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Lulu and behold: All you need to know about the Kerala businessman who bought Great Scotland Yard
His name is MA Yusuffali, he is a Padma Shri, he runs the Lulu Group, and he hasn’t actually purchased the headquarters of London’s Metropolitan Police.
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Taj Mahal the mausoleum is magnificent – but Taj Mahal the complex is even better
The mausoleum forms only a part of the architectural richness of the complex. What are the other fascinating features?
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The Taj Mahal is an ode to eternal romance. Or is it?
Why Shah Jahan visited the fabulous mausoleum just once after it was completed, how it was built in Agra, and a host of other enduring controversies.
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Watch: How a San Francisco traffic barricade became a place of worship for Hindus in the 1990s
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Photos of Taj Mahal underground cells released by Archaeological Survey amid row about ‘Hindu idols’
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‘Your statement has been written in haste’: Letters between Mahatma Gandhi and his son Devadas
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An Indian community’s journey to becoming a major financial player in Singapore and Malaysia
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After the trauma of Covid-19 lockdown, some of India’s migrants have resolved to work closer to home
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Before Tejo Mahalaya, there was that other controversy about the marble building in Agra
For years, theories floated around crediting the Taj Mahal’s architecture to an Italian architect or a French jeweller.
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An ode to the Malayali nurse
In the wake of their return from war-torn Iraq, Sidin Vadukut pens a loving tribute to the hardest working Keralites there are.
Sidin Vadukut
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Finally, find out: was the zero really reinvented in India?
A new collection of essays examines the most popular stories Indians tell each other about the nation's history.
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‘If you don’t want to follow rules, get out’: Actor Patti LuPone calls out maskless audience members
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Watch: Karine Jean-Pierre makes history as the first Black, openly gay, White House press secretary
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Watch: How the music video of Ukraine’s Eurovision winning entry ‘Stefania’ was filmed
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Watch: Children come together to teach friend how to ride a bicycle
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Caught on camera: People flee for cover during landslide near Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh