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Century Needed to Close Gender Gap in India: WEC
Jamal Khashoggi is not the first Saudi journalist to disappear
High Court Fails to Defend Secularism in WB Over Puja Grants
Turkey Confirms US-Based Saudi Journalist Murdered in Hit Squad at Saudi Consulate
With optimism of Kashmir normalcy, Jamia Masjid reopens
After the ssault of Ford, Kavanaugh’s most egregious lie
Majerhat Bridge Collapse: Police, PWD Warned of Risks
State has no business in bedrooms of the people: Supreme Court of India
South Kolkata Overpass Down as Nation Suffers Epidemic of Bridge Collapses
Regulating Facebook won’t prevent data breaches
Cambridge Analytica’s political work extends far beyond the US
FEATURES
MJ Akbar: in #Me Too Era, Shade of Swords Takes on Dark Connotation
Social Media Wreaking Havoc on Indian Marriages
Is the UK still racist?
What We Know About Knights of the Crystal Blade Cult
Teenage Lovers In Suicide Pact As Parents Reject Union
CULTURE
Literature
From Spy to Whistleblower: Snowden’s Permanent Record Illuminates as it Alarms
Atwood’s The Testaments: A Thriller That Lays Society Bare
Coupling Humour with Anguish Rushdie’s Digital Don Quixote Dazzles and Despairs
Secrets of the Nobel Prize in Literature
World’s Coolest Library Opens in China and It’s Breathtaking
The ‘inevitable sadness’ of Kazuo Ishiguro’s fiction
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign
Film & TV
‘Life of Pi’ star Irrfan Khan reveals struggle with rare illness
Brosnan says Indian company ‘cheated’ him over mouth freshener ads
Controversial Indian film gets release date
Saudi Arabia: Films Shown After 35-Year Cinema Ban Lift
How Google Is Killing the Independent Movie Industry
Music
Art in the age of rage
Don’t Kill Her Vibe: Meet Pop Star Sigrid
Columbia/Legacy Set to Release Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings, A Monumental Box Set featuring Every Known Recording from the Artist’s Mythic and Controversial 1966 Tour of the US, UK, Europe and Australia
Bon Jovi unveils new album in full at N.J. concert; a track-by-track analysis
Alice Cooper And His Dead Drunk Friends
LIFESTYLE
Travel & Global Destinations
REVIEW: British Airways Club World – Keeping calm amidst challenging skies
The Maurya and Taj: A Tale of Two Hotels
Yatra Wins National Tourism Award for the Third Time in a Row
Seetalvan Orchard: Sweet Fruit of the Hills
Lufthansa A-350 Business Class Review – Munich to Bombay (ret)
The Maurya Sheraton: Homage to an Ancient Empire
Etihad wins TTG Asia’s Best Business Class Award
REVIEW: Emirates A-380 – Utter decadence in the sky
TGC Travel Series: From Calcutta to London – The Raj Inside Out
Health and Fitness
Antidepressants that make it past water treatment cause fish to fear predators less
Western society suffers chronic sleep deprivation, Jewish Nobel winner says
Casual smoking as bad as regularly lighting up, study finds
What Are ‘Jihad Pills’?
Is Guava Leaf Really a Miracle Cure? Research Weighs-In
Food & Beverages
Book on Syria’s Food Culture Seeks to Revive Country’s Human Face
The benefits of turmeric curcumin are many
India, the Land of Spices, Hosting Annual meet for Head of State Chefs across the world
Get More Natural Vitamin E With This Power-Packed Salad
Finance
Walmart To Test Delivery With Uber, Lyft
Will Amazon Dominate the Grocery Delivery Market?
Will SoftBank’s $6 Billion Bet in India Pay Off?
