Soutik Biswas
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India Correspondent, Features & Analysis Editor, BBC News| Nieman Fellow, Harvard University| Reuters Fellow, University of Oxford
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Mukul Kesavan: The moment the middle class feels it has no access to a public good, it does everything it can to subvert or devalue it. We can see this happening in real time to India’s public universities. telegraphindia.com/opinion/in-mem…
‘The court was to hear the murder case of Congressman LN Mishra in the 1970s on a daily basis. It took 39 years to reach a guilty verdict. The accused and Mishra’s grandson have now filed an appeal in the Delhi Court, almost 50 years after the murder.’ timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-shoul…
Samanth Subramanian: Cricket’s initial conception of itself: a game for amateurs with quirks, rather than professionals milled from the same machine, a game so unhurried it is almost anti-efficiency. on.ft.com/43ZHUDT
Terrific piece by Uday Bhatia on Hindi cinema’s ’crisis of confidence’
lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story…
Findings reveal 79% of respondents support the idea that India belongs to all religions equally and not just Hindus; that it must remain a country where people following different religions can live and practice their faith freely. Lokniti-CSDS thehindu.com/elections/lok-…
✅Half of the respondents cited unemployment and rising prices as crucial election concerns
✅Over two-thirds found securing jobs increasingly challenging
✅Nearly two-thirds noted a significant price rise compared to five years prior.
Lokniti-CSDS
thehindu.com/elections/lok-…