Friday December 8 2023
Culture

Measuring pain: Why are we so bad at it?
      

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Sanity Break

An awesome photo of a bird photobombing a wedding ceremony.

A Winner of the International Wedding Photo of the Year

Headlines that matter

Here’s all the taaza khabar from around the world today!

Headlines That Matter

Smart and Curious

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

Smart & Curious

Feel Good Place

Here’s all the taaza khabar from around the world today!

Feel Good Place

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Assassination plot: 
      A bombshell indictment

The Big Story

US prosecutors have charged an Indian official for orchestrating a plot to kill a Khalistani leader in New York.

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The rat hole miners who rescued workers in Uttarkashi

Sanity Break

The real photo of the brave rat hole miners who rescued the workers in Uttarkashi.

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Smart & Curious

Smart and Curious

Perfectly engineered blooms, a ‘cartoon cafe’ and the infinite tsundoku pile.

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The Indian rail problem:
      Slow, pricey & unsafe

The Big Story

The Indian Railways is experiencing rising losses. But the cure may prove worse than the disease.

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Saturday December 2 2023

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Postcards from colonial Calcutta

Postcards from colonial Calcutta

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Eat

A primer on podis from Oottupura chef Marina Balakrishnan.

 (Gun)Powder Up: A primer on podis

Read

We pick the best new book releases for your reading pleasure.

We recommend: The best new book releases

Watch

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

We recommend: The best new movies and TV series

Listen

Check out the top 10 indie Indian tracks picked by music aficionados first.wav.

Native beats: The best indie Indian music in 2023

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The lovelorn songs of poet-saints

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Harini Calamur returns with a new instalment of her highly popular guide to Hindustani music.

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Literary comfort during a climate crisis

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A very good list of climate change reads that will not make you lose heart.

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Photos of the British Raj: Tawaifs of Awadh

Culture

Cabinet card photographs of the tawaifs of the Lucknow court.

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Memories on a plate: Five recipes

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Fabulous family recipes from the Alipore Post and Nivaala.

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We’re Under Water!

December 7 2023

Intensifying cyclones are a result of climate change—but poor infrastructure is to be blamed for the flooding.

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Don’t Watch That!

December 6 2023

A new bill plans to regulate everything you watch on a screen. And we mean everything.

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The Great Divide

December 5 2023

The great divide between the BJP’s North India and South India numbers–and what it means.

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The Modi Effect

December 4 2023

BJP stormed back into power in three Hindi belt states—what happened and why?

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