Word Warriors
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Japan’s ‘warrior nation’ past affects its ties with China even today
As Japanese imperialism rose and fell, its leaders interpreted and re-interpreted a single distinctive concept: ‘bushido’
Oleg Benesch, The Conversation
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Venkaiah Naidu: India’s likely next vice president is a visionary with a creative vocabulary
The essential guide to the BJP leader’s wisecracks, acronyms and awful puns.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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India wants to give the world its next youth Scrabble champion – after Pakistan
Pakistanis have been working to conquer the Scrabble world for half a decade. Now a few Indians want to catch up.
Bhavya Dore, qz.com
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Ramachandra Guha: How would Vallabhbhai Patel have viewed the BJP’s pernicious misuse of his legacy?
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj