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  • A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
  • Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
  • A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym
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    A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym
  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  • This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
  • How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
  • Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
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    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
  • Watch: Sneak peek of ‘Ramayana: The Introduction’, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash
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    Watch: Sneak peek of ‘Ramayana: The Introduction’, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash
  • What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
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    What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
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Watch: Dam ruptures cause devastating floods in Brazil’s Bahia state

The floods have affected some 40 cities in the state and displaced over 35,000 people, locals media reports said.

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Dec 29, 2021 · 08:50 am
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The death toll from floods hammering Bahia in Brazil’s north-east rose to 20 after two dams burst. Rescue teams are preparing for more rain in coming days. pic.twitter.com/JitDqzyDao

— SBS News (@SBSNews) December 28, 2021

▶️ Two dams broke in northeastern Brazil on Sunday, sending floodwaters rushing into the region and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.

👉 Dams Burst in Northeastern Brazil as Region Hit by Floods https://t.co/Ggy3mYcRb9 pic.twitter.com/BaXLhUByXh

— The Voice of America (@VOANews) December 27, 2021
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  1. A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  5. This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings

    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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