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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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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
  • ‘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 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
  • Srinagar: Police remove posters urging tourists to respect local culture amid calls for liquor ban
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    Srinagar: Police remove posters urging tourists to respect local culture amid calls for liquor ban
  • ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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    ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
  • ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
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    ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
  • In ‘Suzhal: The Vortex’ 2, a micro-festival with a larger message about the ‘feminine divine’
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    In ‘Suzhal: The Vortex’ 2, a micro-festival with a larger message about the ‘feminine divine’
  • Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
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    Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
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Watch: Kolkata Metro becomes the first in the country to run a train beneath a river

A metro rake completed a trial run under the bed of the Hooghly river through a tunnel 32 metres below the water level.

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Apr 13, 2023 · 10:27 am
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Kolkata Metro creates History!For the first time in India,a Metro rake ran under any river today!Regular trial runs from #HowrahMaidan to #Esplanade will start very soon. Shri P Uday Kumar Reddy,General Manager has described this run as a historic moment for the city of #Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/sA4Kqdvf0v

— Metro Rail Kolkata (@metrorailwaykol) April 12, 2023

Trial run of East-West metro of kolkata(india) under the river Ganga (Hooghly River). @Arzookazmi30 @Qamarcheema @fakharzai7 @arifaajakia pic.twitter.com/44qSUXXe3r

— Shivam jayanta (@shivam89722) April 12, 2023
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