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  • A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
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    A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch

  • Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
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    Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests

  • ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
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    ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama

  • I saw firsthand how callous prison officials and their negligence led to Stan Swamy’s death
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    I saw firsthand how callous prison officials and their negligence led to Stan Swamy’s death

  • ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films
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    ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films

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

  • ‘Sarzameen’ trailer: An Army family is torn between duty and love
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    ‘Sarzameen’ trailer: An Army family is torn between duty and love

  • ‘The Hyderabadis’: Displacement, broken geographies, and evolving identities in the city’s history
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    ‘The Hyderabadis’: Displacement, broken geographies, and evolving identities in the city’s history

  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • How Jayaprakash Narayan, hero for the Sangh, pushed for ‘socialist’ to be added to the Constitution
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    How Jayaprakash Narayan, hero for the Sangh, pushed for ‘socialist’ to be added to the Constitution

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Watch: Puducherry temple elephant Lakshmi dies, devotees gather to pay last respects

The 32-year-old elephant of Sri Manakula Vinayagar temple in Puducherry collapsed on the road and died of a suspected cardiac arrest.

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Dec 01, 2022 · 10:23 am
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The popular Sri Manakula Vinayakar temple elephant Lakshmi passed away today in Puducherry. Several gather to bid a tearful farewell..
VC:Babu@IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/A5vNt935Qc

— Janardhan Koushik (@koushiktweets) November 30, 2022

Paid last respects to "Laxmi" Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple's Spiritual Elephant in #Puducherry.
Recalled her blessings during my visits to the temple.

புதுச்சேரி,அருள்மிகு ஸ்ரீமணக்குள விநாயகர் திருக்கோயில் யானை லட்சுமியின் பூத உடலுக்கு மலர்தூவி அஞ்சலி செலுத்தினேன். pic.twitter.com/XFIdJTkNnu

— Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan (@DrTamilisaiGuv) November 30, 2022
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