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  • Five rejoinders: What Ramachandra Guha gets wrong about Rahul Gandhi
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    Five rejoinders: What Ramachandra Guha gets wrong about Rahul Gandhi
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    Why India is not able to fully use the solar power it generates
  • In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in
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    In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in
  • An ‘indigenous’ Assamese woman was pushed into Bangladesh. A year later, she is still stuck there
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    An ‘indigenous’ Assamese woman was pushed into Bangladesh. A year later, she is still stuck there
  • Why Delhi University’s four-year undergraduate programme has left students in panic
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    Why Delhi University’s four-year undergraduate programme has left students in panic
  • Ramachandra Guha: How the Gandhi family has helped Modi consolidate power
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    Ramachandra Guha: How the Gandhi family has helped Modi consolidate power
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    The Muslim maestro at the heart of a Hindu temple tradition
  • Honey, they shrunk the Mohanlal phenomenon into ‘Lalettan’
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    Honey, they shrunk the Mohanlal phenomenon into ‘Lalettan’
  • Jeff Bezos says poetry without rhyming is easy – but it’s not that simple
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    Jeff Bezos says poetry without rhyming is easy – but it’s not that simple
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    Hindusthan Records: How the shepherd boy playing a flute brought music into Indian homes
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Frenchman Richard Plaud said he had been on an 'emotional rollercoaster' this week after initially being rejected by the Guinness World Records, and then validated a day later, for his matchstick Eiffel Tower model as the world's tallest https://t.co/DWlJT7Tx60 pic.twitter.com/AWIH7tTjcd

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