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  • Elephants can socialise and forage in all-male groups, shows study
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    Elephants can socialise and forage in all-male groups, shows study

  • Jagannath Prasad Das (1936-2026): A lifelong pursuit for meaning and coherence in a fragmented world
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    Jagannath Prasad Das (1936-2026): A lifelong pursuit for meaning and coherence in a fragmented world

  • A ban on meat in Amritsar triggers a legal challenge – and rakes up a contentious history
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    A ban on meat in Amritsar triggers a legal challenge – and rakes up a contentious history

  • How India is trying to use yoga diplomacy in Palestine to disguise its close ties with Israel
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    How India is trying to use yoga diplomacy in Palestine to disguise its close ties with Israel

  • ‘No matter how busy a train is, you can always find a quiet space’: Travel writer Monisha Rajesh
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    ‘No matter how busy a train is, you can always find a quiet space’: Travel writer Monisha Rajesh

  • How data centres disrupt the lives of local communities
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    How data centres disrupt the lives of local communities

  • The Hindu disciple of a Muslim saint in Shah Jahan’s India
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    The Hindu disciple of a Muslim saint in Shah Jahan’s India

  • Meena Kandasamy’s new novel: A scandalous deepfake video of an Indian Marxist woman goes viral
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    Meena Kandasamy’s new novel: A scandalous deepfake video of an Indian Marxist woman goes viral

  • How a geologist built a Hindustani music oasis in a steel town
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    How a geologist built a Hindustani music oasis in a steel town

  • Long before AI ‘food dramas’, there was Arabic and Persian culinary poetry
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    Long before AI ‘food dramas’, there was Arabic and Persian culinary poetry

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