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  • 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
  • ‘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
  • 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
  • ‘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
  • 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
  • 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
  • ‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
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    ‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
  • ‘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
  • ‘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
  • In ‘Suzhal: The Vortex’ 2, a micro-festival with a larger message about the ‘feminine divine’
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    In ‘Suzhal: The Vortex’ 2, a micro-festival with a larger message about the ‘feminine divine’
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Watch: A video that shows how well Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen can identify chess positions

Positions from across era and Carlsen has to identify them. And he shows his genius.

Scroll Staff
Apr 30, 2021 · 08:16 pm Updated Apr 30, 2021 · 09:21 pm
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Watch: A video that shows how well Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen can identify chess positions
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How well can @MagnusCarlsen identify chess positions? @DavidHowellGM tested the world champion, and the result is truly mindblowing! #ChessChamps pic.twitter.com/WMTDYqLfjW

— Champions Chess Tour (@ChampChessTour) April 29, 2021
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  1. Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans

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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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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
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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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