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The world is growing enough crops. But they’re being used for fuel, not food

Hamish McRae -
In ‘The World in 2050’, Hamish McRae looks at the changing face of demography, finance, technology and the environment.
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Reimagining the role of bonds and loans in financing a nature-positive future

Siddarth Shrikanth -
In 'The Case for Nature', Siddarth Shrikanth says embracing regrowth might seem like the only option. But the 'market' is a social construct.
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Indian elections have evolved a lot like arranged marriages. Technology is the disruptor

Pradeep Gupta -
Technology has enabled voters today to share notes and build a consensus on who is ‘deserving’.
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19th-century blue glaze pottery defines Jaipur’s art scene. This is how it’s made

MAP Academy -
Blue glaze pottery was promoted primarily under the aegis of the Jaipur School of Art, founded in 1866. It received a Geographical Indication, or GI tag, in 2008.
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Historians forget that Partition cut through Assam, Tripura as well. It went on for 24 years

Kishalay Bhattacharjee -
Kishalay Bhattacharjee's 'Where the Madness Lies' examines what it means to be an 'other' in one’s own country.
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How the circus became an anti-colonial symbol in British Bengal

Prodosh Bhattacharya -
Ecological Entanglements: Affect, Embodiment and Ethics of Care explores how ecology provides a sense of how one can not only understand, but also care for the other.
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Even with all the nobility at her feet, Begum Akhtar desired what her mother never had – respect

Madhur Gupta -
In Courting Hindustan, Madhur Gupta recounts the remarkable lives of India’s most intriguing female entertainers.
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A secret note — how Indira Gandhi won the battle with Morarji Desai on nationalisation of banks

A K Bhattacharya -
In 'Untold Story of India's Finance Ministers’, AK Bhattacharya looks back at major economic policy shifts, a stock market scandal, devaluation of the rupee and more.
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How a pragmatist Ambedkar persuaded and convinced Dalits to convert to Buddhism

Scott R Stroud -
In his book 'The Evolution of Pragmatism in India', Prof Scott Stroud writes that Ambedkar's pragmatist philosophy reached its culmination in the conversion movement.
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CIA tortured, falsely accused Abu Zubaydah of being ‘no 3’ in 9/11. Then hid proof of abuse

Cathy Scott-Clark -
In 'The Forever Prisoner', Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy unearth the story of 9/11-accused Abu Zubaydah, who never hated America nor was a member of al-Qaeda.
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A worker grinds a metal gate inside a household furniture manufacturing factory in Ahmedabad/Reuters

India’s economic indicators telling a story—of growth, recovery, robustness

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
A 7.2 per cent growth coming on top of a base of 9.1 per cent is a creditable performance, and a deeper look at the data revealed this to be true.
ThePrint Illustration by Manisha Yadav

FY23’s positive GDP data hides worrying trends: Weak consumption, sustained slump...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (left) and the visiting US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin | Ministry of Defence

NATO knocking on Indo-Pacific door. How India can make the best...

Economy

A woman shops inside the Big Bazaar retail store in Mumbai | Reuters/Niharika Kulkarni

GST collection rises 12% to Rs 1.57 lakh crore in May

Nikunj Ohri -
The government collected 1.41 trillion rupees as GST in May 2022 and a record 1.87 trillion rupees in April.

Defence

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Manipur CM N. Biren Singh chairs a meeting with senior officials of the Manipur Police, CAPFs and the India Army to review the security situation in Manipur, in Imphal | ANI

Manipur unrest: Army defends itself against social media attacks, says its...

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Statement follows social media posts giving out names of 21 officers belonging to one of two Manipur communities locked in violence — Kukis and Meiteis — and alleges favouritism.

National Interest

Illustration by Prajna Ghosh | ThePrint

Manipur saw ‘free’ India’s 1st flag hoisted. Now it’s BJP’s biggest...

Shekhar Gupta -
There are 3 things you never do in a small northeastern state: undermine local leaders, divide and rule, push homogenisation.

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