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Sidin Vadukut
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Lulu and behold: All you need to know about the Kerala businessman who bought Great Scotland Yard
His name is MA Yusuffali, he is a Padma Shri, he runs the Lulu Group, and he hasn’t actually purchased the headquarters of London’s Metropolitan Police.
Sidin Vadukut
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Taj Mahal the mausoleum is magnificent – but Taj Mahal the complex is even better
The mausoleum forms only a part of the architectural richness of the complex. What are the other fascinating features?
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The Taj Mahal is an ode to eternal romance. Or is it?
Why Shah Jahan visited the fabulous mausoleum just once after it was completed, how it was built in Agra, and a host of other enduring controversies.
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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BJP Karnataka’s online video sparks outrage for ‘demonising Muslims’
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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May in fiction: Cool down this summer with these six just-published novels
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Before Tejo Mahalaya, there was that other controversy about the marble building in Agra
For years, theories floated around crediting the Taj Mahal’s architecture to an Italian architect or a French jeweller.
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An ode to the Malayali nurse
In the wake of their return from war-torn Iraq, Sidin Vadukut pens a loving tribute to the hardest working Keralites there are.
Sidin Vadukut
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Finally, find out: was the zero really reinvented in India?
A new collection of essays examines the most popular stories Indians tell each other about the nation's history.
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?