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  • Voter rolls, not just EVMs: How Opposition is coming to a new understanding on BJP’s alleged rigging
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    Voter rolls, not just EVMs: How Opposition is coming to a new understanding on BJP’s alleged rigging
  • The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge
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    The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge
  • The dark shadows of Bhutan’s Gelephu ‘mindfulness city’ project
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    The dark shadows of Bhutan’s Gelephu ‘mindfulness city’ project
  • A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
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    A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
  • ‘Sthal’ review: A memorable exploration of a woman’s real place in society
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    ‘Sthal’ review: A memorable exploration of a woman’s real place in society
  • A new book brings the story of the roti, India’s versatile but unassuming staple food
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    A new book brings the story of the roti, India’s versatile but unassuming staple food
  • Fiction: A carpet-maker in Srinagar pursues a transcendental dream – to weave a flying carpet
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    Fiction: A carpet-maker in Srinagar pursues a transcendental dream – to weave a flying carpet
  • Freedom for the wolves, death for the sheep: The pitfalls of unbridled business deregulation
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    Freedom for the wolves, death for the sheep: The pitfalls of unbridled business deregulation
  • NAAC bribery, UGC’s diluted rules: Two controversies reflect crisis in Indian higher education
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    NAAC bribery, UGC’s diluted rules: Two controversies reflect crisis in Indian higher education
  • Is social media an ‘addiction’? This study looked at bodily responses while scrolling Instagram
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    Is social media an ‘addiction’? This study looked at bodily responses while scrolling Instagram
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Watch: Self-defence sandals, purses and earrings designed for women to scare off attackers

Shyam Chaurasia from Varanasi district of UP haas created a safety kit.

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Sep 06, 2022 · 12:12 pm
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To help women feel safer, this Indian man created a purse and sandals that can fire blanks to scare off attackers pic.twitter.com/kEA9YqZnVm

— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) September 6, 2022
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    The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge
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    A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
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