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Ghulam Yazdani: The man who kept Hyderabad’s tehzeeb alive
Hyderabad: With the passing away of senior advocate Ghulam Yazdani, Hyderabad has lost not merely a lawyer or social worker, but a living institution who embodied the grace, moderation and composite culture of…
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IIT Gandhinagar–University of Illinois study finds “Herbal” does not mean harmless cigarettes
Are you smoking ‘herbal’ cigarettes? Do you think they are safe and a viable alternative to conventional cigarettes? Then, read this carefully. Herbal cigarettes can be as damaging as tobacco cigarettes, says…
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Forgotten by capital-dwellers, Hathi Basti clings to its elephant legacy
New Delhi: Time is rarely kind, but it has been particularly cruel on Hathi Basti. The now-desolate enclave still stands on the bank of the Yamuna near ITO, forgotten by capital-dwellers as…
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Cricket and IPL get high priority but other sports are badly neglected
These days, the mega event of the Indian cricket season, the Indian Premier League (IPL), is in progress, and as a result, the cricket lovers of India are an excited lot these…
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Let there be clarity: When a Muslim member backed cow slaughter ban in 1948
New Delhi: Amid calls from sections of the Muslim community that cow should be declared a national animal, a look at the Constituent Assembly debates shows that two Muslim members had sought…
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What is trauma? The more we talk about it, the more it means
Melbourne: It’s the word of the decade. “A major signifier of our age.” “The invisible force that shapes our lives.” But what is “trauma”? Although it occupies the cultural spotlight, its meaning…
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Watch out netas: The cockroaches are organising
The political class may laugh it off as another social media fad. The serious commentators may dismiss it as peak internet absurdity. But somewhere between memes, mockery and mass frustration, a strange…
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Racism rears its ugly head in IPL, BCCI must take urgent and stringent action
What was unimaginable a few years ago has now happened in Indian cricket. A racial controversy has erupted in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament, which is now nearing a crucial…
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The Congress needs a ‘war room’
Some ideas arrive not as commentary but as diagnosis. Rohit Pajni’s “The Shape of Reality,” published on Substack, diagnoses institutional sclerosis. Pajni’s thesis is devastatingly precise. Organisations that achieve greatness, he argues,…
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Artist Rumale’s paintings bring old Bengaluru to life at Salar Jung Museum
Hyderabad: As part of its programming to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Salar Jung Museum, a retrospective exhibition of the famed artist and laureate Rumale Chennabasaviah is currently on display until…
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Manufacturing Consent: Media does not simply present events, it also interprets them
In today’s world, the most pressing question is no longer simply “what is the truth?” but rather, “what are we being shown and told in the name of truth?” Is what we…
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Bulldozers, madrasas and the myth of minority ‘prosperity’
Backdrop: 20 demolition actions against Muslim establishments recorded between June 2024 and February 2026. Sixty-nine Islamic religious sites were bulldozed or declared illegal. In Sambhal, villagers armed with tools and a bulldozer…
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Inheritance of Longing: Hyderabad author explores complex inner lives of women
By Vandana Menon “Listen deeper when the pace is quicker,” writes Tuljha B Reddy in her debut collection Inheritance of Longing, in which stories tumble out one after the other — each…
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Tigers prefer breeding in private; tourists are taking away their moments to love and grow
Tiger, the Indian national animal, is under a new threat–Stress from the exploding ‘tiger tourism’, which is shrinking their spaces and time for breeding and growing in numbers. For decades before Project…
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Journalists won’t ask Modi but 2 comedians will: Is India’s economy in trouble?
On May 10, Narendra Modi stood at a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Hyderabad and handed the country a homework list – don’t buy gold, carpool, work from home, postpone foreign…
