Hari Kumar The New York Times

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  A Killing Tests India's Protection Of An Aboriginal Culture

  India has a "hands-off" policy toward hunter-gatherer tribes like the Jarawas. But what happens when a murder inquiry brings the police into an isolated society?

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  Joker features in The New York Times

  Shirish Kunder is excited to know that his much- anticipated movie Joker has featured in New York Times' August movie release schedule.

• Reading 'The Satanic Verses' in India: Is it Illegal?

  Did Amitava Kumar, Hari Kunzru and other authors who read passages from Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses," which is banned in India, Friday evening at the Jaipur Literature Festival violate Indian law?

• Modi's new avatar makes Society magazine cover

  Narendra Modi's fast: For their most recent front cover, Society magazine, an Indian monthly dedicated to lifestyles of the rich and well-connected, made an unexpected choice - Gujarat's chief minister, Narendra Modi, arguably India's most controversial major political figure.

• Janardhana Reddy's arrest makes foreign headlines

  One of India's most powerful mining barons, whose political clout and wealth have made him a controversial national figure, was arrested on Monday as investigators raided his offices and seized about $1 million in cash and more than 40 pounds of gold.Until recently, G. Janardhana Reddy was a kingmaker in Karnataka, where his family and allies once ...