WHY MARKETS LOVE MODI
Sci/Tech
The New Fight Against Cancer
The Link Between Music And Academic Success
One in Four Americans Believes Earth is Center of Universe – Galileo doing back-flips in grave as he turns 450
Comment
What Article 377 Says About India
Trump as Xi Jinping’s ‘Manchurian Candidate’
WHY VIKRAM SETH MATTERS
The Imaginary Indian
Ghosts of Calcutta
Durga Puja Inc. and ‘The Company Puja’
Home
-About Us
VIDEO
-Dan Burt via Skype
-Pritha Kejriwal
-Ian Jack
-David Godwin
-Jayant Kripalani
-Sadaf Saaz
-Devopriya Roy
-Kolkata Literary Meet
Page1
-Century Needed to Close Gender Gap in India: WEC
-Jamal Khashoggi is not the first Saudi journalist to disappear
-High Court Fails to Defend Secularism in WB Over Puja Grants
-Turkey Confirms US-Based Saudi Journalist Murdered in Hit Squad at Saudi Consulate
-With optimism of Kashmir normalcy, Jamia Masjid reopens
-After the ssault of Ford, Kavanaugh’s most egregious lie
-Majerhat Bridge Collapse: Police, PWD Warned of Risks
-State has no business in bedrooms of the people: Supreme Court of India
-South Kolkata Overpass Down as Nation Suffers Epidemic of Bridge Collapses
-Regulating Facebook won’t prevent data breaches
-Cambridge Analytica’s political work extends far beyond the US
FEATURES
-MJ Akbar: in #Me Too Era, Shade of Swords Takes on Dark Connotation
-Social Media Wreaking Havoc on Indian Marriages
-Is the UK still racist?
-What We Know About Knights of the Crystal Blade Cult
-Teenage Lovers In Suicide Pact As Parents Reject Union
CULTURE
-Literature
--From Spy to Whistleblower: Snowden’s Permanent Record Illuminates as it Alarms
--Atwood’s The Testaments: A Thriller That Lays Society Bare
--Coupling Humour with Anguish Rushdie’s Digital Don Quixote Dazzles and Despairs
--Secrets of the Nobel Prize in Literature
--World’s Coolest Library Opens in China and It’s Breathtaking
--The ‘inevitable sadness’ of Kazuo Ishiguro’s fiction
--BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign
-Film & TV
--‘Life of Pi’ star Irrfan Khan reveals struggle with rare illness
--Brosnan says Indian company ‘cheated’ him over mouth freshener ads
--Controversial Indian film gets release date
--Saudi Arabia: Films Shown After 35-Year Cinema Ban Lift
--How Google Is Killing the Independent Movie Industry
-Music
--Art in the age of rage
--Don’t Kill Her Vibe: Meet Pop Star Sigrid
--Columbia/Legacy Set to Release Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings, A Monumental Box Set featuring Every Known Recording from the Artist’s Mythic and Controversial 1966 Tour of the US, UK, Europe and Australia
--Bon Jovi unveils new album in full at N.J. concert; a track-by-track analysis
--Alice Cooper And His Dead Drunk Friends
LIFESTYLE
-Travel & Global Destinations
--REVIEW: British Airways Club World – Keeping calm amidst challenging skies
--The Maurya and Taj: A Tale of Two Hotels
--Yatra Wins National Tourism Award for the Third Time in a Row
--Seetalvan Orchard: Sweet Fruit of the Hills
--Lufthansa A-350 Business Class Review – Munich to Bombay (ret)
--The Maurya Sheraton: Homage to an Ancient Empire
--Etihad wins TTG Asia’s Best Business Class Award
--REVIEW: Emirates A-380 – Utter decadence in the sky
--TGC Travel Series: From Calcutta to London – The Raj Inside Out
-Health and Fitness
--Antidepressants that make it past water treatment cause fish to fear predators less
--Western society suffers chronic sleep deprivation, Jewish Nobel winner says
--Casual smoking as bad as regularly lighting up, study finds
--What Are ‘Jihad Pills’?
--Is Guava Leaf Really a Miracle Cure? Research Weighs-In
-Food & Beverages
--Book on Syria’s Food Culture Seeks to Revive Country’s Human Face
--The benefits of turmeric curcumin are many
--India, the Land of Spices, Hosting Annual meet for Head of State Chefs across the world
--Get More Natural Vitamin E With This Power-Packed Salad
Finance
-Walmart To Test Delivery With Uber, Lyft
-Will Amazon Dominate the Grocery Delivery Market?
-Will SoftBank’s $6 Billion Bet in India Pay Off?
-WHY MARKETS LOVE MODI
Sci/Tech
-The New Fight Against Cancer
-The Link Between Music And Academic Success
-One in Four Americans Believes Earth is Center of Universe – Galileo doing back-flips in grave as he turns 450
Comment
-What Article 377 Says About India
-Trump as Xi Jinping’s ‘Manchurian Candidate’
-WHY VIKRAM SETH MATTERS
The Imaginary Indian
-Ghosts of Calcutta
-Durga Puja Inc. and ‘The Company Puja’
Food
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