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‘We desperately want to be customers again’: An open letter to publishers on rising prices of books
EC replaces digital draft voter lists in Bihar with scanned images that make finding errors harder
Drivers fear engine damage, mileage drop as India increases ethanol in petrol to 20%
‘Flowers of the Sun’: Historian Mariam Dossal goes far and wide across Kutch to understand it
Richard Eaton: India’s self-destructive war on the deep roots of the Mughal Empire
Mumbai: St Xavier’s College cancels Stan Swamy lecture after ABVP protests
Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to Rajmohan Gandhi, the writer with deep insights into India’s past
Dancer Leela Samson on how Bharata Natyam adapted Indian music, literary texts, and languages
Widespread doubts over voter rolls will deal a body blow to Indian democracy
‘Scripts of Power’: An extraordinarily rich study of the inescapable materiality of scribal labour
Why Mumbai ban on feeding pigeons has pitted neighbours against each other
Everything is political: Lessons from 30 years of the National Federation of Dalit Women
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Why is GN Saibaba being denied adequate medical care and a life of dignity in prison?
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· Jun 02, 2018 · 07:30 am
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