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

  • 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’

  • Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride
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    Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride

  • ‘Mistry’ review: New ‘Monk’ in a newish bottle
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    ‘Mistry’ review: New ‘Monk’ in a newish bottle

  • How Indians save and borrow – in six charts
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    How Indians save and borrow – in six charts

  • Desolate landscape to tourist hub: How China is transforming Mount Everest
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    Desolate landscape to tourist hub: How China is transforming Mount Everest

  • Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents
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    Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents

  • Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India
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    Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India

  • ‘Basti and Durbar’: This fiction anthology paints a comprehensive picture of Delhi and its people
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    ‘Basti and Durbar’: This fiction anthology paints a comprehensive picture of Delhi and its people

  • ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
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    ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves

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Rangers discovered Toadzilla in Queensland's Conway National Park. She has been euthanised, as is the practice with pests in Austrialia.

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

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

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

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    Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride

  4. ‘Mistry’ review: New ‘Monk’ in a newish bottle

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    How Indians save and borrow – in six charts

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