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The Cockroach Janata Party’s caste blindspot
The emergence of the reactionary Reservation Hatao Andolan in the wake of the CJP protests is bringing questions about caste and inequality in Indian education to the forefront
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Ankush Pal
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Can a radical theory on jallikattu explain Vijay’s rise in Tamil Nadu?
T Dharmaraj’s book traces historical fault lines in Tamil society, offering a provocative account of both the 2017 jallikattu protests and Vijay’s political rise that goes beyond conventional Dravidian and left narratives
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Ashik Kahina
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Women-led pond restorations challenge the Ken-Betwa Link Project as an answer to Bundelkhand’s water woes
Jal Sahelis reviving local water management are challenging the Ken-Betwa Link Project’s controversial vision of development and water security in Bundelkhand
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Ankit Mishra
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Swearing in Southasia
Linguistic and historical analysis of Southasian swear words shows that they act as a linguistic mirror, reflecting deep taboos and cultural prejudices as well as unexpected social camaraderie
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How Kabul’s most famous hotel became a witness to Afghanistan’s modern history
In ‘The Finest Hotel in Kabul’, the BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet traces Afghanistan’s decades of war and political upheaval through the lives and memories of the people who kept Kabul’s Intercontinental running
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Taran N Khan
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Trump’s aid cuts have broken global health – but we can fight back
US and Western aid cuts expose global health’s rotten core and leave millions facing preventable deaths from HIV, TB, malaria and more – but the past and the present offer lessons in how to fight back
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