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    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

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    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins

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    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild

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    Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat

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    From Assam to Haryana, arbitrary arrests of social media users make a mockery of the Constitution

  • June fiction: Six new fiction titles by Indian writers that probe the unseen of everyday life
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    June fiction: Six new fiction titles by Indian writers that probe the unseen of everyday life

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    Nagpur woman who crossed Line of Control from Kargil booked for espionage

  • This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India
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    This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India

  • From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship
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    From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship

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    Ramachandra Guha: Trump’s attack on US universities is a tragedy for the entire world

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Watch: Vladimir Putin likens scepticism about Russia to ‘cancelling’ author JK Rowling

‘JK Rowling has recently been cancelled because she did not please the fans of the so-called gender freedoms.’

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Mar 26, 2022 · 02:24 pm
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President Vladimir Putin uses J K Rowling as an example of Western cynicism and "cancel culture", which he says is currently being aimed at Russia.

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