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  • ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
  • ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
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    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
  • From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
  • Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
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    Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
  • ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ director Reema Kagti: ‘A film that celebrates the magic of cinema’
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    ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ director Reema Kagti: ‘A film that celebrates the magic of cinema’
  • Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
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    Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
  • The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
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    The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
  • NGT issues notice to Uttar Pradesh over complaints of open defecation at Kumbh Mela
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    NGT issues notice to Uttar Pradesh over complaints of open defecation at Kumbh Mela
  • Sunday book pick: ‘We Do Not Part’ by Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
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    Sunday book pick: ‘We Do Not Part’ by Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Was China’s mega dam announcement a trial balloon?
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    Was China’s mega dam announcement a trial balloon?
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  1. ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh

    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
  3. From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers

    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
  4. Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans

    Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
  5. ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ director Reema Kagti: ‘A film that celebrates the magic of cinema’

    ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ director Reema Kagti: ‘A film that celebrates the magic of cinema’
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