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A tale of an enduring legacy is revived

India, Nov. 15 -- In the 21st century, two events in the life of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) stand out: the Supreme Court judgment reaffirming its status as a minority institution, and the publica... Read More


Pushed to the margins

India, Nov. 15 -- Since the British East India Company merged seven islands into Bombay (now Mumbai), change has been constant. Now change is used as a weapon for displacement that is disguised as dev... Read More


Giant rats in old bombay

India, Nov. 15 -- It is 1896. A ship docks in Bombay Harbour, and as the workers rush to unload the cargo, a scream rings out. A large black rat, frothing at the mouth, has bitten one of the men. With... Read More


'The Amrita Pritam sketch was difficult to write'

India, Nov. 15 -- 1What inspired you to start your literary journey? In college in Delhi, professor Baldev Singh taught us English literature. I was so fascinated by his brilliance that I almost fell ... Read More


'Life isn't solely a matter of individual will and agency'

India, Nov. 15 -- The novel seems to suggest that the body is both the one thing we truly own, and the one thing that betrays us most. Was that the paradox you wanted to examine - the body as both hom... Read More


Downside to an upgrade

India, Nov. 15 -- In Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 novel, Klara and the Sun, the humanoid robots refer to phones as "oblongs". Phones have been feeling very oblong-y and uninspiring lately. A Reddit user on t... Read More


The bites to cheer for

India, Nov. 15 -- What do you eat when you are having a drink? It's not a question with an easy answer. I find that it changes from city to city and generation to generation. My earliest childhood mem... Read More


State 'seeks withdrawal of charges' after a decade

GREATER NOIDA, Nov. 15 -- A decade after the Dadri lynching triggered national outrage, the Uttar Pradesh government has reportedly moved to withdraw murder charges against those accused of killing Mo... Read More


Deepti Sharma fetedat police HQ in Lko

LUCKNOW, Nov. 15 -- Player of the tournament in women's ODI World Cup Deepti Sharma, who has also joined the Uttar Pradesh Police as a DSP under the sports quota, received a hero's welcome on her firs... Read More


Write judgements either in Hindi orEnglish, don't mix: HC to trial courts

PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 15 -- The Allahabad high court has held that while trial courts in state are at liberty to write their judgements either in Hindi or in English, they cannot write judgements partially ... Read More