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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’

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

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

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    ‘Vanishing World’: Sayaka Murata’s new novel warns readers of a world bereft of love and belonging

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    Maharashtra withdraws orders to teach Hindi as third language in primary schools

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    What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran

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

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

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Watch: Rat feasts on snacks displayed in Chennai medical college canteen, prompting its closure

Food safety officials shut down the canteen at Stanley Medical College Hospital near Royapuram, Chennai following the incident.

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Nov 15, 2023 · 09:56 am
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While lapses in food safety protocols at private eateries in #TamilNadu have been constantly making headlines this year, this video of a rat feasting on food in Stanley medical college and hospital's canteen in #Chennai has emerged. The canteen has been shut by @fssaiindia pic.twitter.com/XzE4Ie2jAt

— Nidharshana Raju (@NidharshanaR) November 14, 2023
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