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The Man Who Would Be Mahatma

Devika Bakshi

Would Gandhi still be interesting if he’d never made it to India in 1914? Ramachandra Guha answers: ‘absolutely.’

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Loaded with specs and features, this smartphone is up there with the best

Arundhati Bhattacharya

asanna

Bhattacharya joins the growing list of women who’ve recently risen to top jobs in banking

Books

What Are Men to Rocks and Mountains?

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Field geologist and Earth Sciences Professor Mike Searle shares his expertise on the shifting plates beneath our feet

Science

Small Things for Empathy

asanna

How literary fiction makes one more empathetic and better at reading people

Voices

Or Not To Be?

Rajeev Masand

Or Not To Be? • Dengue and Delay • Cashed Out and Clueless

Cinema

Besharam

Ajit Duara

By making poor use of three big stars, Besharam ends up a genre-confused home movie

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