Daily Brief: Will stricter laws prevent paper leaks?

Will stricter laws prevent paper leaks?

At least eight states have laws against use of unfair means in examinations. How effective have they been?

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: As champions India end a long drought, tears of joy have finally flowed

After a thirteen-year long wait, Rohit Sharma led India to an ICC World Cup victory in Barbados.

Ramachandra Guha: Five decades after Lohia’s death, re-reading his perceptive writing on caste

His sharp awareness of caste discrimination marks him out from the other socialists of his day.

For tabla players, a singular festival honouring a singular maestro has become a pilgrimage site

The Nashik Tabla Chilla offers the best of tabla artistry as an homage to the man who revolutionised the instrument: Ahmed Jaan Thirakwa.

Despite Namibian ruling, hostility against queer people is a sign of Africa’s continuing apartheid

Homosexuality remains criminalised in more than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries even though the continent has had a diverse history of sexual identity.

‘Longing and loneliness infuse my work’: Sanjana Thakur, 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner

Thakur’s story ‘Aishwarya Rai’ is about a young woman looking for the perfect mother to adopt.

‘The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years’: What haunts us is not the supernatural but our existence

Shubnum Khan skilfully addresses broader themes of racism and class division by weaving them into the action and dialogue.

‘Start the week with a film: Why political thriller ‘Missing’ from 1973 is still urgent and relevant

Costa-Gavras’s film, about the coup in Chile, is available on Prime Video.

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