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

  • In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition
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    In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition

  • 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’

  • Article 370 was against Ambedkar’s ideology of one Constitution: CJI BR Gavai
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    Article 370 was against Ambedkar’s ideology of one Constitution: CJI BR Gavai

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

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

  • Addition of ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ to Preamble sacrilege to ‘sanatana’ spirit: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar
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    Addition of ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ to Preamble sacrilege to ‘sanatana’ spirit: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar

  • ‘A puzzle-solving activity’: NS Gundur on translating DR Nagaraj’s seminal work on Allama Prabhu
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    ‘A puzzle-solving activity’: NS Gundur on translating DR Nagaraj’s seminal work on Allama Prabhu

  • Short fiction: Young Aarav and his mother try to return to life after his father’s death
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    Short fiction: Young Aarav and his mother try to return to life after his father’s death

  • 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

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Watch: Scenes of devastation as wildfire caused by hurricane rages through Hawaii’s Maui island

The seaside town of Lahaina has been completely destroyed by forest fires fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, leaving several homeless and dead.

Scroll Staff
Aug 10, 2023 · 04:28 pm
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All of Lahaina pretty much wiped out. Friend said they are all in Kahului and Kihei for safety, roads to Lahaina closed. pic.twitter.com/DNcLGVV582

— Alex Alekhine (@AlekhineA) August 9, 2023

#WATCH: New video shows the moment a wildfire tore though homes in Lahaina.

READ MORE: https://t.co/hGkr7eRdpv #HINews #HNN pic.twitter.com/U7ZdftV7S3

— Hawaii News Now (@HawaiiNewsNow) August 10, 2023

Utter devastation left by the wildfires in Maui, Hawaï. It is far from hyperbole to say that Lahaina has been wiped off the map.

Credit: Vince Carter pic.twitter.com/dlwxTNY51R

— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) August 9, 2023

BREAKING: Popular 'Front Street' is on fire in Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, where, authorities said, people jumped into the water to escape flames and smoke from a wind-fueled wildfire. pic.twitter.com/vPRXufhbHc

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 9, 2023

Imagine escaping to the ocean to flee the flames and smoke. The U.S. Coast Guard says it's rescued a dozen people. @ABC7 #MauiFires pic.twitter.com/DKpwBLqC7O

— Marc Cota-Robles (@abc7marccr) August 9, 2023

Devastation from #wildfires at #Maui are just too heartbreaking to watch💔😔 #Hawaii #MauiFires pic.twitter.com/sz8YeAT0pi

— Mario Pawlowski #ViralMario🇵🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸 (@PawlowskiMario) August 10, 2023

Front Street Lahaina from the ground. Everything is gone #lahainafire pic.twitter.com/zzEkbvPa31

— Nohead (@nohea_d) August 9, 2023

#Lahaina gone. 😢 pic.twitter.com/0SeSVZbW3w

— Jen ☮️🌎🌱🌊💙🇺🇸🌴😷🇺🇦 (@liliefleur) August 10, 2023

Not my video- a ground view of Lahaina today shows the Banyan Tree somehow still stands amidst so much destruction, for those who have been worried.
Only time will tell if it survives the injuries sustained in the fires, but it feels like a small beacon of hope in this disaster. pic.twitter.com/xZ4x2hJ3Li

— Panda’s Toybox (@PandaToybox) August 9, 2023

Before and after photographs of the fire damage in Lahaina, Maui.

Absolutely devastating. pic.twitter.com/rYfLYN2bAg

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) August 10, 2023
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