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Daily Brief: BJP cites TISS study to claim ‘illegal migration’ is reshaping Mumbai – but scholars say it’s flawed, and more

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BJP cites TISS study to claim ‘illegal migration’ is reshaping Mumbai – but scholars say it’s flawed

They note that its language, methodology and findings of the study are opaque and vague.

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What explains the spurt in militant violence in Jammu and Kashmir?

A senior police official in Kashmir denied any link between the rise in attacks with the swearing-in of the National Conference government.

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Why Hmar groups are protesting delay in handing over bodies of 10 alleged militants in Manipur

They say the government wants to stop them from drawing ‘political mileage’ by transporting the bodies to Churachandpur via Mizoram.

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NIF Prize-winner ‘A Part Apart’: A milestone on publisher Navayana’s 21-year journey with Ambedkar

‘Over four revisions, the scope of the book expanded: All along, charting Babasaheb’s intellectual evolution remained the focus,’ writes publisher S Anand.

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‘A Tamilian trapped among three Punjabis’: Subhash Ghai rewinds to the ‘Taal’ soundtrack

‘If Subhash Ghai was the bridge between Anand Bakshi’s north and AR Rahman’s south, Sukhwinder Singh would become the pillars that held up that bridge.’

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‘It gives you a different high’: Verus Ferreira on three decades of concert photography

An exhibition of the veteran music journalist’s images goes on display in Mumbai, starting this weekend.

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‘Darkness has spread, prudence is lost’: Read Urdu poet Zehra Nigah’s poems in translation

An excerpt from ‘The Story of Eve: Selected Poems’, by Zehra Nigah, translated from the Urdu by Rakhshanda Jalil.

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Listen: Two different tabla approaches to accompanying sarangi maestro Ram Narayan

Tracks featuring Kiran Deshpande and Anindo Chatterjee.

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