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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
Our bank accounts frozen after protest against Adani port, alleges Kerala Latin church
‘Nehru, Indira were not fools’: JNU VC says uniformity in religion, language cannot be imposed
Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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Joya Chatterji’s ‘Shadows at Noon’ wins best history book at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Awards
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Mayurika Chakravorty, The Conversation
Science fiction and pandemics have an unusual link: the focus on a shared humanity
Just look to Amitav Ghosh’s ‘The Calcutta Chromosome’ or Ursula K Le Guin ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’.
Mayurika Chakravorty, The Conversation
· Jul 21, 2020 · 06:30 pm
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