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Sticking to scientific temper even in death

Kozhikode

The Hindu · Oct 11, 2022

Madhya Pradesh: Man, sons beat up priest after rituals fail to provide desired results

INDORE: A priest in Indore in Madhya Pradesh was thrashed allegedly by his hosts on suspicion that rituals performed by him during a 'satyanarayan puja' resulted in wrong results, a police official said on Monday.

The Times of India · Oct 3, 2022

Ukraine's offensive in Kharkiv was hard and bitter, say soldiers who did the fighting

While Ukraine's counteroffensive this month was hailed as stunning by military observers, Ukrainian troops tell NPR that Russian forces put up stiff resistance in parts of the Kharkiv region.

WEKU · Sep 29, 2022

Stress, poor activity leading causes of heart attack among under-40 in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Thirty-six-year-old Arun (name changed), a marketing executive, had a narrow escape last Saturday when his wife Shalu suspected heart attack when he suddenly became listless, and ensured he got an angioplasty within the next three hours.

The Times of India · Apr 23, 2022

Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra review – a lyrical letter from the new India

The author’s first novel in 20 years explores the modern values of Modi’s India and the transnational lives of its influential elite

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022

Music and madness

Breaking out in cold sweat more than watching mad scientists' eerie experiments in horror films is witnessing the ruthless ambition of Dr Arun, the mad conductor played by Somtow Sucharitkul in The Maestro: A Symphony Of Terror in which the pandemic has driven the music master/madman up the wall.

Bangkok Post · Feb 17, 2022

Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra review – new India, old ideas

An admirable attempt to tackle class, bourgeois greed and nationalism is undone by cartoon characters and a fictional landscape that lacks credibility

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022