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  • How Hindi emerged as the lingua franca of the ‘Hindi Heartland’ at the cost of other languages
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    How Hindi emerged as the lingua franca of the ‘Hindi Heartland’ at the cost of other languages

  • First-Class Railway Curry, Quick Bengali Murgir Korma: Two monsoon recipes by chef Asma Khan
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    First-Class Railway Curry, Quick Bengali Murgir Korma: Two monsoon recipes by chef Asma Khan

  • ‘Four Years Later’ review: An emotionally resonant show about love tested by distance
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    ‘Four Years Later’ review: An emotionally resonant show about love tested by distance

  • ‘The Salt Path’ scandal: Defending a memoir’s ‘emotional truth’ is a high-risk strategy
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    ‘The Salt Path’ scandal: Defending a memoir’s ‘emotional truth’ is a high-risk strategy

  • Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future
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    Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future

  • Russia’s pro-natalist push: Paying pregnant schoolgirls to have babies
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    Russia’s pro-natalist push: Paying pregnant schoolgirls to have babies

  • Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom
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    Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom

  • A Jammu family’s fight to get their mother back from Pakistan
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    A Jammu family’s fight to get their mother back from Pakistan

  • How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror
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    How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror

  • ‘Deeply disturbed’: Editors Guild condemns FIR against journalist Ajit Anjum
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    ‘Deeply disturbed’: Editors Guild condemns FIR against journalist Ajit Anjum

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Watch: Arjun Nimmala is the first player of Indian descent in America’s Major League Baseball draft

With the 20th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, the 17-year-old chosen by Toronto Blue Jays is among the top high school prospects in the country.

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Jul 11, 2023 · 09:59 am
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“Hopefully one day I can inspire young Indian-Americans to play” - Arjun Nimmala 🇮🇳 #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/DBotEYjnLt

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 10, 2023

A moment that Arjun Nimmala and his family will never forget 💙 #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/YjW2MNMXYQ

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 10, 2023

Arjun Nimmala (@arjun_baseball_)'s first interview as a Toronto Blue Jay prospect!

Very good pick.#BlueJays #NextLevel pic.twitter.com/gaYUaVfpmI

— Brennan Delaney (@Brennan_L_D) July 10, 2023

"My parents just wanted to give their kids an opportunity to achieve everything they want and to be successful in life."

Get to know more about Arjun Nimmala and his family. #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/3KaajnIGRj

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 10, 2023

With the 20th pick, the @BlueJays select Strawberry Crest (FL) shortstop Arjun Nimmala, No. 11 on the Top 250 Draft Prospects list.

Watch live: https://t.co/1s1j9XMnG5 pic.twitter.com/UxxQYljfWu

— MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) July 10, 2023
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