Many Kashmiri students choose to study in Iran due to a combination of affordability and cultural familiarity. A degree in medicine is the most preferred option
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India has fallen into a moral and intellectual stupor in the last 11 years
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In the latest wave of demolitions in the capital, some residents have been rehabilitated, while others remain trapped in legal limbo, struggling to prove their status as legitimate citizens.
Ideological deportations aren’t official policy, but they strike at the heart of United States Ivies
With students from India’s tier‑two and tier-three towns filing out to foreign campuses, a cottage industry of visa‑and‑advice agencies and specialist coaching centres has sprung up
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Co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) warns of mass voter exclusion and arbitrary citizenship checks in Bihar’s electoral roll update. He calls it a test case for nationwide disenfranchisement.
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This isn’t to say these regimes aren’t oppressive and have not tortured their people, especially women, but to impose a war on their country invoking the brutal regime and making a case for bombings is to undermine people’s ability to question and collectivise on their own. We know from history how many countries have been abandoned, like Afghanistan
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As missiles fall silent—for now—it’s time to explore whether the heart of the Iran-Israel conflict lies in a deeper battle over culture and values
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Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu now seems out of control. The 12-day Iran-Israel war, backed by Big Daddy US, proves that
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Where do Israel, Iran and the US go from here? Will there be permanent peace or is this just a lull before a storm?
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Policies—whether in the West or in the Muslim world—are imposed on women, not developed with them or for them. How they dress becomes shorthand for community honour, nationalism or piety
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The US has zero moral authority to want to tell the Tehran regime to behave itself or be nice to its own people
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The Iranian constitution is instrumental in giving an ideological and political base for the theocratic state, notwithstanding recurrent internal unrest, economic hardships and wars fought over the last four-and-a-half decades
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Iranian dissidents—who once defied the Shah and then the clerics—have united against foreign attacks and have called for a new vision of freedom and unity
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Modern warfare is a shape-shifting entity and the information explosion has expanded the battlespace far beyond the battlefield
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Not the conservative ‘red’ as Zohran Mamdani is a democratic socialist
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Political parties in Bihar are looking to woo women voters—who constitute almost half of the vote bank—ahead of the state Assembly election
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Mahesh Raut, a TISS alumnus and rights activist working for Adivasis and marginalised communities, was arrested in June 2018 in the Bhima-Koregaon Maoist conspiracy case and has since been incarcerated in jail
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Book bans are about fear, control and the desperate need to manage public imagination
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Guru Dutt, whose birth centenary falls this July, created cinematic masterpieces amid the fog of his own uncertainty
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This novel is a flawed, luminous, maximalist love letter to Kolkata’s layered soul
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Our worst algorithms have come home to haunt us. The nightmare is no longer something we dream up. It is dreamt on our behalf
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As children, we didn’t quite understand what was happening but we knew something was amiss.Only later did I understand what not seeing eye to eye meant.
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Opposition Leaders are seeking the resignation of Gujarat CM, claiming that previous reports and concerns over the condition of the bridge went unheard.
The White House has not clarified whether future arms shipments to Ukraine will face additional review.
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Guru Dutt Birth Centenary | A peek behind the scenes of Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Dutt’s legendary cinematic adaptation of Bimal Mitra’s novel
On his birth centenary, a lookback through Guru Dutt's life and work.
Making room for the personal alongside the political, Guru Dutt’s films ask difficult questions that continue to make us queasy.
Guru Dutt, whose birth centenary falls this July, created cinematic masterpieces amid the fog of his own uncertainty
On his birth centenary, a lookback through Guru Dutt's life and work.
Making room for the personal alongside the political, Guru Dutt’s films ask difficult questions that continue to make us queasy.
Guru Dutt, whose birth centenary falls this July, created cinematic masterpieces amid the fog of his own uncertainty
The world in Guru Dutt's films, like Pyaasa, keeps getting darker and intensely rejects the idea of time as decay and destruction.
In this dystopian world, Guru Dutt becomes more and more essential than ever. As an artist who reminds us to feel. To linger on pathos and let us absorb it
On his fourth death anniversary, remembering Dilip Kumar, who shaped the contours of the hero for commercial Hindi cinema.
Saira Banu penned a touching note for her late husband, legendary actor Dilip Kumar on his 4th death anniversary.
On Chetan Anand’s death anniversary, remembering Neecha Nagar, which has stood the test of time, 79 years on.
Deepika Padukone’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star may appear ceremonial, yet its significance for Indian cinema runs far deeper than mere symbolism.
Compared to Dominion, Rebirth is a noticeable step up in tone, visual ambition, and atmosphere. But even the most accomplished direction can’t mask the story’s lack of originality and coherence.
Through ‘bold’ pap stunts, influencers navigate a competitive digital world, but the outrage they spark reveals more about society’s discomfort with women’s autonomy than about their clothes.
The hyperlink spiritual sequel throws a lot at the wall but sparkles only occasionally
The Ramayana, while revered, remains a narrative—meant to be reimagined. What was once a text reshaped by regional, caste-driven, and feminist voices is now increasingly illustrated as a fixed, singular truth.
The Iranian master’s final film, 24 Frames, erases lines between photography and cinema
American actors Mark Bennington and Edward Sonnenblick recount their Bollywood experience in a recent flurry of roles that sees them as British colonisers, CIA operatives, Russian diplomats and the foreigner son-in-law.
With the Chief Minister's Grassroots Music Programme comes not only income, but a shift in the posture of musicians in Meghalaya from performance as a plea to performance as presence.
Squid Game 3 is not a mere thriller or an engaging cinematic experience—it sheds light on socio-economic dynamics, moral decay, social realism, human psychology, and the unrelenting penetration of capital.
As Devdas turns 23 this July, here’s looking at the enduring intrigue of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who reigned over the global stage since the film’s release, despite an intermittent career back home.
Raj’s legacy has been ever enriching. Five decades in filmmaking is indeed a long innings, but he didn’t get featured in media like others.
₹30,885 Cr. Worth of Land Deals in Just 6 Months: What’s Driving India’s Real Estate Frenzy?
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Zojila Tunnel To Ladakh: What It Means For Travel To Ladakh And The Fragile Himalayas
Grief becomes gold, obsession unfurls in silk, and surrender floats on tulle—inside Rahul Mishra’s most soul-stirring Paris couture showcase yet
