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  • ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
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    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
  • Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
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    Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
  • From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
  • ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
  • Donald Trump says $21 million from USAID went to ‘my friend PM Modi for voter turnout’ in India
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    Donald Trump says $21 million from USAID went to ‘my friend PM Modi for voter turnout’ in India
  • World Bank cancels funding for 4 waste-to-energy plants in Gujarat after residents object
    6

    World Bank cancels funding for 4 waste-to-energy plants in Gujarat after residents object
  • The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
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    The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
  • ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
    8

    ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
  • Harsh Mander: Why Indian Muslims live apart
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    Harsh Mander: Why Indian Muslims live apart
  • Odisha university suicide: 159 students return to Nepal, allege inhuman treatment
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    Odisha university suicide: 159 students return to Nepal, allege inhuman treatment
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Watch: Satirist Urvish Kothari proposes new questions for calculating India’s own happiness index

‘Although its name is the Happiness Index, when it is released, it only leaves us feeling sad’.

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Mar 25, 2023 · 11:50 am
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Happiness index, made in India.
एक हेप्पीनेस इन्डेक्स यह भी। #GujaratiFunda pic.twitter.com/BRIXQqtsPZ

— Urvish Kothari ~ उर्वीश कोठारी (@urvish2020) March 24, 2023
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  1. ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism

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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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