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

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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

  • ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
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    ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker

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    Why EC move to create new Bihar voter list has rung the ‘NRC’ alarm bell

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

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    What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran

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    Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin

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    Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India

  • Bike taxis are exploding in India – but are facing government roadblocks
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    Bike taxis are exploding in India – but are facing government roadblocks

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

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Watch: Mumbai’s iconic non-AC double-decker buses go off the roads, commuters bid farewell

the Non-AC double-decker red buses of the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) service were retired on Friday.

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Sep 16, 2023 · 12:30 pm
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#WATCH | " Today is an emotional day, we all got emotional...my father used to take me out on this bus since I was a child and I have more than 2000 models of double-decker bus. I request BEST to keep these buses in a museum style", says a passenger Yatin Angre pic.twitter.com/GArvwoOVRf

— ANI (@ANI) September 15, 2023

“The last ride” of the iconic Double Decker bus (non-AC) in Mumbai. Many of us have so many memories associated with it. Especially finding the top front seat and feeling the breeze as the bus ran through the city.

(Video credits: Dr Jadliwala, Bombay Hospital) #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/Q21GQx2PUx

— Dr. Rahul Baxi (@baxirahul) September 15, 2023

Goodbye Double-Decker Bus.
The Last Double Decker bus (non-AC) leaving from Marol Depot today morning pic.twitter.com/fSE0ygABij

— Mumbai Heritage (@mumbaiheritage) September 15, 2023
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