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

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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

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    Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India

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

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

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    For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with

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    What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran

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Watch: A world record is set for longest line of people walking on stilts, in Karbi Anglong, Assam

A total of 721 participants in the central Assam district achieved the feat on January 21.

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Jan 24, 2024 · 11:44 am
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Congratulations! Karbi Anglong! We made it! We broke the existing record of the longest moving line of people walking on stilts! The previous record was 250, and today a new record is made with 721. Thank you Rishi Nath ji, Guinness World Records Adjudicator for facilitating… pic.twitter.com/kmWZKBlGYw

— Tuliram Ronghang (@TuliramRonghang) January 21, 2024
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