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    A hidden debt crisis is silently wrecking the dreams of India’s middle class
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    Why Estonian writer Jaan Kross’s historical fiction is worth reading in India today
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    Short stories from Nagaland: A young man’s maiden visit to a clothing showroom doesn’t go as planned
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    The first woman who climbed to the top of the world – and vanished

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    ‘I am still writing for the lonely soul’: At 91, Ruskin Bond looks back at his literary life
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    Readers’ comments: As inheritors of the sanatan dharma, how can we foster a questioning people?
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    Crisis posed by AI is a moment to rethink education – with help from Hannah Arendt
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    Watch: Why workers at an Adani power plant in Jharkhand went on a strike
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Watch: Born in 1903 in Japan, world’s oldest person Kane Tanaka has died at age 119

Kane Tanaka was confirmed as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records in 2019. She died on April 19.

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Apr 26, 2022 · 11:10 am
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The world’s oldest verified living person, Kane Tanaka of Japan, has died at age 119. https://t.co/uFCq2TCONw pic.twitter.com/1pWExN00po

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