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I’d Be a Homophobe Had It Not Been For Harry
Potter fan fiction opened a chamber of secrets for me. It helped me make my way through the complex corridors of sexuality and appreciate individual freedom.
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The Patna Papers
Weedward & Bongstein return with an explosive report from ground zero of Bihar’s examination controversy.
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The Great Spaghetti Eastern of Bihar
Ruby Rai is all that is wrong with Bihar. But Ruby Rai may just become all that will be right with the state.
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The Sach Behind Swachh
As the NDA completes two years in power, Narendra Modi’s pet project, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, continues to transform the lives of women in India’s remotest villages.
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Into the Dark World of a Trafficked Girl
Missing, a new role-playing game, attempts to raise awareness about trafficked girls. But can a game based on the reality of thousands of exploited women really create empathy?
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The Mother of 68
Over the last two decades, Sulbha Surve has lovingly fostered infants and toddlers before they found their way to forever homes.
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How The Middle-Class Makes Love
Over 9.5 million humping and heaving bodies officially live in one-room homes with paper-thin walls, and sniggering aunties. This makes sex pretty awkward to say the least.
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The Man Who Always Gets the Eid Dates Right
Pakshas and pournimas are its mainstays. But Kalnirnay, the world’s best-selling calendar-cum-almanac, has a secular take on it.
Posted inEarth
What If Glaciers Melted?
Experts have been sounding warnings about glaciers melting at an accelerated rate for decades now. Kerala's disastrous floods prove how destructive a watery disaster can be. What should we expect in case of a glacial meltdown?
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Hail Mario, Full of Grace
Years before we had God of War, an Italian plumber was the de facto face of video games. On the eve of the 35th anniversary of Donkey Kong, we celebrate the legacy of “Jumpman”.