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  • ‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India
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    ‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India
  • Cash transfers, caste calculus: What was behind the Mahayuti’s sweep in Maharashtra?
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    Cash transfers, caste calculus: What was behind the Mahayuti’s sweep in Maharashtra?
  • How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
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    How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
  • Start the week with a film: Why ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’ is all the rage
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    Start the week with a film: Why ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’ is all the rage
  • A new book shows why the super-rich in India must strive to alleviate poverty and reduce inequality
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    A new book shows why the super-rich in India must strive to alleviate poverty and reduce inequality
  • Did Indian culture recognise an independent field of study called philosophy?
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    Did Indian culture recognise an independent field of study called philosophy?
  • Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ wins the JCB Prize for Literature
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    Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ wins the JCB Prize for Literature
  • Gulzar on his daughter Meghna: ‘A piece of sun mingles in my blood, day and night’
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    Gulzar on his daughter Meghna: ‘A piece of sun mingles in my blood, day and night’
  • Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned
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    Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned
  • Adivasi voters rejected BJP’s infiltration narrative in Jharkhand, election results show
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    Adivasi voters rejected BJP’s infiltration narrative in Jharkhand, election results show
Tokyo Paralympics

Watch: Nishad Kumar’s silver medal-clinching jump at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

The Indian set a new Asian record with an effort of 2.06m in the final.

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Aug 29, 2021 · 06:14 pm Updated Aug 29, 2021 · 06:40 pm
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Watch: Nishad Kumar’s silver medal-clinching jump at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
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#Silver Medal for 🇮🇳#Athletics: Nishad Kumar wins silver medal with a best effort of 2.06m in Men's High Jump T47 event.#Tokyo2020 | #Paralympics | #Praise4Para pic.twitter.com/v5042FmCSX

— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) August 29, 2021

#Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #Athletics Men's High Jump (T47)

He missed 2.09m but what a fantastic day for Nishad Kumar. A lovely back-flip and a kiss to the turf to celebrate the medal!

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🎥 DD Sportpic.twitter.com/mfpXaOxSlM

— The Field (@thefield_in) August 29, 2021
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