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    Why are Bangladeshis turning against India?

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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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    Food habits that work as well as weight-loss drugs

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Watch: Japanese children welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Tokyo in Hindi

The Indian diaspora also greeted the prime minister.

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May 23, 2022 · 11:03 am
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#WATCH | "...Can't speak Hindi much, but I understand...PM read my message, and I also got his signature, so I am very happy...," said grade 5 student Wizuki on his interaction with PM Modi in Tokyo, Japan pic.twitter.com/1V3RjnpQQF

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2022

Tokyo, Japan | "He gave us his blessings and autograph," said kids donned in traditional attire after interaction with PM Modi.

One of them added, "PM asked me if I can speak Hindi... I told him I can't..." pic.twitter.com/qlZ6h9Vepx

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2022
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