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    Harmony and hardships: A new book explores the struggles of today’s Hindustani musicians

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    How India can escape the death valley of education

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    ‘Special Ops 2.0’ review: Kay Kay Menon-led suspense thriller often resists momentum

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    ‘Saiyaara’ review: A romance as soaring as it is downbeat

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    Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future

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    July global fiction: Six new novels in English (and translation) to read as summer ends

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    A new book examines whether Hindu nationalists supported the Zionist project to occupy Palestine

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‘We don’t hate for long’: Jawaharlal Nehru on the UK during impromptu press conference in 1953

BBC posted footage of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s TV debut when he visited England for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

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Aug 16, 2022 · 10:19 am
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Today marks 75 years since the partition of India.

In June 1953, independent India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeared on the BBC for his television debut. 🧵1/4 pic.twitter.com/kD7raYC1zA

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