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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Five years later: Delhi Police’s riots conspiracy case is built on sand
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    Five years later: Delhi Police’s riots conspiracy case is built on sand

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    How to move on from feeling stuck in life
  • ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ director Reema Kagti: ‘A film that celebrates the magic of cinema’
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    ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ director Reema Kagti: ‘A film that celebrates the magic of cinema’
  • Podcast: British imperialism, Bombay business – the India-Ireland connection through time
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    Podcast: British imperialism, Bombay business – the India-Ireland connection through time
  • NGT issues notice to Uttar Pradesh over complaints of open defecation at Kumbh Mela
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    NGT issues notice to Uttar Pradesh over complaints of open defecation at Kumbh Mela
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    Sunday book pick: ‘We Do Not Part’ by Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Watch: Male relatives replace elected women at panchayat oath ceremony in Madhya Pradesh

The incidents took place in villages of Sagar and Damoh districts on August 4.

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Aug 06, 2022 · 04:24 pm
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In #MadhyaPradesh husbands and male kins take oath instead of elected woman Sarpanch and Panch in @CollectorDamoh district. @TheQuint @QuintHindi pic.twitter.com/BqaleHpeiS

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