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Finding food in Chandrapur
An up-close account of hunger, food insecurity and ineffective state policies from a district in central India.
Paromita Goswami | Dec 23, 2022
Celebrating chauvinism
The biopic on Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray is a cynical endorsement of violence.
Rutuja Deshmukh | Feb 14, 2019
Just another suicide
After being hit locally, nationally and internationally, the farmers of Vidarbha are down — and some are out.
Dilip D’Souza | Jul 02, 2006
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