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4 days, 2 hours ago

A Word, Please: When ‘each’ isn’t a pronoun, the rules can get tricky

LA Times

Members of the Navy military funeral service begin to fold a flag in honor of Jimmy Dale Lovan at Harbor Lawn-Mt. “Our team wrote, published and promoted a series of 12 human interest stories that each honors a California veteran who has served our country proudly.” Don’t see a problem? But hear me out, because this isn’t your typical “each.” …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

TN politics: Tamil nationalism versus Dravidian identity

Hindustan Times

There is a subtle but an influential intersection of the debate between Tamil nationalism and Dravidian identity in Tamil Nadu politics for over a decade. There are curious and interesting dimensions to this debate with the Tamil nationalists seeking separate identity based on language, culture and politics while advocates of Dravidian identity emphasising that Tamil nationalism is intrinsic to the …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

High Time Public Service Commissions Ensure Modern Indian Bureaucracy Draws The Best Talent : Justice PS Narasimha

Live Law

Speaking at the Justice ES Venkataramiah Centennial Lecture 2024 on 'Reimagining Constitutional Institution: Efficiency, Integrity, and Accountability', Justice PS Narasimha expressed how rising litigation of service matters signalled the need to review the quality of selections in Public Services. However, Justice Narasimha also flagged concerns over the conduct of panchayat and municipalities' elections by the State Election Commissions : "I …

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4 weeks ago

Wounding the spirit of the Constitution of India

The Hindu

We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic, and to secure to all its citizens justice, liberty, and equality and promote fraternity among all, have been witness to a mockery being made of our constitutional compact, in full public view, at an event organised within the precincts of a constitutional …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pocket rocket: Lotus Emira i4

The Independent

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Interview| BJP wants to make Muslims second-class citizens: Dr Syed Naseer Hussain

The Hindu

Published : Nov 13, 2024 09:23 IST - 13 MINS READ Syed Naseer Hussain is a second-term Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka belonging to the Congress party. Excerpts: Various State Waqf Boards together control 8.7 lakh properties spanning 9.4 lakh acres across the country. The government states that it wants to bring about greater transparency by digitalising information regarding properties …

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2 months ago

Stories, red or blue. Message: I hate you

Times of India

The election is definitively won, but the nation feels itself tearing at the seams. Conservative Americans make much of the myth of the frontier: Idea of a white America that restlessly travels forth, expanding its territory and economy, exploiting resources, subjugating racial others who stand in its way. The civil war can be seen either as American idealism to abolish …

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2 months, 1 week ago

White House officials altered transcript of Biden ‘garbage’ call despite staff concerns, report says

The Independent

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2 months, 1 week ago

In the many Diwalis, plural core of a faith

Hindustan Times

Diwali is one festival that every corner of India celebrates, in some form or the other. Let us see how while much of India celebrates Lakshmi’s glittering festival of lights, Bengal and large parts of the East worship the fearsome, blood-drenched ebony Kali on this darkest, moonless night of Amavasya. On Diwali night, much of the East invokes Kali through …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

A Word, Please: The herd rushes to offer wrong answers to a decent grammar question

LA Times

There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers. “Family” is usually singular, taking a singular verb like “has.” But sometimes it’s meant as a collective of individuals acting independently of each other: “Half my family are voting for candidate 1 and the other half are voting for candidate 2.” Another example: My family comes to the reunion every year, but …

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5 months, 1 week ago

The Grapes of Wrath: Steinbeck’s hymn to human misery and endurance is scrappy on stage

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy John Steinbeck’s classic The Grapes of Wrath might be a bona …

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55 years ago

The John Roberts Balancing Act Is Back, at Least for Guns

Slate

In United States v. Rahimi, an 8–1 decision, the Supreme Court decisively rejected the radical and ahistorical gun rights jurisprudence of Justice Clarence Thomas. After oral argument, there was little doubt that the Supreme Court would overrule the extremism of the decision, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, that domestic abusers’ Second Amendment rights were violated …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

General election 2024: How many seats could the Liberal Democrats and Reform UK win?

The Independent

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Language of freedom struggle needs to be brought back’

The Hindu

Democracy is being tattered each and every day, and we are filled with what we need to talk about and what we need to oppose, said actor Rohini Molleti at an art performance organised by Asian College of Journalism and Sahmat, a national art collective, on Friday. Right from the education policy is changing many things, eradicating the role of …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sadiq Khan: The one thing that could stop me being re-elected as London mayor

The Independent

The London mayoral election on 2 May is going to be a close race between me and the Tory candidate – and I am under no illusion: I could lose. It’s between someone who is committed to supporting Londoners through the cost of living crisis, and has a positive vision to carry on building a fairer, greener and safer London …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside remote fundamentalist Mormon community in Nevada where families still engage in 'PLURAL' marriages, have spouses chosen for them by a 'PROPHET' - and men have DOZENS of children with their mult

