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August 2016
Darkness at Dawn
The murders of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi
Anosh Malekar
A Million Mutinies
Round Two
The Lede
Film
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The Lede
A candid look at one of Bollywood’s first paparazzi photographers
Sayoni Sinha
Literature
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The Lede
A cross-border family feud over Bangladesh’s national poet
Ella Weisser
Religion
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The Lede
The changing fate of a Muslim shrine where cows are sacred
Haroon Khalid
Sports
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The Lede
A German football club tries to kick out homophobia
Bhavya Dore
Perspectives
Government
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Commentary
The cabinet reshuffle heralds a discreet but momentous new phase in the exercise of RSS power
Hartosh Singh Bal
Politics
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Commentary
Common ground between the Kashmir and Dalit struggles
Praveen Donthi
Economy
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Commentary
The Indian media’s unhealthy obsession with GDP numbers
Aakanksha Kaushik
Reporting & Essays
Crime
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Reportage
The murders of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi
Anosh Malekar
Literature
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Books
UR Ananthamurthy’s contrarian wisdom
Anjum Hasan
Politics
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Reportage
The oversize sway of typists and personal assistants to Indian politicians
Jasy Joseph
History
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Photo Essay
English hobbyists who role-play as soldiers
Daniella Zalcman
Books
Literature
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Books
Sorrow and sensibility in the poetry of Jeet Thayil
Palash Krishna Mehrotra