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Reading Olga Tokarczuk

Article 370: Chronicle of a death foretold

Population and development have been inextricably linked in ancient and contemporary thought. But is there really an optimal population size?

When she agreed to teach the legendary English singer Hindi in the 1970s, India scholar Natalya Sazanova had no idea who the Beatles were. Over four months of lessons, George Harrison preferred to keep his fame a secret

With a policy expected to be announced on October 2, a roadmap to phase out plastic pollution is finally coming to fruition

Population control won’t succeed until women get to decide. A report from the frontline of family planning

Ensuring drinking water for every household needs a community-driven system and a new mindset

Swachh Bharat Mission makes headway in fighting the menace of open defecation

India reached Germany’s solar capacity in half the time. Renewable energy goals are within sight

Social realism without inflated heroism powers the new wave in Malayalam cinema

Margaret Atwood’s sequel to her cult novel is marked by the same urgency of cultural zeitgeist and prophetic resonance that made the publication of the original a literary event 34 years ago