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  • Sajni Mukherji (1945–2025): Beloved literature professor at Jadavpur University and a friend to all
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    Sajni Mukherji (1945–2025): Beloved literature professor at Jadavpur University and a friend to all
  • How Indian school teachers are trying to battle Bollywood’s Hindutva history deluge
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    How Indian school teachers are trying to battle Bollywood’s Hindutva history deluge
  • ‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
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    ‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
  • From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station
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    From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station
  • Why India has the worst amputation epidemic in the world
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    Why India has the worst amputation epidemic in the world
  • ‘Noose around my neck’: Tech professionals rethink life in US amid immigration curbs
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    ‘Noose around my neck’: Tech professionals rethink life in US amid immigration curbs
  • The erasure of Tibet’s linguistic diversity
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    The erasure of Tibet’s linguistic diversity

  • ‘Mouth’: A collection of speculative short fiction that breaks the binary of human and the other
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    ‘Mouth’: A collection of speculative short fiction that breaks the binary of human and the other
  • Eco India: How community steam boilers in Gujarat are proving to be more energy efficient
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    Eco India: How community steam boilers in Gujarat are proving to be more energy efficient
  • ‘The Owl, the River and the Valley’: Short stories with incisive knowledge of common Assamese woman
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    ‘The Owl, the River and the Valley’: Short stories with incisive knowledge of common Assamese woman
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Watch: With clothes set on fire, French man sets unique world record for fastest 100m run

French firefighter and stuntman, Jonathan Vero, completed the fastest full body burn sprint without oxygen, in just 17 seconds.

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Jun 29, 2023 · 06:00 pm
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New record: The fastest full body burn 100 m sprint without oxygen - 17 seconds by Jonathan Vero (France)

Jonathan also set the record for the farthest distance ran in full body burn during this attempt at 272.25 metres! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/J0QJsPNkPf

— Guinness World Records (@GWR) June 29, 2023
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  1. Sajni Mukherji (1945–2025): Beloved literature professor at Jadavpur University and a friend to all

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    ‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
  4. From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station

    From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station
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    Why India has the worst amputation epidemic in the world
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