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  • 'We will never know the number of temples desecrated through India's history': Richard Eaton

    'We will never know the number of temples desecrated through India's history': Richard Eaton

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    · Nov 20, 2015 · 10:30 am
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    Delhi weekend cultural calendar: A performance by a Jammu rock band, a comedy performance, and more

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    Film review: In ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’, Salman Khan dipped in desi ghee

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    How did the Ramayana come to adorn the walls of Thailand's most revered Buddhist temple?

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    In the verses of Jordan's most popular poet, the hopes and fears of the Arab world

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    Nandita Das: If art was not subversive, conservatives would not feel threatened

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    'Toying with religious sentiments with elections around the corner is an old tactic'

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    ‘Karan Ghelo’: Translating a Gujarati classic of love and passion, revenge and remorse

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    Memories of a Kumaon Ramlila, 1955: Cheerfulness, wisdom and peanuts for the Vanar Sena

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    'I’d prefer the kiss': At 74, Pele proves he's quite the charmer

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