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Stealing the Shine

Nikita Doval

As India produces more lab-grown diamonds, the real stone faces competition

The Radicalisation of the Congress Mind

Guru Prakash Paswan

Words and actions of party leaders should not be seen in isolation but as part of a long process of ideological transformation

Peng Shuai: Like an Egg Against a Rock

Nandini Nair

From a Chinese tennis hero to a silenced #MeToo accuser

The Adoption that Shook Kerala

Ullekh NP

Kerala may have advanced on social parameters, but it so appears that at times, especially when it comes to extreme misogyny and moral hypocrisy, centuries tend to coexist

‘This white metal box is my home. And it will be my coffin, too’

Rejimon Kuttappan

He migrated to Oman, struggled as an undocumented worker for twenty-two years and returned to a family that did not want him

The Loss of Inheritance

Lhendup G Bhutia

One of the world’s last matrilineal systems is changing in Meghalaya but no one is sure if that is a good thing

Hanging in the Air

Madhavankutty Pillai

Delhi’s pollution is part of a larger problem facing India for which short-term solutions are no answer

Wilbur Smith (1933-2021): The Last Adventurer

Lhendup G Bhutia

His thrillers stretch across the exotic Savannah

Maoists after Milind Teltumbde

Rahul Pandita

The Maoist movement in its present form will be most likely over in the next few years. The geographical influence of Maoists has contracted to 41 districts from 96 about 10 years ago