The diplomacy of deals
The world is full of politicians and diplomats who have turned salesmen. Some sell national strategies, some sell themselves.



Spot the monkey at the Kumbh
There was a very symbolic photo published in The Indian Express during the early days of the Kumbha Mela: a naga sannyasin wanting to take a quiet dip in the Sangam was trying to shoo away a group of (mostly) western photographers.



Latur’s experience of devastation
At midnight on September 29-30, Gulab Jawalge and his family went to bed, exhausted by the prolonged Ganesh Puja celebrations in their village, Mangrool, in Maharashtra. Less than four hours later, Jawalge found himself trapped in a pile of rubble that his house had become.



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