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‘People call us rioters’ — a year after demolitions, fear & stigma still haunt Jahangirpuri’s lanes

In April 2022, Delhi's Jahangirpuri, home to large Muslim population, saw demolitions following communal violence. Process of rebuilding their lives, they say, has been slow & painstaking.

India must invest more in land forces—victory is measured in terms of territory gained or lost

Modernisation of the Navy and Air Force, which are ‘platform centric’ and operating in only one medium, is relatively easy.

2 men raped Bhanwari Devi for trying to stop 1992 child marriage. ‘I curse her daily,’ says bride

Many have overlooked how that 9-month-old infant-bride grew up hating Bhanwari Devi. ThePrint traced, for the first time, and spoke to that child who is today 32.

Kerala’s indie films are stuck in bureaucratic belly. No theatre fans or OTT buyers

The cost of Mohanlal’s caravan can fund at least four independent films. So why would a filmmaker get a big star? asked a director who did not want to be named.

Cricket in Kashmir has always had a troubled pitch. Now women are helping change the game

Poor infrastructure and security concerns have long cast a pall on cricket in J&K, but now, women like Rubia Syed, set to play for Gujarat Giants, are rewriting the rules.

Cheetah Mitras are the ambassadors of Modi’s Kuno dream. They have been on the frontlines

The cheetah mitras may be the BFFs of the big cats, but like the rest of India, even they don’t know what’s happening within the national park, and why the cheetahs are dying.

Nine-year-old Ashoka University is asking the most important question. Who am I?

Ashoka University tried hard to project an unapologetic centrism, but it just couldn’t shake its notorious tag—JNU of the private sector. Now it's unravelling in a funders-vs-faculty battle.

Parliament will tell you 3 stories at special session. All of them are false

SRK’s Jawan teaches us to read the truth of fantasies. Use that knowledge to understand why the current crisis may be described as 'democracy capture'.

Stalin must tell Udhayanidhi to pipe down. Though the outrage is hypocritical

Dravidian politics has a long history of opposing religion. But if senior Stalin and DMK really want to defeat BJP in 2024, it might be a good idea to tell junior Stalin to pipe down

Why Indians are racking up huge credit card bills — stagnant or shrinking incomes, higher spending

New Delhi: A combination of stagnant or decreasing incomes, rising expenditure, a profusion of credit cards and ‘Buy Now-Pay Later’ (BNPL) offers has resulted...

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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.