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Listen: The rhythm of Sudan’s 2019 revolution
The revolution in Sudan in 2019 has been eclipsed by the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023. But the events of 2019 demand greater attention as they hold lessons for a post-war Sudan. Music was central to the protests in 2019. The camp outside military…
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Rereading the classics: Why John Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ has always been controversial
John Steinbeck is now most famous as the author of The Grapes of Wrath (1938), a novel about agricultural workers displaced from Oklahoma during the Great Depression. But he regarded East of Eden (1952), a saga depicting the lives of two Californian families, as his favourite and most significant work. Despite being a long novel,…
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Vietnam: 15 Indian tourists killed as boat capsizes off Phú Quốc island
Fifteen Indian tourists were killed on Saturday after a speedboat they were travelling in capsized off Vietnam’s Phú Quốc island, VN Express quoted the Vietnamese authorities as saying. The boat was carrying 36 persons – 32 Indian tourists, three crew members and an attendant. Twenty-one persons were rescued, according to the news outlet. Those who…
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Food regulator issues notices to Swiggy Instamart for allegedly delivering expired, spoiled products
The Food Safety Standards Authority of India said on Saturday that it has issued nine notices to Swiggy Instamart following complaints that the platform had supplied expired, spoiled or contaminated food products. Despite complaints having been raised to the company, it took no action on the reported food safety concerns, the regulator added. It said…
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Interview: Young, educated and in search of work – migrants are rebalancing India’s demography
When the Covid-19 lockdowns stopped migrant workers in their tracks, with little money, work or means to go back home, governments of destination states struggled to figure out how many migrants they had, in order to provide free foodgrain, support and medical help. India’s migrant workers are an amorphous group, scattered across several states, moving…
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Alcohol is an established health risk but remains at the heart of social, cultural life
Few substances are as deeply woven into everyday life as alcohol. It is a fixture at holiday celebrations, work-related social gatherings, sporting events, airports, and brunch or dinner tables. A raised glass for a toast, the ubiquitous wedding open bar or drinks shared during a Fourth of July celebration all demonstrate how deeply alcohol has…
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‘Epic, experiential, real’: What to expect from Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
If it wasn’t for the coronavirus pandemic, Christopher Nolan would have premiered his 2020 film Tenet in India. That honour instead went to The Odyssey, Nolan’s feverishly anticipated adaptation of Homer’s epic poem Odyssey. Ahead of its global release on July 17, The Odyssey was premiered on Friday, July 10, in Mumbai. At a press…
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‘Doubters have saved mankind’: K Sachidanandan’s poetic imagination as a site of resistance
As a poet, K Sachidanandan has reinvented himself at every stage through unsparing self-criticism and persistent exploration of the changing environment of poetry in relation to the existing social structures. He was quick to distance himself from the triumphant assertions of high modernism, as he sensed its inability to be socially inclusive. As the 1970s…
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J&K: Omar Abdullah alleges BJP trying to split National Conference
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party was trying to bring his government down by persuading MLAs of the National Conference to switch sides, reported PTI. “Attempts are being made to break the National Conference,” Omar Abdullah said at a convention of party workers in Hazratbal on…