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Digital Prints Now Imitate Block Work as India Reweighs Handmade Value

Digital Prints Now Imitate Block Work as India Reweighs Handmade Value

India's craft sector employs millions of women in home-based work, often paid by the piece and rarely counted in corporate accountability. As machine-made imitations spread, the question of fair pay grows sharper. Katherine Neuman, who runs House of Wandering Silk in Delhi, examines how replication, pricing and storytelling together decide the fortunes of traditional makers.

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Gas Wars authors respond to Mohan Guruswamy's allegations

Gas Wars cover

Mr Mohan Guruswamy (see his original statement appended below) is factually incorrect in suggesting that the "meat" for "Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis" was sourced from "Anil Ambani's operation". The book has been put together over a period of four and a half years from dozens of sources, including top officials of Reliance Industries Limited. Anyone who reads the 600-odd pages of the book will surely realise this. One presumes that Mr Guruswamy has read the book since he took a...

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Nagalim has never been a part of India

Muivah and Swu

He was barely in his thirties, when this strapping young man trekked all the way to China braving dense jungles, treacherous passes and hostile forces all around. More than 30 years later, the magic still works. The twinkle in his eyes unmistakable, the general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), Thuingaleng Muivah, retains a charm and sharp intellect that makes him the leader of the most potent and dreaded insurgent organisation in the Northeast. Back again in Nagalim...

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