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As India cracks down on refugees, it is betraying its long commitment to international solidarity

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Nandita Haksar

No handshakes, big revenues: Indian cricket board’s Pakistan pieties

No handshakes, big revenues: Indian cricket board’s Pakistan pieties

At a press conference after defeating Pakistan in an Asia Cup match in Dubai on Sunday, Indian cricket captain Suryakumar Yadav expressed...

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Mohammad Aaquib

The chilling parallels between famine in Palestine and colonial Bengal

The chilling parallels between famine in Palestine and colonial Bengal

Gaza is being ravaged by famine, the result of a brutal policy of starvation by Israel. This crisis has startling parallels to another famine a...

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Sajjad Hassan

First person: Songs my mother taught me

First person: Songs my mother taught me

Arundhati Roy’s memoir of her mother is called Mother Mary Comes to Me. My own mother, whose life I similarly reflect on, was Narayani, named after...

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Nirupama Menon Rao

Why I travelled to Nagpur to read out a Bombay High Court verdict over a friend’s grave

Why I travelled to Nagpur to read out a Bombay High Court verdict over a friend’s grave

On the evening of July 20, I was at home having dinner with my brother-in-law, Sajid Magroob Ansari. He was one of the accused in the 7/11 Mumbai...

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Abdul Wahid Shaikh

Badruddin Umar (1931-2025): Bangladesh’s unread revolutionary

Badruddin Umar (1931-2025): Bangladesh’s unread revolutionary

When students brought down Sheikh Hasina's government in August 2024, Bangladesh witnessed its latest cycle of mass uprising followed by uncertain...

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Ankush Pal

Why the Centre must fund the rescue of India’s collapsing cities

Why the Centre must fund the rescue of India’s collapsing cities

As India’s urban centres groan under the weight of crumbling roads, overburdened public transport, erratic waste disposal and inadequate water and...

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Srinivasan Iyengar