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About 35 years ago, the BMC decided that offering dustbins with a cutesy animal design was the route to getting citizens to actually use them. Every creature was rejected except for the penguin. Evidently, it does not appear in Indian mythology and would not offend anyone. 1/n

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An incredible quote at the end of this piece from an Indian news anchor: “Every channel did make at least one mistake, but not one of our mistakes was against this country."

The fourth edition of the Mozhi Prize is here...With new judges and (slightly) new rules. If you're a budding translator, you won't wanna miss this!

Ok! Digesting the completely unexpected policy. Its a growth gamble. Cut deep, flood the system with liquidity, banks will lend, domestic demand will strengthen (urban mostly, with rural already good) and india will come out better than the rest in a difficult year. Leaves many

Finally, a bit of my own publishing. Chowringhee Press. I’ll be publishing Indian translations for readers outside India. The first one has just come out. To get a copy anywhere in the USA (or elsewhere outside India), please use the link below. Thank you! chowringheepress.stck.me/.../Tagore-s-L…

In Arunachal Pradesh, a decades-old law curbing religious conversion is being revived. One evening in March, 170 youth congregants of the Nirjuli Town Baptist Church, gathered to discuss the move. They feared being targetted under the enforced law. 1/6 globalpressjournal.com/asia/india/ide…

I am deeply grateful to Yamini Aiyar - someone who has contributed so much to understanding India’s welfare state - for this thoughtful and thought-provoking review of Making India Work Cambridge University Press King's India Institute

Different rules of the game would have radically changed history. Our counterfactual simulations show that without colonial transfers, Europe would have been a debtor — and South Asia or Latin America could have become global creditors. [5/9]

Last year we launched the Archives on India platform listing and mapping over 600 archives. The map has received over 150K views so far! We've added dozens of new additions to the database and continue to update this with new information. A must-see resource for history-buff!

“Five years have passed, almost. Half a decade. That’s time enough to fall in love, marry and have a baby, … time enough for the world to normalise the genocide in Gaza, time enough for our parents to grow old and feeble. Is it time enough for our release?”

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We’re looking for a kids editor at juggernautbooks to run our non fiction list - the candidate needs to be based out of delhi and have 2-3 years editorial experience. This is a really exciting job that will need passion + ideas . Write to [email protected] if interested

Bowing down to low-level resource weaponisation and signalling that as a victory. The US is not serious about fighting China.