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Cover image of the book The Black Magic Women: Stories from Northeast India by Moushumi Kandali. (By Arrangement)

Book excerpt | This in-between space of destruction and desire

Excerpted from 'The Black Magic Women: Stories from Northeast India', short story titled 'Mayur Vihar'

22 May 2022 2:06 AM IST

People get their vehicles filled with fuel after the central government reduced excise duty on petrol by Rs 8 per litre and diesel by Rs 6 per litre, in Patna, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Centre cuts excise duty on petrol by Rs.8 and diesel by Rs.6

Petrol price down Rs 9.5/l, diesel Rs 7 after Centre cuts excise duty

22 May 2022 2:00 AM IST

Former National Stock Exchange (NSE) CEO and MD Chitra Ramkrishna (PTI)

NSE co-location scam: CBI launches search operation in multiple cities

CBI has filed a chargesheet against former NSE CEO and MD Chitra Ramkrishna and group operating officer Anand...

21 May 2022 1:11 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the Ideas for India conclave in the United Kingdom. (PTI Photo)

Indian democracy is global public good; if that cracks, it will cause...

Rahul said that there are two different designs of governance at play in India, one that stifles voices and the other...

21 May 2022 12:41 PM IST

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupols besieged Azovstal steel plant, near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol

Mariupol's capture at this point is of mostly symbolic importance, since the city was already effectively under Moscow's...

21 May 2022 11:45 AM IST

The launch of these three new stores in Coimbatore besides the re-launch of another store in the city will help Titan Eyeplus expand its retail network and reach and offer a wide range of its frames and lenses for its customers. (Photo: Twitter)

Covid behind, Titan in growth phase now: MD

Though people have got accustomed to researching and buying a product online, Venkataraman said Titan has seen a 20-25%...

21 May 2022 11:18 AM IST

Army soldiers evacuate a flood-affected villager after heavy rains in Hojai district of Assam on May 19, 2022. (Biju BORO / AFP)

Assam flood situation remains grim; over 7 lakh affected

As four more deaths were reported due to the calamity, the toll has gone up to 14 including five in landslides

21 May 2022 10:47 AM IST

Ratan Lal, Associate professor of Delhi Universitys Hindu College (Image credit: Twitter/@ratanlal72)

Hindu College professor arrested over social media post on Gyanvapi...

An FIR was lodged against Lal on Tuesday night based on a complaint filed by a Delhi-based lawyer

21 May 2022 10:31 AM IST

The universities were the breeding ground of Opposition ideologies and several seniors in the current crop of leaders had their baptism by fire in that period. (Representational Image/ PTI)

AA Edit | Univs should be open to all ideological discourse

If the universities had ended with being a platform for exchange of ideas, India's course of history would have been...

21 May 2022 12:50 AM IST

Nikhat defeated Thailands Jitpong Jutamas to clinch the medal in the 52kg category. (By Arrangement)

Nikhat Zareen's historic gold enthuses Indian boxing enthusiasts

Her persistence paid off, says the pugilist's proud father

21 May 2022 12:46 AM IST

Nikhat Zareen after winning the gold medal in the 52-kg category in boxing. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Nikhat strikes gold for all women

It seems unremarkable today that so many Indian women should be in sport and competing internationally

21 May 2022 12:25 AM IST

Local civilians walk past a tank destroyed during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Which is the real War on the West'? By Putin & Trump,...

Indian historians have been rewriting and telling the truth about colonial history for at least a century

21 May 2022 12:22 AM IST