who fought for them explains "What is going on in India and the US got me interested in writing about nationalism: Kiran Desai When Sanskrit and Malayalam came together: Manipravalam resists the exorcism…...
How cow urine became an unlikely ingredient in art and photography
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (152+ words) Goan bhaji-p'o, samosa, alsande tonak: How a practising Jain discovered a "vegetarian Goa" Liquid notes: How water flows through Indian music Review: "Border 2" is "Border" too, the whole package better packaged "Vacant" land to biodiversity hotspot: How the grassland hills…...
Clashing leopards, flying cormorants and other winners at the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (134+ words) What Election Commission data says about "vote chori" in the Bihar elections Reliant on British-era infrastructure, the Indian Railways is strained beyond capacity True Story: How we investigated Tata Group"s donation to the BJP Fiction: The lives of five…...
Poet Walt Whitman used photography to curate his image " but ended up more lost than found
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (580+ words) How Delhi's rich are escaping air pollution Fiction: The lives of five Indian doctors intersect in an American hospital as each tries to belong Always near extinction, the rudra veena accidentally found a lifeline in a young sculptor In a…...
How two tiny mountain peaks came to be among the most recognisable images on the internet
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1125+ words) From the biography: The extraordinary teachings of mystic poet and Sikh saint Guru Tegh Bahadur Why the police claim that a protest against Delhi pollution had "Naxal" links Business track: The CMO and CFO of Imagicaa on how the theme…...
The true story behind a "real" photograph of Rani Lakshmibai
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (514+ words) Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for making us cry. But, "Never Let Me Go" should make us angry Highest exclusion in Bihar draft roll: Women, Muslim-dominant districts A manga artist from Kyoto is winning praise for her delicate drawings…...
A manga artist from Kyoto is winning praise for her delicate drawings of Goa's stately mansions
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1113+ words) Urban immobility: Why the Mumbai Metro is failing to take off Before demanding citizenship proof from Kargil veteran's family, mob barged into another Muslim home Turkish nonprofit-backed group behind "Greater Bangladesh' map that included parts of India: Centre National Film…...
Two rare wildcat species caught on camera-traps in Pakistan
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (893+ words) A new book tells beginners how to invest directly in stocks (instead of mutual fund schemes) From the memoir: Industrialist Subroto Bagchi examines India's attitude towards blue-collar jobs "Be patriots': Bombay HC rejects CPI(M) plea to hold protest rally against…...