Daily Brief: Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies28 Apr, 2024Share Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies In speech after speech, the prime minister has spread divisive falsehoods, pitting India’s Muslims against other disadvantaged communities. scroll.in Congress accuses BJP leader Anurag Thakur of violating poll code, seeks Election Commission action The Congress was working with a ‘foreign hand’ to give people’s property to Muslims instead of their children, the Union minister had claimed at a poll rally. scroll.in Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu The march down the path of electoral autocracy by the region’s most powerful and populous country will lead to monumental desolramation. scroll.in ‘Nobody Lights a Candle’ illuminates the dark realities of our unequal society Though the protagonist’s plight sends shivers down the spine, one never gets to know who she truly is. scroll.in Sunday book pick: In ‘Such a Long Journey’, how an ordinary heart travels in turbulent times ‘Such a Long Journey’, Rohinton Mistry’s debut novel, was published in 1991. scroll.in ‘Hand of God’: How a young Indian Navy sailor returned from the dead in Australia in 1951 An 18-year-old stoker was presumed dead after he fell off a navy destroyer. By a miracle he survived, swam in cold waters to the shore and found his way back. scroll.in ‘Shakchunni’: A supernatural thriller about how the zamindari system crumbled under its own weight Author Arnab Ray makes the choice of not modernising the story at all, and sets it in 1940s’ Bengal, when the Great Bengal Famine had just hit. scroll.in ‘Speaking Sandals’: Stories about sociological realities of ‘untouchable’ Madigas of Andhra Pradesh Yendluri Sudhakar’s Telugu short stories, translated into English by K Purushotham, focus on injustices meted out on account of caste. scroll.in India tour of Bangladesh: Focus on T20 World Cup preparation after moving on from last year’s drama Both teams are also anticipated to utilise the series for experimentation and fine-tuning their optimal combinations before the to Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. scroll.in Share
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