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Taking the road/rail overbridge could save your life

Taking the road/rail overbridge could save your life

This new FOB is located at the southern end of the stadium

21 April,2025 06:46 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
The false depiction of Waqf

The false depiction of Waqf

A quick glance at cases where Section 40 of the 1995 law—which paves the way for a property to be declared an endowment—was invoked lays bare how it is being deliberately misrepresented

21 April,2025 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Heritage by so many names

Heritage by so many names

Our sutradhaars discuss the stunning as well as often ignored churches along their walking paths and neighbourhoods around Colaba to celebrate Heritage Day as well as usher in Easter

21 April,2025 06:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona Fernandez
Sowing Dreams, Reaping Joy

Sowing Dreams, Reaping Joy

In a book released in Marathi and English, 12 women farmers from rural Maharashtra share the quiet joy of planting indigenous seeds in an earth that breathes free of fertilisers

20 April,2025 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Sumedha Raikar Mhatre
Pero meets Hello Kitty, and it’s a match made in gingham

Pero meets Hello Kitty, and it’s a match made in gingham

With embroidery, nostalgia and a plushie pool of apples and hearts, Péro’s new collection transforms the bubble-headed, bow-wearing Hello Kitty into a global story of friendship, and all the ways cuteness connects us

20 April,2025 08:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Is someone really out there?

Is someone really out there?

From marine plankton on Earth to possible biosignatures in space—a single molecule might answer the eternal question about alien life

20 April,2025 08:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Nishant Sahdev
‘This is such an open, expansive city to explore’

‘This is such an open, expansive city to explore’

Human rights and gender activists Bishakha Datta and Geeta Misra connect on the commonalities of advocating diversity

20 April,2025 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Meher Marfatia
Secrets of goddesses and trees

Secrets of goddesses and trees

There are other influences (pre-Aryan tribal, Jain, Hindu, Islamic) that can be seen in Chamundeshwari temple of Mysore kings.

20 April,2025 07:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar

Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar

JK Rowling populates the mindset, typified by Donald Trump, that responds to heterogeneity with a domineering nostalgia for ye olde absolute categories

20 April,2025 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Paromita Vohra
Blaft’s rich anti-caste SF

Blaft’s rich anti-caste SF

Part II of my exploration of The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, that mines a rich lode of fantastic, anti-caste, Dalit futurism and Adivasi futurism

20 April,2025 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde

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