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Srinagar’s landscape tells the stories – and silences – of five years since August 5, 2019

A walk through the capital of Jammu and Kashmir maps the additions and erasures of the last half-decade.

‘Step Down Hasina’: As millions take to the streets in Bangladesh, at least 91 feared dead

Supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League and security forces have cracked down on protestors.

Life imprisonment for ‘love jihad’ under new law soon in Assam, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Sarma also said that the government’s permission will be made mandatory for the sale of land between Hindus and Muslims.

The politician and the soldier: Is there political courage to review the flawed Agnipath scheme?

Dispassionate and truthful introspection is routine in the armed forces. Can the political class now do the same – for the country and the forces?

Persian prose meets pulp fiction: How an 18th-century fairy tale became a multilingual phenomenon

The fantastical ‘Dastan-e-Gul-e Bakavali’ has had fascinating interactions with culture, language and civilisations across the subcontinent.

A new book follows the life of a faceless Indian woman from Varanasi to Delhi over 30 years

An excerpt from ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown’, by Neha Dixit.

Start the week with a film: ‘Adagio’ has bad cops, Mafioso and stunning visuals

Italian director Stefano Sollima’s crime drama is available on Netflix.

Olympics 2024, August 5 schedule: Lakshya Sen to play bronze medal match; Avinash Sable in action

Sen could become only the third Indian after Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu to win a badminton medal at the Olympics.

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