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Bank employees gather outside an open branch after a proposed nationwide strike was deferred following talks over a five-day banking week.

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Bank Strike Deferred: Why Employees Want a Five-Day Week

Bank strike deferred after IBA-UFBU talks. Learn why employees want a five-day week and what changes, if any, customers should expect.

6 hours ago · 9 min read

Students gather near a university campus entrance during the LPU protest in Phagwara as police personnel monitor the situation.

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LPU Protest Explained: SIT Probe, Claims and Campus Violence

The LPU protest followed an unverified sexual-assault claim. Here is what students allege, what LPU says and what the SIT is investigating.

6 hours ago · 11 min read

Three Election Commission officials hold a formal discussion, representing internal disagreement over electoral-roll decisions and ECI procedure.

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Election Commission Internal Dissent: How Disagreements Are Decided

Election Commission internal dissent has raised questions over SIR and voter rolls. Here is how the three-member ECI resolves disagreements.

3 days ago · 9 min read

Women students take part in a peaceful college-area march in Delhi, representing demands for safer public spaces and greater freedom of movement.

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LSR Protest After Aastha Kunj Park Case: Why Women’s Safety Matters

The LSR protest after the Aastha Kunj Park case raises questions about women’s safety, policing, public spaces and freedom of movement.

4 days ago · 10 min read

Election Commission officials in a formal institutional setting, illustrating the controversy over internal disagreements and electoral-roll decisions.

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Gyanesh Kumar Election Commission Controversy: What the Internal Dispute Means

The Gyanesh Kumar Election Commission controversy raises questions about internal dissent, SIR, voter rolls and how ECI decisions are made.

4 days ago · 10 min read

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Raghu Rai: Photography, Memory and Six Decades of India

Raghu Rai documented India for more than six decades, from politics and Bhopal to cities and ordinary life, creating one of Indian photography’s major archives.

4 days ago · 18 min read

Himalayan village women standing around forest trees in a documentary reconstruction of the Chipko movement.

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The Chipko Movement: Forest Rights, Women and Environmental Protest in India

The Chipko movement was a series of Himalayan forest struggles linking conservation, local livelihoods, women’s labour and resistance to commercial logging.

4 days ago · 14 min read

A Laurie Baker building using exposed brick, natural ventilation and site-sensitive design

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Laurie Baker: Low-Cost Architecture, Climate and Design

Laurie Baker reshaped Indian architecture through low-cost, climate-responsive design using local materials, passive cooling and disciplined material efficiency.

4 days ago · 16 min read

People using shaded courtyards and walkways in a building designed by B V Doshi

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B V Doshi Architecture: The Vision Behind a Humane Modernism

B V Doshi architecture transformed modernism through climate, culture and community, from Sangath and Aranya to CEPT and IIM Bangalore.

4 days ago · 15 min read

Guru Dutt working on a Hindi film set beside camera and lighting equipment

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Guru Dutt: Films, Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool and Legacy

Guru Dutt transformed Hindi cinema through Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, unforgettable songs, visual storytelling and an influential collaborative film style.

4 days ago · 16 min read

R K Laxman drawing the Common Man character associated with his political cartoons

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R K Laxman's Common Man: Satire, Silence and Indian Democracy

R K Laxman's Common Man became a defining figure in Indian political satire, silently exposing the gap between official promises and everyday experience.

5 days ago · 15 min read

Cartoonist R K Laxman drawing in a newsroom or studio

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R K Laxman: The Common Man, Cartoons and Political Satire

R K Laxman created the Common Man and shaped Indian political satire for decades. Explore his cartoons, career, craft, criticism and cultural legacy.

5 days ago · 15 min read