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How Maya Kodnani was convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison, before being exonerated
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Can the history of South India be told in a single book? No, but this one tells stories that matter
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‘Mauni Baba Modi only talks of India’s problems abroad’: Shiv Sena editorial criticises PM
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Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is a regular Scroll.in contributor
Easterine Kire’s new novel is about magic. No, about the supernatural. No, about something else
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· Jan 02, 2018 · 08:30 am
Sadness is devastatingly beautiful in Anees Salim’s new novel (or is it his imagined life?)
A dying man teaches his son to walk alone so that he can hold the family together afterwards.
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· Jun 10, 2017 · 06:00 am
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· May 21, 2017 · 07:30 am
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