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The Women of Chittor Did Not Ask for Your Permission
We are endlessly comfortable with our women as victims, and uneasy the moment they become warriors. A reflection on Swara Bhaskar, the jauhar of Padmaavat, and the courage we keep mistaking for a wound.
We Keep Winning the Plaque and Losing the Point
India under-monetises its UNESCO heritage while China and the Gulf turn theirs into tourism and diplomacy. Recognition was never the finish line.
Former gang leader convicted in 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
Las Vegas jury convicts former gang leader Duane Davis in rapper's 1996 killing after nearly 30 years without arrests.