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A Modest Proposal
For preventing the children of poor people in India from being a burden to their parents or the economy, and for making them beneficial to the public / Satire
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February 2018
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Squandered Chances
The ruling parties’ defeat in local polls has dealt a blow to Sri Lanka’s hard-won democratising process
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March 2018
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The Lede
Fine-Tuned India’s exclusive circles of competitive whistling / Music
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March 2017
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An Awkward Silence
Massive layoffs at newspapers expose professional conditions that undermine the public sphere / Media
6 min |
March 2017
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Mind Game
An unusual sport’s rapid growth in India / Sport
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April 2017
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Silver Lining
How Peru’s poorest are solving their water woes / Politics
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April 2017
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High Horses
Polo and patriotism in northern Pakistan / Sport
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April 2017
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Stolen Turf
The BJP has usurped part of Kanshi Ram’s dream / Politics
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April 2017
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Unhappy Anniversary
Taking stock after half a century of Dravidian rule in Tamil Nadu / Politics
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April 2017
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Water and Fire
Mamata Banerjee’s simmering confrontation with the BJP / Politics
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April 2017
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The Diminishing Middle
How Modi is restructuring the BJP / Politics
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July 2019
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Drawing The Line
Why the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill united northeastern India in protest / Communities
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July 2019
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No Direction Home
How the world’s largest democracy treats the world’s most persecuted minority.
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July 2019
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Leaves Of Grass
Uruguay’s experiment with legalising cannabis / Communities
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July 2019
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Dream Sequence
Image-making with the visually impaired.
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July 2019
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Bitter Ashes
The exploitative practices of the agarbatti industry/Labour
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July 2019
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Persecution Complex
India’s radical meninists come out of the closet / Gender and Sexuality
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November 2018
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Spoonful Of Sugar
Why India’s push for alt-med in the public health system is ill-advised / Science
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November 2018
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City Plights
Indian states’ tight leash on urban governance / Government
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November 2018
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Digging Deep
Recent excavations raise questions about Mizoram’s history / Communities
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November 2018
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Perspectives - Under Illusion
How caste trumped class in the state elections / Politics
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January 2019
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The Lede - Disc World
Chennai’s Ultimate Frisbee players navigate one of India’s only mixed-gender sports / Sport
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January 2019
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Culture Of Fear
A wave of targeted attacks isolates Quetta’s Hazara community / Conflict.
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March 2019
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The Image Makers
How ANI reports the government’s version of truth.
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March 2019
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Federalism And Its Discontents
The doctrine of states’ rights in India
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February 2019
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In Perfect Harmony
A new instrument brings together the music of the East and West / Arts
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February 2019
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Pyrrhic Victory
The Awami League’s landslide win camouflages rising discontent in Bangladesh / Politics
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February 2019
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Doctor Horror
The man at the centre of India’s most notorious kidney-transplant racket
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February 2019
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Data Plans
How government decisions are helping Reliance Jio monopolise the telecom sector
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February 2019
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The Summit Of Spin
Why progress in Indo-China relations under Modi is an illusion
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