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Interview

‘Literature has to retrieve spirituality from the clutches of religion’: Ashok Vajpeyi

Ashutosh Bhardwaj
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Essay

For the love of Urdu

Mir Umar
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Ayodhya

What about Ayodhya’s mosque?

As the Ram Mandir is consecrated, the proposed Muhammed bin Abdullah mosque stares at red tape and cash crunch. It exists only as a blueprint.
Ismat Ara
Ismat Ara

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Urban Planning

How does Indore do it?

Indore bags the cleanest city award for the seventh year in a row. A look at its strategy.
Shailaja Chandra
Maldives

India-Maldives row: Is social media driving foreign policy?

The recent ugly troll exchanges are an indication of a new online danger that threatens to undermine India’s real diplomatic efforts. 
R.K. Radhakrishnan
Science Notebook

Solar panels mitigate climate change faster than forest cover

Also, the connection between loneliness and Parkinson’s and drones that can help rescue teams after a disaster in this edition of Science Notebook.
R. Ramachandran
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White Space

Dumpster diaries: Unconventional camaraderie between a man and an itinerant garbage dump

In a world obsessed with constant movement, a man finds a companion in a garbage dump that defies eviction.
Palash Krishna Mehrotra

Audio Stories

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Frontline On Air | The KJo phenomenon

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Frontline On Air | Uttar Pradesh’s halal branding ban: Strategy to subjugate Muslims?

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Frontline On Air | India’s partnership with Israel: A tightrope between justice and self-interest

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Frontline On Air | When Tagore’s poem got the Indira touch

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Tribute

Ustad Rashid Khan (1968-2023): Maestro whose music transcended time and genre

His voice and rendition were an integration of the best values of the past masters of his gharana.
Deepa Ganesh

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Invisible lives

A documentation of India’s disadvantaged Dalit communities, and their unseen labour. Text by Ramjee Chandran and photographs by Asha Thadani.
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Spotlight on South Asia — The Lede

India in the South Asian neighbourhood: Friendship or friction?

In 2024, three relationships will be closely watched: the US-China rivalry, the emerging India-US partnership, and India-China ties.
Rakesh Sood
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Spotlight on South Asia

Editor’s Note: Idea of South Asia as the next EU now a distant dream

India’s own diminishing democracy and rising corporate oligarchy is likely to have a cascading effect on the region.
Vaishna Roy
Spotlight on South Asia

Hasina retains power, but can she hold Bangladesh together?

Pranay Sharma
Spotlight on South Asia

Deep state pulls strings in Pakistan’s February elections. Will 2018 repeat?

D. Suba Chandran
Spotlight on South Asia

Maldives power play: Muizzu consolidates control, leaving Yameen in exile

R.K. Radhakrishnan
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