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  • ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
  • Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
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    Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
  • ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
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    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
  • From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
  • ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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    ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
  • The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
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    The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
  • ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
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    ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
  • Srinagar: Police remove posters urging tourists to respect local culture amid calls for liquor ban
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    Srinagar: Police remove posters urging tourists to respect local culture amid calls for liquor ban
  • Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
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    Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
  • Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
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    Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
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Watch: Play briefly delayed due to setting sun during WBBL 08 final – ‘Oh cricket, never change’

A rare occasion in cricket when the sun is shining too bright for play to be possible.

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Nov 26, 2022 · 02:50 pm Updated Nov 26, 2022 · 02:51 pm
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Watch: Play briefly delayed due to setting sun during WBBL 08 final – ‘Oh cricket, never change’
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"I don't understand why we're waiting"...

... "I need to be able to see!"

Play has been delayed due to the sun being in the batters eyes in the WBBL final ☀️🏏 pic.twitter.com/XLFTiBFqOm

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) November 26, 2022

Oh cricket, never change pic.twitter.com/6swb2yBuiC

— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) November 26, 2022

As @kmarty01 mentioned on commentary, play being stopped for sun isn't totally unique - it's happened in Napier before.

A New Zealand-India ODI in 2019 had the same problem (report from the day via @ESPNcricinfo) #WBBL08 pic.twitter.com/9rxqQhoOeK

— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) November 26, 2022
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