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  • From Bodh Gaya to Mumbai, protests to ‘free’ Buddhist temple gather steam
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    From Bodh Gaya to Mumbai, protests to ‘free’ Buddhist temple gather steam
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    ‘Khakee: The Bengal Chapter’ review: A great cast and solid detailing elevate a familiar plot
  • A book from Japan offers practical ways to free your mind from stress
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    A book from Japan offers practical ways to free your mind from stress
  • Hindi belt opposition parties support delimitation, disagree with ally Stalin
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    Hindi belt opposition parties support delimitation, disagree with ally Stalin
  • In India, the rise of an apartheid state
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    In India, the rise of an apartheid state
  • Indian academic arrested in US, faces deportation for allegedly ‘spreading Hamas propaganda’
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    Indian academic arrested in US, faces deportation for allegedly ‘spreading Hamas propaganda’
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    Why everybody is obsessed with the Netflix show ‘Adolescence’
  • Why South East Asia once considered economic integration with India
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    Why South East Asia once considered economic integration with India
  • Indian primatologists oppose Great Nicobar project, express concern for endemic macaques
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    Indian primatologists oppose Great Nicobar project, express concern for endemic macaques
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    How Hindutva’s politics of renaming burdens Indian Muslims with imaginary historical guilt
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‘Historical understanding is always open’: Romila Thapar reflects on ‘truth’

‘But the openness is not the kind of thing you hear about today.’

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Dec 30, 2023 · 10:29 am
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