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Rabindranath Tagore is polarising in new Bangladesh—for his Hinduness, Sanskritised Bangla

Tagore’s song, Amar Shonar Bangla, became the raison d'etre of newly independent Bangladesh. But does today’s Bangladesh embrace the poet?

‘Dynastic parties are disease, deformity’ — How Modi at Red Fort in 2023 is very different from 2014

In 2014, Modi was positive & warm towards political rivals who he had defeated barely three months ago. This year, he exhorted people to 'get rid' of his adversaries.

Moradabad Muslim massacre 1980: A tale of missing men, memories, Ek Raat Wali Masjid

UP Police's indiscriminate firing on Muslim worshippers on 13 August 1980 killed dozens of people. CM Adityanath is making public Justice MP Saxena report that gave a clean chit to the police.

Modi attack on Indira Gandhi for military action was more about politics than national security

While Modi has been critical of all Congress PMs except Lal Bahadur Shastri and Narasimha Rao, his criticism of Indira Gandhi has been limited largely to the excesses committed during the Emergency and the frequent misuse of Article 356.

Parsis are choosing between extinction and purity. It’s not always a pretty choice

The Centre has revamped Jiyo Parsi scheme to arrest the declining population of Indian Parsis. For every 150 Parsis born in a year, there are 600 deaths.

1980 Moradabad riots probe shows there’s no neat conclusion. Both Hindus, Muslims to blame

To some, the MP Saxena report is evidence that Muslims were responsible for the riot—but that isn’t the full story. It casts new light on the conditions in which communalism grows.

India’s 1st Data Protection Act — what it could have been had proposed amendments been debated

Amid protests over Manipur, sloganeering & walkouts, Digital Personal Data Protection Bill passed by voice vote. ThePrint examines the amendments proposed but not discussed in Parliament.

Why I fled Vipassana in just 4 days — Dilip Mandal

On day 4, we started moving our attention to our entire body, part by part, from top to bottom. On day five, I exited the camp.

Indore is now a city of surplus: Porsche, Kulhad pizza, tandoori cold coffee, palace mall

Indore is shedding its old-world humility for a brasher, bolder and brassier avatar. A new wealthy class is exerting its will on the city.

‘Basic structure’ doctrine a judicial coup against Parliament. Gogoi is right in debating it

Judiciary doesn’t represent will of people. To defend the collegium system, the Supreme Court invoked its invention— ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution.

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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.