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Last Flight: The Tragic Death of a Pilot

Lhendup G Bhutia

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot of the ill-fated AI 171, lived alone with his octogenarian father in Mumbai

Air India flight to London crashes near Ahmedabad airport, 242 onboard

AI171 crashed in the densely populated Meghaninagar area, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky

Sorry We Are English

What a country. We can’t speak properly, or drive sensibly, and we have fallen into stealing each other’s pets to make a living

Bengali Anglophilia

It was grafted on local tradition and culture

The London Connection

A new collection of essays shines a light on BR Ambedkar’s internationalism

Imperial Destiny

As the country approaches the presidential election in November, it is becoming sufficiently clear that the American personality is deeply fractured, almost to the point of being schizoid.

Londonistan

The pro-Palestine marches through London

In the Guise of Solidarity

I never imagined that the butchers of Hamas would manage to set the tone of discourse in, of all places, London

One Hundred Days of Solitude

The rootlessness of family can give you the world

Kamila Shamsie: The Anatomy of a Friendship

In her new novel, Kamila Shamsie moves between Karachi of the late 1980s and London of today. She speaks to Open about how childhood bonds can fray and strengthen over time

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