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V Shoba

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The Long Undoing of Iran–Israel Relations

Behind the hostility between the two former allies lies an old, improbable intimacy

14 June 2025
Art & Culture
Colonial Imprints

When textile labels chronicle the Raj legacy

13 June 2025
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The Dreamliner That Didn’t Climb

The crash of AI171 exposes the narrow margin between flight and failure and the unforgiving nature of take-off

13 June 2025
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Love in the Time of Murder

A wave of intimate-partner killings points to something more chilling than jealousy: the collapse of how Indians navigate desire, rejection and belonging

10 June 2025
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How a Marine Molecule Could Cool the Planet

According to a study by Pune scientists, a tiny molecule produced by oceanic phytoplankton may play a significant role in Earth’s future climate dynamics

07 June 2025
Umkar is one of the more accessible root bridges in Meghalaya
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Singing by the Rain

Sacred groves, spring festivals and villages that weave art from baskets— V Shoba finds the monsoon in Meghalaya to be a season of the soul

06 June 2025
Aftermath of the June 4 stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
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Victory Marred by a Stampede

A season had been won. But lives had been lost

06 June 2025
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Two singers perform AR Rahman’s new track ‘Muththa Mazhai’, crowds debate which is better

Besides Dhee, who sang the original, Chinmayi presents a parallel take on ‘Thug Life’ song, showcasing just how differently it can be heard

05 June 2025

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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