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From Shami to Deep: How Kolkata's clubs are fuelling hinterland dreams

Kolkata, July 19 -- Eighteen years ago, Sahaspur's Mohammed Shami had turned up at Kolkata's Dalhousie Athletic Club with a reference from his local coach Badruddin Siddique and a month's pocket money... Read More


India seeks consular access to 34 fishermen held by B'deshi authorities

New Delhi, July 19 -- India has sought consular access to 34 Indian fishermen who were detained by Bangladeshi authorities this week on charges of crossing the maritime boundary, people familiar with ... Read More


19-year-old girl hacked to death in meghalaya, accused on run

Shillong, July 19 -- A 19-year-old girl was hacked to death by a man at Williamnagar in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills on Friday, police officers aware of the matter said, adding that a hunt is on to tra... Read More


Tata Group sets up Rs.500 crore trust for AI-171 crash victims

New Delhi, July 19 -- Tata Sons and Tata Trusts on Friday said they have set up a Rs.500 crore welfare trust for the victims of the Air India plane crash. "The Trust will be called 'The AI-171 Memoria... Read More


Bloodline of forbidden love

India, July 19 -- Santanu Bhattacharya's novel Deviants tells an unusual story of three generations of gay men from the same family - Vivaan, his maternal uncle who is introduced to the reader as Mamb... Read More


Where the truth is elusive

India, July 19 -- Devin Pinto, the young son of Neja and Ramesh Pinto, is kidnapped on a day trip out of Colombo. There are no clues. No demands. No police involvement. In the gilded, claustrophobic c... Read More


About the stories we tell

India, July 19 -- With a mother who dotes on him, a friend who is unwaveringly loyal, and plenty of stories, there is little else that Kato appears to need. But what he wants more than anything is to ... Read More


Making sense of an uncertain time

India, July 19 -- A sense of uncertainty has clearly gripped the world as six transformative global transitions - ranging from geopolitical and geographical to geo-economic and technological - unfold ... Read More


'It's fun to blur real, unreal to say something true'

India, July 19 -- 1The discourse around motherhood in both the Indian and the American contexts is laden with social and religious conservatism. Was this what you wanted to explore in your novel? I ne... Read More


Of an unsung people and a forgotten language

India, July 19 -- In the history of southern India, the Sangam period (300 BCE to 300 CE) is known for its glorious ecological poetics that portrayed nature and humanity's connection to it and love an... Read More