Monday March 24 2025
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The ‘big crunch’: The end of the world as we know it

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Good Reads

An excellent list of deep dives, features, and profiles from around the web.

A list of good reads
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The Quiz

Say hello to splainer’s weekly quiz. Nope, it isn’t boring!

A list of puzzling questions
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Smart and Curious

Cockroach milk: the next superfood, terrain of tears, and ostrich chariot racing.

A list of curious facts
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Made in the UK: Junked British tyres threaten Indian lives

March 26 2025

Aaj ki khabar includes junked British tyres in India and the great Amreeki Egg-codus.

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Hindu ownership battle at Buddhist pilgrimage site

March 25 2025

Aaj ki khabar includes a battle at Bodh Gaya and a US confederacy of national security dunces.

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The curious case of a High Court judge: Show me the money! 

March 24 2025

Aaj ki khabar includes a curious case of a High Court judge and Turkey teetering on autocracy.

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Elon Musk takes aim at the Indian government

March 21 2025

Aaj ki khabar includes Elon Musk’s X taking aim at Bharatiya sarkaar and tennis’ big battle.

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The darker side of the Tatas: A history

The Big Story

The Tatas' story is also that of Indian capitalism—carefully air-brushed for greater glory.

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Smart & Curious

Smart and Curious

The hagues in Paris catacombs, ‘people pot pies’ & the real place in ‘The Scream’ painting.

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Coming soon: A great war over waqf

The Big Story

The first great political firefight of 2025 will centre on the Muslim tradition of donating property to God.

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Smart & Curious

Smart and Curious

A Polish painter’s desi art, BJP’s Jinnah connection & how Jack Nicholson got to Paris.

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Saturday March 22 2025

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Ramzan Mubarak: A delicious list for Iftar 

Ramzan Mubarak: A delicious list for Iftar

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Read

A reading list with Khusrau’s riddles, a queer love story, Hakeem’s incessant hiccups, and other gems.

A delightful Ramzan reading list for kids
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Culture

A visual guide to the life and works of India’s first woman photographer.

Lens Woman: The story of Homai Vyarawalla
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Listen

A guide to an iconic form of theatre rooted in opera—and made famous by Broadway.

Stage music: From La bohème to Les Misérables
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Watch

Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.

We recommend: The best new movies and TV series
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The infinite pleasures of Escher: A visual guide

Art

Aarthi Ramnath offers a ‘trippy’ guide to the great MC Escher’s oeuvre—the crank godfather of psychedelic art.

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Attention, Secret Santas: Here’s the bestest buying guide

Buy

This holiday guide is a sneak peek of Souk—the next, most amazing thing from splainer.

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Old Spice in new bottles: Classics of pop culture

Listen

Narendra Kusnur continues his pop culture history—taking us from Old Spice commercials to EDM tracks.

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Guts and gore: Notes from a horror movie set

Culture

A food stylist’s account of creating edible props for on-screen cannibals.

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Big edition: Next Stop, Trumpworld

March 17 2025

Welcome to Trumpworld, where big boys rule, democracy wobbles and small nations get tossed.

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Big edition: Trumpian World Order

March 10 2025

We explain how and why Trump is tearing apart the world—going far beyond tough talk.

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Big edition: Je Suis Volodymyr

March 3 2025

The Trump administration has been itching for a showdown over Ukraine—and more broadly Europe.

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Big edition: Europa Über Alles

February 24 2025

The outcome spells the end of a post-World War order built by the US and European allies.

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