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    What does Trump’s ceasefire announcement mean for Modi's strongman image?

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    Interview: ‘Embarrassing for Modi to compromise under Trump pressure’

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    The community that became home: Nine years of Broke Bibliophiles – Bombay Chapter book club

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    From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with

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    Will new recycling mandate reduce construction waste in India?

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    The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes: A readers’ guide to the seven winning books

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    Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri makes X account private amid trolling after India-Pakistan ceasefire

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    Beyond the drumbeats of war, the quiet thrum of peace activism

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    ‘Black White & Gray’ review: A gripping dissection of the true crime genre

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    ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow

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Watch: Oldest bookshop in Gaza Strip reopens nine months after being destroyed by Israeli airstrike

The new Samir Mansour bookshop was funded by an international donor campaign. The bookshop is spread across two floors with around 4,00,000 books.

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Feb 28, 2022 · 12:32 pm
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Great to see these school girls in Samir's Gaza bookshop (with balloons!). Next stop is the bookshop for our Afghan Gitmo client Asad Haroon... @3DC_org @MissMRukhsana pic.twitter.com/jL7vvDGTVO

— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) February 21, 2022

Inspiring: video of all the books YOU generously gave to resuscitate Samir's Gaza Bookshop/Library after it was bombed... @3DC_org @MissMRukhsana pic.twitter.com/TFnquNjRJ2

— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) February 21, 2022
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