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    Opinion: The Modi government doesn’t understand Gen Z’s protest memes – but that doesn’t matter

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    Madhya Pradesh content creator booked for purportedly abusive reel about Dharmendra Pradhan

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    Why you keep buying books you don’t read – and why it feels so good

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    Ramachandra Guha: The reason why Jammu and Kashmir is being denied statehood is clear – Hindutva

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    ‘Musafir Cafe’ review: A charming show about love and life-altering choices

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    India’s lost generation: Education was a secure investment, now it’s a gamble

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    ‘Daddy, detain me’: The memes that humbled Modi

  • ‘To mark my home within the luminescence of poetry’: Poems from a new book on the self in the city
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    ‘To mark my home within the luminescence of poetry’: Poems from a new book on the self in the city

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    Meet Charbak Dipta, whose graphic novel got nominated for the Eisner and Harvey comics awards

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    Why a generation brought up on pro-Modi propaganda turned against the PM

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Mohammed Manik saved at least nine people caught unawares by a flash flood in the Mal river in the Jalpaiguri district.

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#WATCH carefully, a man in yellow T-shirt can be seen jumping into the water.He is Mohammad Manik from Jalpaiguri #Bengal .He was at the bank of Mal river during Visarjan when #flashflood came. Without caring for himself, in no time, he jumped into the water & rescued 10 people. pic.twitter.com/9MZwN12rJg

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