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  • India can secure the future of its faltering tea industry only by learning from the past

    India can secure the future of its faltering tea industry only by learning from the past

    Vikram Doctor
    · Oct 16, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • ‘Sanatan’: A shameful history of caste violence in Sharankumar Limbale’s novel about the Mahars

    ‘Sanatan’: A shameful history of caste violence in Sharankumar Limbale’s novel about the Mahars

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    Fiction for Dussehra: Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana are confronted by rakshasas and rishis in the forest

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  • This book studies the life of 16th-century poet Jan Gopal and his seminal work ‘Dadu Janma Lila’

    This book studies the life of 16th-century poet Jan Gopal and his seminal work ‘Dadu Janma Lila’

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  • Haryana is a reminder how firmly Indian politics is controlled by caste

    Haryana is a reminder how firmly Indian politics is controlled by caste

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  • Meet three forgotten women who wrote fairytales which subverted the Grimms’ gender norms

    Meet three forgotten women who wrote fairytales which subverted the Grimms’ gender norms

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    Why Adivasis in Jharkhand are agitating over MS Dhoni’s favourite temple

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  • How the historical Hauz Khas Village’s revamp in the 1990s transformed Delhi’s food scene

    How the historical Hauz Khas Village’s revamp in the 1990s transformed Delhi’s food scene

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    The 2024 Crossword Book Awards longlists of ten books in each of five categories have been announced

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    Booker Prize review: Percival Everett’s ‘James’ is a caustic tale of America’s shape-shifting racism

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    Dignity and deliverance in death: Going gentle into that good night

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  • The stars are right: Astrologers find favour on YouTube, social media amid turmoil in Pakistan

    The stars are right: Astrologers find favour on YouTube, social media amid turmoil in Pakistan

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  • Even in fiction, these lives are intertwined with India’s history and Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings

    Even in fiction, these lives are intertwined with India’s history and Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings

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  • Gandhi’s last fast for fraternity is a reminder of why the political must be personal

    Gandhi’s last fast for fraternity is a reminder of why the political must be personal

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    Travelogue: How Nepal’s Gosaikund Lake became a pilgrimage site for both Buddhists and Hindus

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    · Oct 01, 2024 · 08:30 am
  • In a new book, Devdutt Pattanaik argues that the Harappan civilisation persists in our memories

    In a new book, Devdutt Pattanaik argues that the Harappan civilisation persists in our memories

    Devdutt Pattanaik
    · Sep 30, 2024 · 01:30 pm
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    Sunday book pick: We do not need to know everything about the Andamanese, says ‘The Last Island’

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    · Sep 29, 2024 · 01:30 pm
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    Caste, performance and subversive women: What makes Kali iconography distinctive in South India

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    · Sep 29, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • Mirza Farhatullah Baig’s Urdu novel ‘Dehli Ki Aakhri Shama’ recreates Delhi’s lost poetic heritage

    Mirza Farhatullah Baig’s Urdu novel ‘Dehli Ki Aakhri Shama’ recreates Delhi’s lost poetic heritage

    Khawar Khan Achakzai
    · Sep 29, 2024 · 08:30 am
  • A glimpse of India’s chess culture in 1850s books: Illustrations, Marathi verse and some history

    A glimpse of India’s chess culture in 1850s books: Illustrations, Marathi verse and some history

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