Daily Brief: In Manipur, the Assam Rifles and state police are training their guns on each other, and more

  • 13 Aug, 2023

In Manipur, the Assam Rifles and state police are training their guns on each other

The state police, which draws most of its constabulary from the Meitei community, have routinely accused the Assam Rifles of siding with the Kukis.

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Ramachandra Guha: As our 76th Independence Day approaches, revisiting ‘Indian Ideas of Freedom’

In his landmark book, Dennis Dalton had originally examined the approaches of Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Gandhi, and Tagore.

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How exactly does India count its tigers?

Although the camera trap technology used for tiger estimation exercises has come a long way, it has its critics.

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Assamese eco-fiction novels ‘Maajher Char’ and ‘Jalajaah’ reclaim elemental forms of the environment

The novels pay close attention to the precarity of living on the outlying waterborne lands of Assam.

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‘Weasels in the Attic’: What if men felt as insecure as women about infertility and ageing?

Hiroko Oyamada’s novella asks this profound question in view of a misogynistic culture and rapidly dwindling young population in Japan.

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‘The East Indian’: This novel about an Indian indentured labourer has more scale than depth

Brinda Chary’s book is the exploration of the author’s interest in the history of migration and settlement in the 1600s first, and a novel, second.

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Kamal Haasan on Sridevi: ‘A humble student, and a very obedient actor’

An excerpt from the foreword to a new book on Sridevi’s fruitful career in the southern film industries.

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Hockey, Asian Champions Trophy, India vs Malaysia final as it happened: India win title in thriller

A recap of India’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey final match against Malaysia.

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