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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India

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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

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    Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species

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    ‘Has he been deported?’: A UP Muslim family searches for man ‘detained’ in post-Pahalgam crackdown

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    ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker

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    Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin

  • India lost jets in Operation Sindoor due to ‘political constraint’: Defence attaché to Indonesia
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    India lost jets in Operation Sindoor due to ‘political constraint’: Defence attaché to Indonesia

  • In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition
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    In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition

  • Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

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‘Blackly comic, really artful’: What Hilary Mantel (1952-2022) told BBC about her favourite novel

The British author, who died on 22 September 2022, at the age of 70, revealed that ‘Good Behaviour’ by Molly Keane was her favourite book.

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Dame Hilary Mantel, author of the best-selling Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70. Known for her historical novels, she won the Booker Prize twice.

Back in 1990, on Speaking Volumes, she was asked to recommend one of her favourite books... pic.twitter.com/DaXoixkTO3

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