Saturday February 8 2025

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Laila aur Mahdi ki kahaani

Laila aur Mahdi ki kahaani

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Art

Here’s all the weird and wonderful things to expect from this year’s flagship India Art Fair.

Beauty guide: All about the India Art Fair

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

An excellent playlist that celebrates being unhitched—just in time for the V-Day madness.

V-Day special: Ultimate single & fabulous playlist

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Shackled & handcuffed: Indian deportees from the US

February 7 2025

Aaj ki taaza khabar includes Indian deportees from the US, and SpiceJet’s ‘insolvency’ battle.

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Beauty guide: All about the India Art Fair

February 6 2025

Aaj ki taaza khabar includes a guide to the India Art Fair, and Delhi’s exit polls.

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War on lung cancer: First filthy cigarettes, now filthy air

February 5 2025

Aaj ki taaza khabar includes a damning lung cancer study and China’s modest tariff response.

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And the Grammy goes to…

February 4 2025

Aaj ki taaza khabar includes Grammy highs and lows, and the revised Gaza death count.

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Hunt for hygge: A cool guide to Copenhagen

Travel

Cycle around town, hit the museums, and sample the largest meal ever—at Joanna’s Copenhagen.

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Coffee table porn: A list of Indian art history books

Read

A gorgeous selection of books to please the eye—and feed the right side of your brain.

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We recommend: The best heartbreak songs

Listen

The ultimate crowdsourced list of anthems for the broken heart.

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Objects of desire: The splainer lust list

Buy

A lust list of outrageously lovely and expensive things from the splainer team.

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Monday February 3 2025
Culture

Tamil origins of the Iron Age: Part one

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Good Reads

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

A list of good reads

The Quiz

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

A list of puzzling questions

Smart and Curious

The wildest float race, Japan’s driverless cargo highway, and cancel culture insurance.

A list of curious facts

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Tamil origins of the Iron Age: Part one

The Big Story

A recent study has uncovered iron artefacts from 5,300 years ago that suggest Tamil origins.

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A list of curious facts

Smart and Curious

The wildest float race, Japan’s driverless cargo highway, and cancel culture insurance.

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DeepSeek drama: The great panic over Chinese AI

The Big Story

This ‘amazing’ made-in-China model has far-reaching implications for US industry and hegemony.

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A list of curious facts

Smart and Curious

Bridget Jones is in fashion, the AI test of a lifetime is here, and Sweden’s locking down its name!

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Big edition: Deepsixing Silicon Valley

January 28 2025

This ‘amazing’ made-in-China model has far-reaching implications for US industry and hegemony.

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Big edition: Crossing (De)Limit

January 20 2025

In this two-part Big Story, we lay out the looming tryst with our demographic destiny.

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Big edition: Killing Happily Ever After

January 13 2025

Here's how the man who killed Jessica is now positioning himself as a global liquor baron.

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Big edition: Tourist Trap

January 6 2025

We take a closer look at the state of Indian tourism—and key facts lost in the heated debate.

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