Daily Mail

A fascinating documentary has lifted the lid on life inside a fundamentalist Mormon community where families still practice 'plural marriage' - but insist they're nothing like the horrific FLDS cult founded by Warren Jeffs. A fascinating documentary has lifted the lid on life inside a fundamentalist Mormon community where families still practice 'plural marriage' Peter Santenello, 45, a YouTuber based …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ movie review: Jack Black, Awkwafina take you on a chuckle-filled ride

The Hindu

I have always wondered what the plural of mongoose was. nemesi?” Po has a boatful of nemeses to deal with in Kung Fu Panda 4. Kung Fu Panda 4 opens with Po fully into his role as the Dragon Warrior helping his dads — adoptive, Ping, and biological, Li Shan — in their new restaurant. Kung Fu Panda 4 Director: …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of March 11

Slate

In a March 13 Politics, Shirin Ali misspelled the surname of John Avlon as Avalon. In a March 12 Jurisprudence, Steve Kennedy cited the 9th Circuit case Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians v. Brownstone as being implicated by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In a March 11 Industry, Becky Robison misstated that we is second-person plural. In a …

10 months ago

School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders

Associated Press

When a motion detector went off overnight at Kromrey Middle School, a police dispatcher called up a digital map of the building, pinpointed the detector, clicked on a live feed from the nearest camera and relayed the intruder’s location to responding police. The New Jersey-based company’s CEO Mike Rodgers recently told lawmakers in Maryland how he used gridded digital maps …

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11 months ago

The path towards a pluralist civil society

The Hindu

During the inaugural session of the new Parliament, controversy erupted after Members were gifted copies of the Indian Constitution, wherein the Preamble appeared to have dispensed with the terms ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’. She looks at ‘how the idea of popular sovereignty and its relation to constitutionalism developed as a result of inter-generational discourse in Indian political thought during the pre-founding …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Hopes for a New Republic of old stories

New Indian Express

At a special cabinet meeting this January, the defence minister proclaimed that India had merely obtained the body of freedom in 1947, and the body politic received its soul only in 2024. The plural, informal, syncretic, playful sense of civilisation has given way to the puritanical nation-state as a monolithic entity. The nation-state has grown many layers to not only …

India State

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Eating cake will not puncture Islamic faith: MK Muneer

New Indian Express

KOZHIKODE: Eating a piece of cake or having Onasadya will not adversely affect one’s faith, said IUML state secretariat member MK Muneer on Sunday. Inaugurating a seminar on ‘Muslim in Plural Society’ organised by the Wafy Alumni Association in Kozhikode, the Koduvally MLA said Muslims should understand the sentiments of people of other faiths when they publicly declare that they …

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1 year ago

Lounge Fiction Special: ‘In-flight Readings’ by Vikramajit Ram

Live Mint

Forty minutes to touchdown, we have a situation. “An ECG and Echo should reveal what might have caused it; we’ll ask for the tests.” He nods, giving my hand a little squeeze. Just making sure—” “I haven’t mentioned it, but this is my first time. “Oh … So you don’t live here, then?” “I’m sort of … in and out, …

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1 year ago

Hanukkah food 2023: All the food that’s eaten during the Jewish Festival of Lights

The Independent

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A Word, Please: When ‘each’ isn’t a pronoun, the rules can get tricky

TN politics: Tamil nationalism versus Dravidian identity

High Time Public Service Commissions Ensure Modern Indian Bureaucracy Draws The Best Talent : Justice PS Narasimha

Wounding the spirit of the Constitution of India

Pocket rocket: Lotus Emira i4

Interview| BJP wants to make Muslims second-class citizens: Dr Syed Naseer Hussain

Stories, red or blue. Message: I hate you

White House officials altered transcript of Biden ‘garbage’ call despite staff concerns, report says

In the many Diwalis, plural core of a faith

A Word, Please: The herd rushes to offer wrong answers to a decent grammar question

The Grapes of Wrath: Steinbeck’s hymn to human misery and endurance is scrappy on stage

The John Roberts Balancing Act Is Back, at Least for Guns

General election 2024: How many seats could the Liberal Democrats and Reform UK win?

‘Language of freedom struggle needs to be brought back’

Sadiq Khan: The one thing that could stop me being re-elected as London mayor

Inside remote fundamentalist Mormon community in Nevada where families still engage in 'PLURAL' marriages, have spouses chosen for them by a 'PROPHET' - and men have DOZENS of children with their mult

‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ movie review: Jack Black, Awkwafina take you on a chuckle-filled ride

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of March 11

School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders

The path towards a pluralist civil society

Hopes for a New Republic of old stories

Eating cake will not puncture Islamic faith: MK Muneer

Lounge Fiction Special: ‘In-flight Readings’ by Vikramajit Ram

Hanukkah food 2023: All the food that’s eaten during the Jewish Festival of Lights