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  • Assam: Homes of 1,400 Bengali-origin Muslim families bulldozed in Dhubri eviction drive
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    Assam: Homes of 1,400 Bengali-origin Muslim families bulldozed in Dhubri eviction drive

  • ‘Seek knowledge here’: A conversation between Greek King Milinda and the Buddhist monk Nagasena
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    ‘Seek knowledge here’: A conversation between Greek King Milinda and the Buddhist monk Nagasena

  • Both pilots killed as fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan
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    Both pilots killed as fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan

  • In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad
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    In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad

  • ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941
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    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

  • ‘Confused product of a confused brain’: When Guru Dutt cast a spell over everyone – except one man
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    ‘Confused product of a confused brain’: When Guru Dutt cast a spell over everyone – except one man

  • Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?
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    Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?

  • Demolishing homes of India’s urban poor fails to address the root causes for informal settlements
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    Demolishing homes of India’s urban poor fails to address the root causes for informal settlements

  • How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
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    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

  • Why Delhi’s crackdown on old vehicles may not be effective in tackling air pollution
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    Why Delhi’s crackdown on old vehicles may not be effective in tackling air pollution

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‘Graves are disappearing’: For the right price, burial space is being ‘created’ in Karachi

As the Pakistani city runs out of space to lay its dead to rest, old graves are illicitly being demolished to make way for new ones.

Scroll Staff
Apr 18, 2022 · 05:28 pm
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VIDEO: In the teeming metropolis of Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, graveyards are filling up and the dead are running out of space to rest. But for the right price, a plot can be "found" for the body of a loved one by crews who demolish old graves pic.twitter.com/RqUnChx1bN

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    In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad

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