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    After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families

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    Talented Indians thought they could make Germany home, but many want to move on now

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    Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR

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    ‘Flow love flow flawlessly’: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s poetry contemplates truth and justice in Venice

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    In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches

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    Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat

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    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild

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    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins

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    June fiction: Six new fiction titles by Indian writers that probe the unseen of everyday life

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Watch: Kuthu, the Tamil Nadu folk dance, found a place at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony

Dancers Usha Jey, Mithuja, and Janusha performed the dance, accompanied by the music of the popular Tamil song ‘Dia Dia Dole’.

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Aug 13, 2022 · 01:29 pm
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Kuthu is a way for us to set our emotions free. It is the rawest form of ourselves.@mithuxjanu and me are really happy that we could represent our culture at such a big competition as the #CommonwealthGames 22. Felt UNREAL to perform our Tamil dance style over there 🥹 pic.twitter.com/rBHuI5px5j

— Usha Jey (@Usha_Jey) August 9, 2022
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