Wednesday October 30 2024
Art

A multiverse of Ramayanas

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Good Reads

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

Good Reads

The Quiz

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

The Quiz

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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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A special appeal: A Diwali gift for us

October 30 2024

Aaj ki taaza khabar includes our special Diwali gift appeal and the grate cheese heist.

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Malaysia to Moscow via Mumbai: An Nvidia pipeline

October 29 2024

Aaj ki taaza khabar includes Mumbai-to-Moscow AI chip smuggling racket and ‘digital twins’.

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India’s historic collapse vs NZ: Wtf happened?

October 28 2024

Aaj ki taaza khabar includes India’s historic loss to NZ and bad news for free speech.

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Reliance aur Nvidia ki AI jodi

October 25 2024

Aaj ki taaza khabar includes Nvidia aur Reliance ki jodi and India’s got a new CJI.

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 Dunki exodus: Why are Indians fleeing the country?

The Big Story

The number of Indians leaving has been soaring—are we witnessing a fourth wave of migration?

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Smart & Curious

Smart and Curious

The atrocious trend of ‘fridgescaping’, a backflipping bug & Gucci’s ripped tights.

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Smart & Curious

Smart and Curious

A 3D printed neighbourhood, underconsumptioncore & Japan’s host clubs.

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Pavel Durov: The arrest heard around the world

The Big Story

In part one of our special Big Story, we look at who Pavel Durov is—and why he was arrested.

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Saturday October 26 2024

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The infinite pleasures of Escher: A visual guide

The infinite pleasures of Escher: A visual guide 

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Culture

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

Guts and gore: Notes from a horror movie set

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An excellent list of reads with haunted houses, dysfunctional families and sociopaths.

A spine-tingling list of spooky reads

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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 best Halloween podcasts including Indian noir, paranormal tales and even real-life monsters.

We recommend: Paranormal podcasts with eerie episodes

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Around the world in nine books

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Tarini Uppal’s list will transport you to distant shores—without ever leaving home.

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Good times in Tashkent: A travel guide

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A tour of the Uzbeki capital—where quaint bazaars jostle Brutalist architecture and stunning metro station art.

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Wanted: Good grooming for guys

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An essential list of self-care for men.

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Atlas of song: A globe-trotter’s playlist

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A delightful multilingual playlist from the splainer fam that takes you from a Coorg coffee estate to Tokyo.

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Big edition: Fake Bombs Away!

October 21 2024

The Indian aviation industry has been upended by a flood of fake bomb threats.

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Big edition: Not-so-ok Tatas

October 14 2024

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

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Big edition: The Valley Votes

October 7 2024

Are upcoming results of the first J&K elections since abrogation of Article 370 meaningless?

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Big edition: Rogue State

September 30 2024

Israel has killed Hezbollah's leader Nasrallah—a significant victory but at what cost?

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