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  • Bengal passes OBC amendment bills, removes 77 Muslim communities from list
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    Bengal passes OBC amendment bills, removes 77 Muslim communities from list

  • ‘Super Subbu’ trailer: Telugu series explores sex education lessons in a village
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    ‘Super Subbu’ trailer: Telugu series explores sex education lessons in a village

  • Indian writer Tashan Mehta’s novel ‘Mad Sisters of Esi’ shortlisted for 2026 Ursula K Le Guin Prize
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    Indian writer Tashan Mehta’s novel ‘Mad Sisters of Esi’ shortlisted for 2026 Ursula K Le Guin Prize

  • After 12 years of Modi, I’m not sure if my decades-long friendships can survive politics
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    After 12 years of Modi, I’m not sure if my decades-long friendships can survive politics

  • Canada rejected 71% football world cup visitor visa applications by Indians: Report
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    Canada rejected 71% football world cup visitor visa applications by Indians: Report

  • Bengal passes bill allowing year-long preventive detention for ‘anti-social’ activities
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    Bengal passes bill allowing year-long preventive detention for ‘anti-social’ activities

  • Where did your father vote in 2003? Why demand for legacy documents under SIR has no legal basis
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    Where did your father vote in 2003? Why demand for legacy documents under SIR has no legal basis

  • How Mulk Raj Anand and WEB Du Bois found common ground at a moment of anti-imperialist solidarity
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    How Mulk Raj Anand and WEB Du Bois found common ground at a moment of anti-imperialist solidarity

  • Why the British seem to find heatwaves more unbearable than people in India or Spain
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    Why the British seem to find heatwaves more unbearable than people in India or Spain

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    Maharashtra: Setback for Uddhav Sena as party leader files nomination from Mahayuti for council post

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