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The building the Hindustan Times operates from near Connaught Place — HT House — is one of Delhi’s modernist landmarks. theindiacable.com/i/143072454/ov…
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Is the Wind Turning Against Populism? @jamalmecklai writes for @TheIndiaCable theindiacable.com/i/142857153/is…
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Every day @TheIndiaCable features WATCH OUT, a video you really ought to watch... Today: A fantastic conversation between the inimitable maverick Roshan Abbas and the grounded genius Imtiaz Ali on Stumble with Roshan Abbas. theindiacable.com/i/138131770/wa…
Listen Up of the day! Sujat Ambedkar is in a fun & insightful conversation with Anurag Minus Verma, on the Ambedkarite culture of Maharashtra, the fascinating local food, Dr Ambedkar’s inspiring personal habits, the future of Dalit politics & much more. theindiacable.com/i/138131770/li…
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Today's Deep Dive @TheIndiaCable ILO doesn’t consider unpaid work of any kind as employment. But India’s Periodic Labour Force Survey is perhaps unique in using the category of ‘unpaid helpers in family enterprises’, which increases employment figures. theindiacable.com/i/138131770/de…
Drones giving new dimensions to narcoterrorism at the India-Pakistan border theindiacable.com/i/138131770/dr…
Pink bollworm infestations are wreaking havoc on cotton crops in north Indian states including Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan. Even the genetically modified Bt Cotton, which is resistant, is succumbing to the invasion theindiacable.com/i/138131770/bo…
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Sunak in conflict of interest spotlight again theindiacable.com/i/138131770/su…
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—Months Before Crash, Railways Knew Signals Protocol Was Short-Circuited —India Agrees to Buy 30 US Military Drones for $3 Billion —Sena ad signals ‘double engine’ trouble —Kuki BJP minister’s home torched —Al Jazeera documentary held back @TheIndiaCable open.substack.com/pub/theindiaca…
TODAY: —Jettisoned By Lloyd’s, Indian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Ships Being Reflagged —Top 20% Driving GDP Growth, the Rest Travelling Steerage: @mkvenu1 —‘Kashmirisation’ of Manipur —Kumbh boosts Hindutva vote share —Modi govt spends Rs 71 lakh a days on print ads theindiacable.com/p/jettisoned-b…
No paywall today! Sign up for free! —Why Rich Indians Love State Surveillance —Modi Govt’s Claims on ‘Sengol’ Lack Evidence, Undermine Constitution —Sidda tells cops to stop saffronising force —Sangh parivar pracharaks are DU chief guests and lots more. theindiacable.com/p/why-rich-ind…
No paywall day! —Manipur violence sparked by demand for ST Status kills 13 —Ahead of G20, states told to remove street children —India among worst on crony capitalism index —Indo-Pak sparring on terror —Rahman promotes sweet Kerala story, Modi a toxic one theindiacable.com/p/violence-spa…
—EC Investigating Voter Data Sale by Company in Bengaluru —Three-Fifths of India Has Never Listened to ‘Mann ki Baat’ —20 firms corner 80% of India’s profits —SC asks govt how same-sex couples can get social benefits —Hindi songs inspired by Belafonte theindiacable.com/p/ec-investiga…
—Vinod Adani Steps Down from 3 Firms Linked to Adani’s Aussie Coal Mine —Gujarat HC Judge Hearing Rahul’s Appeal Recuses Herself —Govt says FIR on BJP MP needs enquiry first —Aamir Khan joins North Korean style 'national conclave' on Modi's 'Mann ki Baat' theindiacable.com/p/vinod-adani-…
—BRS Open to Alliance With Cong but Doesn’t Want Rahul as Campaign Face —Government Pressgangs Radio Stations for Leader's Sermon —‘Modi decision-making is like Mao’s' —Academics paying to publish —Indian ship in Guyana —Babus need to 'face' up to leaders open.substack.com/pub/theindiaca…
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An extract from @TaylorCSherman’s book “Nehru’s India: A History in Seven Myths” in today’s @TheIndiaCable. (sans paywall today) Read. Share. Subscribe.
Nice to find my last column featuring in @TheIndiaCable's list of op-eds you don't want to miss. theindiacable.com/p/new-telecom-…
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"India being home to nearly all the linguistic, religious and cultural traditions of this region...is the biggest antidote to the threat from Pakistan" In today's @TheIndiaCable, an extract from Amb @sharatsab's book "India’s Pakistan Conundrum: Managing a Complex Relationship".
No Matter What it Says Now, RSS Did Not Participate in the Freedom Struggle: Prof Mridula Mukherjee. thewire.in/history/no-mat…
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"India has abandoned its own proposal and meekly surrendered to the EU’s demand" at the WTO, writes Geneva-based journalist, D Ravi Kanth for @TheIndiaCable today.
Important excerpt from Kala Pani Crossings by @ashubh and Judith Misrahi-Barak in @TheIndiaCable today Read. Share. Subscribe.
"While the diaspora literature written by those whose forefathers left India to work as indentured labourers has been a topic of major academic, political discourse, very scant attention has been given in India to those members of the early diaspora and to their descendants."
“These (bulldozer-related) events represent Hindutva’s escalating spatial strategies, which typically involve manufacture of inter-group conflicts over control of local spaces”, writes @shambhavimadan for @TheIndiaCable | Read. Share. Subscribe.
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On 'labharthi' economics, the contradictions with Modi govt's economic philosophy and other challenges ahead. @mkvenu1 writes for @TheIndiaCable | Read. Share. Subscribe.
Important piece by @pratik_k for @TheIndiaCable on police reforms and why "the focus of reform should be to make the force independent and professional, which is not exactly what Modi’s speech to aspiring police personnel was about."
What a vote of no confidence in the professionalism of our diplomats who have done such evacuations so many times earlier.
🔴 #NewsAlert | Union Ministers Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and Gen VK Singh to travel to neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation mission and help students: Government Sources #UkraineCrisis
Workers’ honorarium in Delhi was last increased in Aug 2017 after 58 days of agitation, but they haven’t received these dues. Anganwadi workers and helpers in Delhi get Rs 9,678 & Rs 4,839 – far below the minimum wage, despite rising inflation |@shambhavimadan in @TheIndiaCable
Former LG of Delhi Najeeb Jung told Karan Thapar that he is certain the BJP will lose in Uttar Pradesh and will not form the new government. thewire.in/politics/watch…