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#URIATTACK: 17 KILLED IN DEADLIEST MILITANT STRIKE IN RECENT YEARS
On Sunday morning, the Valley woke up to the deadliest militant attack it has witnessed in recent years. Militants attacked an Indian Army brigade headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Uri...
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URI: INDIA’S MOMENT OF TRUTH
The idea originally was to write about a very sinister development in Kashmir that is staring us in the face and yet isn’t really being accorded the importance it deserves. But as happens so often,...
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IS SAINT TERESA MAKING THE INDIAN RIGHT TURN LEFT?
Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity need no introduction. This piece is not about what she, or they, did or did not do. It is about the Indian Right Wing’s response to her around the time of...
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WHERE IS BASTAR JOURNALIST PRABHAT SINGH?
Based in South Bastar’s Dantewada, journalist Prabhat Singh was arrested in March this year for a Whatsapp message. After being released on bail, Singh told Newslaundry that he felt he had been...
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#JUSTSPORTS 2: LIVERPOOL WON AND SHOULD WAYNE ROONEY BE PLAYING ANYMORE?
A Manchester United nut and a Liverpool fanatic bring you all the Premier League action that unfolded over the weekend. Liverpool beat Chelsea and that old question came up again: Should Wayne Rooney...
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HOW THE MARGINALISED INVENTED OFFENSIVE COMEDY
By Sascha Cohen “Sometimes you feel guilty laughing at some of Lenny’s mordant jabs,” journalist Herb Caen once said of the taboo-shattering comic Lenny Bruce. “But that disappears a second later when...
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IT’S A PRIVATE MEMBER AFFAIR
DISCLAIMER: The author is the Chief of Staff at the Office of Member of Parliament Tathagata Satpathy and leading the #SpeechBill campaign at present. For us human beings operating according to the...
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MUNGARU MALE 2: HOW FILMY LOVE STORIES REFLECT SOCIETY
By Deepika S With the release of Mungaru Male 2 this month, Kannada actor Ganesh faced what one newspaper called an “epic trial”. With the enormous weight of expectations upon him and an impending...
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HONDA WORKERS TAKE THE HUNGER STRIKE ROUTE
Seven months running, and the ongoing strife between the workers and the management of the Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd (HMSI) seems far from being resolved. On February 16, 2016 when a...
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WAS SWATHI’S MURDER ACCUSED’S DEATH REALLY SUICIDE?
The investigation in one of the most high-profile crimes from Chennai in recent times – the hacking of techie Swathi earlier in June this year – came to an abrupt end as the sole accused in the case,...
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WHEN JINGOIST NEWS ANCHORS TOOK ON TREACHEROUS HUMANISTS ON PRIMETIME
In the wake of the terror attack in Uri, Kashmir, Monday night presented an opportunity for sections of the mainstream media to flex their nationalist muscles. At the forefront, as expected, were...
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STOP SAYING EATING BEEF IS AGAINST INDIAN CULTURE
The gau rakshak dals are on a rampage. There is hardly a single week without news of vandalism, rape, killing and looting by these so-called protectors of gau mata and proponents of ultra-nationalism....
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BALOCHISTAN: WHERE INDIA, CHINA AND PAKISTAN ARE PLAYING THE GREAT GAME
In 2005, an incident in the Bugti area triggered unrest which was put down by the army, resulting in the first big migration of the Baloch. In June 2013, Nawabzada Guhram Bugti led a fifty-five-day...
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#URIATTACK: HOW SHOULD INDIA RESPOND TO 18/9?
Despite the security lapses resulting in complete surprise, the 18/9 terrorist attack on the unit administrative base near Uri would have been a routine operation, common in the ongoing...
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HOW THE PAKISTANI URDU PRESS REPORTED THE URI ATTACK
It was a Black Sunday on September 18, 2016, when a ghastly terror attack in Uri martyred 18 Indian soldiers and injured dozens. All the four terrorists who happened to be fidayeen—a medieval-styled...
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COMING SOON: CHASE – AN IMITATION GAME
Dharavi, the largest slum of the world, is also known for its counterfeit industries. The next Chase documentary will show you the leather industry that’s thriving in Dharavi and the range of...
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THE AWFUL AND AWESOME ENTERTAINMENT WRAP – EPISODE 11
The Emmys were historic this year, and Deepanjana Pal and Rajyasree Sen watched have some highlights for you. Katrina Kaif won the Smita Patil Memorial Award, and as far as Sen is concerned, it’s not...
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