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  • ‘Brown’ review: Gripping series overcomes plotting holes through memorable characters
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    ‘Brown’ review: Gripping series overcomes plotting holes through memorable characters
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    Bihar educator, YouTuber ‘Khan Sir’ booked in case linked to firing outside his coaching institute
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    The problem with David Attenborough’s spectator environmentalism
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    ‘Had I another life, I’d spend more time translating’: Poet Arvind Krishna Mehrotra on turning 80
  • ‘DMK became careless’: A month after Tamil Nadu upheaval, voters in Stalin’s former seat take stock
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    ‘DMK became careless’: A month after Tamil Nadu upheaval, voters in Stalin’s former seat take stock
  • Review: In ‘Maa Behen’, the joys of misbehaving women
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    Review: In ‘Maa Behen’, the joys of misbehaving women
  • Beyond the Modi phenomenon, what makes up the anatomy of India’s new regime?
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    Beyond the Modi phenomenon, what makes up the anatomy of India’s new regime?
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    Does Abhijeet Dipke’s popularity signal a new age of Dalit leaders?
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    ‘Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai’ review: A dated comedy about one man with two pregnant partners
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