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TopicSadaf Wani

Topic: Sadaf Wani

Hippies, sari-clad women, ‘Lolita’ in bookstores—Srinagar was a cosmopolitan city before 1990s

Sagrika Kissu -
Sadaf Wani’s book ‘City as Memory’, launched recently at Delhi’s India International Centre, blends the personal and historical to give a new account of Srinagar.

On Camera

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Opinion

Sheikh Hasina’s fall will lead to rise of the only organised force in Bangladesh—religion

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Bangladesh’s political life isn’t an irreducible confrontation between secularism and Islamism. Like in Pakistan, Islam has been the language of both power and resistance.

New Delhi needs to distance itself from Sheikh Hasina to show willingness to move on

PwDs to now pay for Puja Khedkar’s actions. New rules have complicated certification process

Economy

Budget backtrack — govt to move amendment to restore indexation for properties bought before 23 July

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
The Union Budget had proposed removing indexation benefit on long-term capital gains on real estate sales, but tax was reduced to 12.5% from 20%.

Defence

Intense patrolling, more personnel, leaves scrapped — BSF on high alert after Hasina flees Bangladesh

Ananya Bhardwaj -
All possible methods being taken to prevent illegal influx, say officers; security outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi also tightened.

National Interest

Coaching centres are a sign of broken-window economics. See how China crushed it all overnight

Shekhar Gupta -
How broken does our governance have to be, and how incredible our hypocrisy, that we cannot make profits from educating young Indians, but earn thousands of crores by giving them tuitions?

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