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Purnima Sharma
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Four Indian radio legends recall the time when newsreaders moved people to tears, not war
For Ramanuj Prasad Singh, Vinod Kashyap and others, newsreading was a solemn profession, one that didn’t lend itself to dramatisation.
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Stressed and worn out, many Indians in their 20s are turning to an old practice of staying silent
Centuries after Buddha practised vipassana, it is finding new takers.
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Blonde, slim, with good family values: The darker side of matrimonial ads for dogs
Dog breeding, even if you aren’t a professional, is serious business. Few Indians understand that.
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Abused on Indian streets, desi dogs are finding loving homes in the West
The canine migration began 12 years ago, when a Canadian schoolteacher rescued a pup from being thrown off a cliff by a group of boys.
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Why these young men are growing their hair long – only to chop it all off
They support Hair for Hope, a campaign that offers wigs to people recovering from chemotherapy in India.
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