During the lockdown and since books in the digital format have done relatively better in India, the format is still in its early days compared to the markets in the West The pandemic has had a profound effect on peoples’ lives and everyone is trying to adjust to the ‘new normal’. People have their own […]

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The media needs to stop using insensitive or triggering ‘representational images’ and photographs Please note: The images used in this piece include disturbing media depictions of suicide and mental illness. A man huddled in a corner of a room, trying to hide his face. A man with a gun to his head, finger on the […]

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Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi is a role model for many. She is supporting dozens of musicians during the time of Coronavirus, service to humanity and performing arts   A good way to judge a nation is to see how artists are treated in the country. In India, they are, apart from few notable exceptions, the worst […]

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Films will have you believe that the ‘free spirits’ are the true heroes. But not everyone has the luxury of indulging in flights of fancy In recent years, the negative portrayal of engineers in India’s popular culture has often acted as a subtext for something else. The larger target is derision towards regular officer-goers, the […]

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Public buses, which are the heart of public transport in Kolkata, have almost stopped plying on city roads, creating worries for passengers Asim Bose, who works in a reputed IT firm, travels every day from Shyambazar in North Kolkata to Sector V, Kolkata’s IT hub. During the lockdown, he worked from home for the next few […]

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Why lightning strikes are a bigger fear than Covid in Bihar Under the glow of a mobile phone, a relative gathers paperwork for the dead at the Haspura Referral Hospital in south Bihar’s Aurangabad district. That’s how Hindustan, the state’s most-read daily, captured the tragedy of the recent deaths in a lightning strike, through a photograph. […]

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How do Class 12 students feel about the cancellation of board exams? While some expressed discontent with the decision, others feel it was for the best Taking cognisance of the rapid increase in Coronavirus cases, the CBSE and ICSE boards announced on Thursday that the exams scheduled in July for Classes 10 and 12 would […]

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IIT Delhi’s teams have been working tirelessly to innovate products that can contribute to the fight against Coronavirus From anti-bacterial fabric to cheaper testing kits, IIT Delhi’s teams have been on the job to contribute to the fight against Coronavirus that has overshadowed just about everything else in our world. They have on hand 28 […]

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