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Could independent India stay together? A British colonial officer measured Indian noses to find out

If you were a British officer in the late 1800s, you just had one goal after the Revolt of 1857 – to prove that India cannot be a stable nation.

Blacks in US aren’t as upwardly mobile as whites even if born into wealth: Harvard study

Researchers from Harvard University and US Census Bureau analysed five racial groups to find blacks and American Indians are 'stuck in place' across generations.

Germany debates over whether ‘Rasse’ is a legal concept or Nazi term

Activists are calling to remove the term 'race' from Germany's constitution, saying the term is anachronistic at best & only fosters racist thinking.

Netflix denies promoting movies and TV shows based on viewers’ race

Users have complained that Netflix is trying to manipulate them into watching programs by touting thumbnails that are the same race as the viewer.

This is not the time to forget race, says Toni Morrison’s new book

In ‘The Origin of Others’, Morrison speaks more than she writes, blurting and susurrating stories in a structure driven by the collective memory of oppression.

To really make a difference on race National Geographic needs to get a black woman editor

Indian and American editors should do more than just acknowledge the race and caste problem. It is a little late for National Geographic to do that.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.