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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
  • 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
  • ‘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
  • ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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    ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
  • ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
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    ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
  • 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
  • Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
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    Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
  • Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
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    Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
  • ‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
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    ‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
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Watch: Author Zadie Smith sings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at a public reading of her novels

The author is known for her books ‘White Teeth’, and ‘On Beauty’ among others.

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Last night at the Barbican, accompanied by the BBC symphony, Zadie Smith read—and then, sang! I’m still reeling. pic.twitter.com/8z4DeyoltN

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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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    Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
  3. ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism

    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
  4. 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
  5. ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him

    ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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