Opinion

A dark stain

Ancient Indian texts showed some preference for fair skin, often associating it with nobility and divinity, while dark skin was occasionally depicted as a marker of the demonic

Jayanta Sengupta

Boxed in

Aashna Mansata

Septimus's stare

Antara Ghatak
Grim data

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Brittle lives

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Modi versus Indira

Ramachandra Guha
A storm in the cup

Priyanka Das
Beyond democracy

G.N. Devy

The postage stamp has been relegated to philatelists’ albums

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Brittle lives

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Grim data

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A dark stain

Jayanta Sengupta
Boxed in

Aashna Mansata
Acknowledging the roots of Kolhapuri chappals

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Decoding Amit Shah's prediction of authoritarian rulers like Indira Gandhi coming to power

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Shamed again

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Septimus's stare

Antara Ghatak

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Opinion

A dark stain

Boxed in

Septimus's stare

Grim data

Brittle lives

Modi versus Indira

A storm in the cup

Beyond democracy

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The postage stamp has been relegated to philatelists’ albums

Brittle lives

Grim data

A dark stain

Boxed in

Acknowledging the roots of Kolhapuri chappals

Decoding Amit Shah's prediction of authoritarian rulers like Indira Gandhi coming to power

Shamed again

Septimus's stare