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Founder, ThePrint. New space in journalism: liberal on society, liberal on economy. Substance of print, speed of digital. Warning: Typos are my fingerprints

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    Jan 2

    We aren’t odd, we’re so predictable. We “respect” oral history & sensitivities of Rajput Karni Sena that vandalises movie sets, but call Dalits observing their version of their own history dangerous subversion

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  2. 43 minutes ago

    Disquiet on Dalit Front: he’s a rising phenomenon already, but does have it in him to become Kanshi Ram 2.0? My

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  3. 12 hours ago

    Noted academic Devesh Kapur crunches data to show Indian prisons have more Muslims & SC/STs than their %age in population, like African-Americans & Hispanics in US jails

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    23 hours ago

    ~ : "Mansur Ali Khan was our rare, in fact almost solitary, Muslim star in not just cricket but popular culture, in an era when our secular temper was still evolving."

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  5. 12 hours ago

    My tribute to Tiger Pataudi on his birth anniv: how twice he put his hand up to lead a battered India against Windies: 1st at 21, then out of retirement, at 35

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  6. 13 hours ago

    Eng showed Ind how to win overseas, key is more tour games, says on . A thought: this is precisely what Kohli’s team was denied to reward Lanka with that silly series

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  8. 13 hours ago

    US tech companies have no spl love for Ind workers & in Trump’s worldview Indians in US are no different from Muslims in Modi’s India, writes academic , seeing bad days for H1B workers

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  9. 13 hours ago

    Finally some good news on higher edu. National survey shows enrolment up incl for women, SC/STs, minorities. ThePrint team reports

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  10. 13 hours ago

    BJP is throwing everything at Manik Sarkar’s Left Govt in Tripura, incl a full-length feature film: Lal Sarkar. reports

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  11. 13 hours ago

    Guys, you want the best running commentary on follow True, and precise cricketing insights, in real time

    What the actual?!!! Vijay makes a habit of this kind of leave very close to off. You don’t do that to that sort of length, though. And not to a line between 3rd and 4th. That is a narrow miss for Vijay.
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  12. 13 hours ago

    Modern batsmen struggle overseas as there’s no pressure to develop their skills: opens on why teams are tigers at home, lambs abroad

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  13. 15 hours ago

    Brilliantly researched & worrying piece by U-Penn Prof Devesh Kapur showing more Dalits, Muslims and tribals in India’s jails, cautions we’re repeating America’s mistakes

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  14. 15 hours ago

    Def Min withdraws controversial order that ranked military officers with bureaucracy, reports

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  15. 15 hours ago

    Tribal states with fragile demographics along Assam’s borders fear influx of those removed by NRC process. Makepeace Sitlhou reports

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  16. 15 hours ago

    Defence Ministry suspends all dealings with fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari’s firm, reports

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  17. 19 hours ago

    After 35 yrs of hard work, desi LCA Tejas is MoD’s low-hanging fruit, says in his weekly , it shouldn’t get caught in IAF-DRDO-HAL differences

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    20 hours ago

    Really don't understand the fuss over selection. Captain and coach have always said that they'll pick those in form. And Rahane's overseas runs were more than three years ago. Frankly, this team management has earned the right to pick Coco the Clown if they want to.

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  19. 20 hours ago

    Many others, including the great Meena Kumari. Brilliant hockey forward of ‘60s, Inamur Rahman wasn’t trusted. Not picked for ‘64 olympics, given just one game in ‘68 Mexico, kept out of S-F we lost to Aus

    ~ : "Tiger Pataudi... became that symbolic link in the evolution of Indian secular thought. Remember, this was a period when our biggest Muslim film stars had felt constrained to take Hindu names, Dilip Kumar and Madhubala, for example."
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  20. 21 hours ago

    Let me say this before the game begins. When world no.1 goes to play no.2 at his home, it should’ve been training at a camp for a month in bouncy conditions. Instead, it paid its captive BCCI’s IOUs to Lanka in a pointless, endless home series

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  21. 22 hours ago

    Why can’t Dalits just shut up and bear it as they’ve done for millennia, asks , chronicler of Dalit discrimination

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