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How cash-for-votes could swing the Telangana elections
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US alleges India inadvertently hired undercover American agent to kill Sikh separatist: 10 points
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History reimagined: Condemned as a drunken wastrel, what was Bahadur Shah of Gujarat really like?
An excerpt from ‘Bahadur Shah of Gujarat: A King in Search of a Kingdom,’ by Kalpish Ratna.
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Who are the camel-nomad Raikas of Rajasthan? What is the community’s place in modern India?
An excerpt from ‘Camel Karma: Twenty Years Among India’s Camel Nomads,’ by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson.
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· 4 hours ago
An Indian artist who helped decolonise Christian art has been relegated to the margins in death
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‘Lying, defeatist propaganda’: Emergency regulations in place, Israel trains guns on daily ‘Haaretz’
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