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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Congress to decide Indian cricket team based on religion, claims PM Modi
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Portraits of India’s people by a Flemmish artist who lived on the margins of 18th-century Calcutta
Unfortunate and unacceptable: Congress sets distance from Sam Pitroda’s remarks on India’s diversity
Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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Translated short fiction: A 73-year-old Indian man goes to Bangladesh, his ‘land of birth’, to die
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Neel Mukherjee’s new novel: A publisher at war with his industry embarks on a radical experiment
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Aylin Orbasli, the Conversation
World Heritage status can be a poisoned chalice for cities
Edinburgh, recently voted fourth-most-beautiful city in the world, is one of many having problems with the coveted UNESCO status. It's time for change.
Aylin Orbasli, the Conversation
· Feb 22, 2015 · 05:45 am
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