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Notre-Dame: Cathedral of the World

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

THERE IS A moment in Richard Linklater’s film Before Sunrise (1995) when the Notre-Dame comes into the view

The Gender Quotient of Politics

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By Kaveree Bamzai

WHEN RENUKA CHOWDHURY became Minister for Health in 1998 she had to deal with the AIDS epidemic and talk

Game of Thrones: One Last Time

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By Kaveree Bamzai

AS A SHOW THAT captures the zeitgeist, there are few to beat Game of Thrones. Winter is coming and soon

The Welfare War

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By Siddharth Singh

NO ONE REALLY minds kite-flying. The idea of looking at something that flies upward even as the control

T-Series: God’s Gift

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

WHO—OR WHAT—would you imagine to be the world’s most popular YouTube star? A musician-superstar from the

Vivek Oberoi at the trailer launch of PM Narendra Modi in Mumbai

Modi as Matinee Ideal

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By Kaveree Bamzai

IT IS 1975, Ahmedabad, and Narendra Modi has just made khichdi with lauki, which he is about to eat with his

A Dole by Any Other Name

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By Siddharth Singh

THERE IS UNPLEASANT fiscal math to be faced when political parties go into ‘scheme mode’ on the eve of

Naresh Goyal: The Pilot Who Lost Control

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By Moinak Mitra

WHEN NARESH GOYAL finally stepped down on March 25th from the board of directors of the company he had

White Terror: Hues of Hate

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

TERRORISM—AS THE security expert Brian Michael Jenkins once described—is theatre. Every terrorist act is a

Manohar Parrikar (1955-2019): The Power of Understatement

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By Madhavankutty Pillai

IT IS OFTEN forgotten just how small Goa is. Its entire population, estimated at around 1.8 million , would

Boeing 737 Max 8: Crash Course

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

EVERY AIRLINE DEATH is tragic but the recent Ethiopian Airlines crash has quickly turned from a local

Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch, a 15-member music and theatre group, performs songs on caste discrimination and politics

Face the Music

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

IT STARTS WITH A thump, a big electronic drumbeat that gets louder and quicker as the track progresses. The

Stanley Wolpert (1927-2019): Chronicler of the Subcontinent

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By Siddharth Singh

THE FIRST TIME that Stanley Wolpert arrived in India was a day after Mahatma Gandhi had been shot dead. His

Arvind Kejriwal (left) and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi

Congress: Going Alone in Delhi

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By Ullekh NP

ON JANUARY 1ST, 2014, when Arvind Kejriwal took oath of office as Chief Minister of Delhi from a bursting-at-

Sanitary Pad: Period Drama

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By Nandini Nair

THE SANITARY NAPKIN/PAD is an odd object. It, or a version of it—whether it is the menstrual cup or tampon—is

Narendra Modi inaugurates the National War Memorial in Delhi, February 25

Remembering with Glory

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By Madhavankutty Pillai

THE NATIONAL WAR Memorial was inaugurated on February 25th. The next day, early morning, in retaliation to

Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019): The Icon

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

THIS MUST BE the golden age of internet cat videos. Funny cat videos, grumpy cat videos; cats on Facebook, on

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in New Delhi on February 19

A Partnership for the Future

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By Siddharth Singh

JUST DAYS BEFORE Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made his maiden visit to India, New Delhi

Jack Dorsey: A Passage to India

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By Madhavankutty Pillai

IN THE RECENT past, there has been a curious phenomenon on Indian Twitter. People are tweeting screenshots,

A Defenceless Democracy

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By Siddharth Singh

THE REPORT OF the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on the acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter jets

Kangana Ranaut: Queen Regnant

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

THERE IS A CLICHÉ—content is king—that almost every Bollywood personality spouts, but nobody really believes

George Fernandes (1930-2019): The Death of a Relentless Rebel

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By PR Ramesh

DURING THE EMERGENCY, George Fernandes (1930-2019) used to refer to Indira Gandhi as “that woman”. It was in

Kamala Harris: The Contender

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

WE DON’T KNOW the extent to which sexism played a role in the 2016 US presidential vote. We cannot tell if

Shivakumara Swami (1907-2019): The Seer With a Social Conscience

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By Amita Shah

IN THE LATE 50s, for students of Siddaganga Mutt school in Karnataka’s Tumkur district, the day began at 5.30

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