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

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

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

  • 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’

  • 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

  • A new book asks what made Japan Westernise rapidly during the Meiji era in the late 19th century
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    A new book asks what made Japan Westernise rapidly during the Meiji era in the late 19th century

  • 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

  • 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

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

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    ‘Mask has come off’: Rahul Gandhi on RSS calling for review of words in Preamble to Constitution

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Watch: Mumbai hotel staff dances to welcome Backstreet Boys as they arrive in India for tour

‘This is the first time I'm ever seeing this in my entire career where the hotel staff is dancing with a dope remix.’

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May 03, 2023 · 05:15 pm
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What cool surprise arriving at the hotel here in Mumbai India. The hotel staff had a full out Bollywood style dance prepared remixing all our songs. I guess we really do have fans all over the world. 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/w6QyVlFO0Y

— Nick Carter (@nickcarter) May 3, 2023

Backstreet boys at india🇮🇳 #BackstreetBoysIndia #BackstreetBoys #Concerts pic.twitter.com/913o0EDW92

— B-Town Life (@BTownLife1) May 3, 2023
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