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July fiction picks: A new novella by Anita Desai and five just-published books to read this month
Scroll· 4 days agoBonita, a young student from India, sits on a park bench in San Miguel, Mexico – where she has arrived to learn Spanish. No, says Bonita, my mother did not paint. Into a story where Bonita and ...
Hathras stampede: How caste discrimination has stoked the popularity of Dalit spiritual leaders
Scroll· 4 days agoJatav, a resident of Garhi Tamana village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district, had a close shave. Half an hour after she left the venue hosting a congregation of spiritual ...
Watch: Man Recounts Near-death Experience After Injury From A Granite Sheet - News18
News18· 4 days agoA similar incident happened with a US man that changed his life. The sheets are said to weigh more...
Top news of the day: Budget session of Parliament from July 22; NEET-UG counselling likely to begin...
The Hindu· 4 days agoThe counselling for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG), 2024, is...
Another Stampede, Another Tragedy: Will India Ever Learn? - News18
News18· 4 days agoIt has been four days since the Hathras tragedy. The dust is yet to settle, the mud still drying in...
Assam floods: Over 2.4 million affected in 30 districts; 52 killed
Hindustan Times· 4 days agoAccording to the data from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), over 2.4 million...
Snake bites sleeping laborer in Bihar; Man bites back snake three times. What happens next will...
The Economic Times· 4 days agoIn Rajouli, Bihar, a laborer took an unusual step after being bitten by a snake, retaliating by...
Mishandled bodies, mixed-up remains prompt tougher funeral home regulations
Stateline.org· 4 days agoJul. 5—The headlines were the stuff of nightmares. One Colorado funeral home owner let the body of a woman decompose for two years in a hearse parked outside a house he rented, while hoarding ...
Masoud Pezeshkian: Heart Surgeon Who Rose to Power in Parliament Is Now Iran's President-elect -...
News18· 4 days agoAfter the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was...
Harsh Mander: Optimism after poll results dims as bulldozers return, hate attacks target minorities
Scroll· 4 days agoTen years of Narendra Modi’s leadership since 2014 witnessed the steady metamorphosis of India into a republic of hate and fear. Lynching, genocidal hate speech and bulldozers became the chilling ...