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  • ‘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
  • ‘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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
  • 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
  • ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
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    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
    8

    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  • Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’
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    Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’
  • Muslim residents forced to flee Pune villages after boycott calls, allege rights groups
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    Muslim residents forced to flee Pune villages after boycott calls, allege rights groups
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‘People were expecting a better solution’: Sri Lankans disappointed with new President

‘Always he’s giving trouble to poor people,’ said a protestor on the election of former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of Sri Lanka.

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Jul 22, 2022 · 10:11 am
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VIDEO: Disappointment sweeps Sri Lanka protest camp after Wickremesinghe elected.

At the site where Sri Lankans last week celebrated chasing their president into exile, a sullen crowd reacted to the vote for his replacement with disappointment -- but not surprise pic.twitter.com/eoRn1eANGp

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

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    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941
  3. In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad

    In his new book, Suraj Yengde writes about local manifestations of caste among Indians in Trinidad
  4. How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
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