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Delhi-based author Keshava Guha says reading fiction is his single, favourite activity. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Keshava Guha’s debut novel Accidental Magic (2019) created a fictional world of Harry Potter fans from different parts of the world and varied cultural backgrounds. His second and recent novel, The Tiger’s Share (Hachette India) revolves around the lives of two … Read more

Beneath the Placid Lake at the Berlinale  | Photo Credit: Leo Hugendubel When artist Kush Badhwar was living in Hyderabad in the early 2010s, his building’s caretaker suggested he might be interested in looking at the personal archive of a neighbour who had passed away. Turned out, it belonged to Radha Krishna Sarma, a professor … Read more

A few months after my little boy turned three, we went to stay with Phuphee for a few weeks. He loved playing in her garden and we would go on all sorts of adventures in the apple orchard that sprawled behind the house. It was a wonderful time, or so it seemed until he would … Read more

Ahmedabad, April 23: Mr. Gandhi writes in today’s Young India saying that the Travancore Government is giving full effect to the agreement arrived at between the Commissioner of Police and himself. He hopes that before long the prohibition against the use by the Untouchables of the public roads surrounding the temples will be a thing … Read more

Marion Calder, centre, and Susan Smith, left, from For Women Scotland, celebrate outside the U.K. Supreme Court in London on April 16, 2025 after the court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender people from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between the feminist group and the Scottish government. | … Read more

The study introduced, a school-based, culturally adapted dance program aimed at reducing risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adolescent girls in India. | Photo Credit: File Photo To tackle rising physical inactivity and associated health concerns among adolescents in India, a research team from Chennai conducted a study introducing a dance-based intervention to reduce … Read more

Daily Quiz | On Indian Civil Services T.V. Somanathan IAS, the Cabinet Secretary who is the head of all civil services under the rules of business of the Government of India. File START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Why was April 21 chosen as Civil Services Day and when was the first such Day held? Answer : To commemorate the … Read more

While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) keeps questioning Muslim loyalty by cherry-picking episodes from history, Samajwadi Party MP Ramjilal Suman took a leaf out of the BJP playbook when he questioned the patriotism of Rana Sanga. He held the 16th century Rajput ruler of Mewar responsible for inviting the Mughal empire’s founder, Babur, to India … Read more

The terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir is not just an act of brutality; it is a calculated political signal, carefully timed and deliberately chosen to inflict not only human casualties, but cause strategic disruption. Coming days after the Kashmir Valley had begun welcoming tourists as part of a fresh season, and while … Read more

Manushi Chhillar, beauty pageant titleholder of Miss World 2017, at the contest in Sanya, on the tropical Chinese island of Hainan. | Photo Credit: AFP The 72nd Miss World beauty pageant is scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from May 7 to May 31, 2025. The Telangana government is hosting the event. It aims to … Read more