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  • ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
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    ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side

  • Meeting diaspora, watching garba, speaking to ANI: What anti-terror MP delegations are doing abroad
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    Meeting diaspora, watching garba, speaking to ANI: What anti-terror MP delegations are doing abroad

  • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025): Five things to know about one of Africa’s greatest ever writers
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    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025): Five things to know about one of Africa’s greatest ever writers

  • Translated short fiction: A Konkani Christian cowherd wonders if he should convert to Hinduism
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    Translated short fiction: A Konkani Christian cowherd wonders if he should convert to Hinduism

  • YouTuber Mohak Mangal agrees to remove ‘objectionable’ parts of video about ANI
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    YouTuber Mohak Mangal agrees to remove ‘objectionable’ parts of video about ANI

  • Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline
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    Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline

  • A border ran through it: The life and lonely death of an 80-year-old Kashmiri man
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    A border ran through it: The life and lonely death of an 80-year-old Kashmiri man

  • It’s a ‘golden age’ for the Hindi news business – but not so much for Hindi journalism or democracy
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    It’s a ‘golden age’ for the Hindi news business – but not so much for Hindi journalism or democracy

  • ‘Kankhajura’ review: An engaging look at insidious evil
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    ‘Kankhajura’ review: An engaging look at insidious evil

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    ‘Andhar Maya’ review: An ancestral home in the Konkan is overrun by ghosts and greed

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