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  • The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge
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    The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge
  • All we imagine as work: The many lives of the tenacious, transnational Malayali nurse
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    All we imagine as work: The many lives of the tenacious, transnational Malayali nurse

  • Philosophy: The teachings of Taoism are offered to a contemporary readership in this new book
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    Philosophy: The teachings of Taoism are offered to a contemporary readership in this new book
  • A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
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    A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
  • How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
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    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
  • ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
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    ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
  • Why Sri Lankan activists opposed Adani wind energy project in Mannar
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    Why Sri Lankan activists opposed Adani wind energy project in Mannar
  • Army biography: The early days of ‘rifleman’ Aurangzeb of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment
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    Army biography: The early days of ‘rifleman’ Aurangzeb of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment
  • Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
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    Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
  • NAAC bribery, UGC’s diluted rules: Two controversies reflect crisis in Indian higher education
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    NAAC bribery, UGC’s diluted rules: Two controversies reflect crisis in Indian higher education
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‘Metaverse wedding’: Chennai couple sends out digital invitation for virtual reality ceremony

Janaganandhini Ramaswamy and Dinesh Sivakumar Padmavathi will host their wedding in the metaverse because of Covid-19 restrictions.

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Jan 31, 2022 · 12:46 pm
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A sneak peek into a #tamilnadu #Chennai couple's HarryPotter-themed virtual reality wedding reception schedled fr Feb 6th #VR #Metaverse #India #Indian #tech #wedding

Ovr 1000 guests to login from PCs/tabs (no VR set reqd)

Said to be India's first, I'm invited too! 😁 pic.twitter.com/nSg3Yir7SE

— Sidharth.M.P (@sdhrthmp) January 18, 2022
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  1. The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge

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    Philosophy: The teachings of Taoism are offered to a contemporary readership in this new book
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    A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
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    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
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