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  • Elephants can socialise and forage in all-male groups, shows study
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    Elephants can socialise and forage in all-male groups, shows study
  • Jagannath Prasad Das (1936-2026): A lifelong pursuit for meaning and coherence in a fragmented world
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    Jagannath Prasad Das (1936-2026): A lifelong pursuit for meaning and coherence in a fragmented world
  • How India is trying to use yoga diplomacy in Palestine to disguise its close ties with Israel
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    How India is trying to use yoga diplomacy in Palestine to disguise its close ties with Israel
  • The Hindu disciple of a Muslim saint in Shah Jahan’s India
    4

    The Hindu disciple of a Muslim saint in Shah Jahan’s India
  • A ban on meat in Amritsar triggers a legal challenge – and rakes up a contentious history
    5

    A ban on meat in Amritsar triggers a legal challenge – and rakes up a contentious history
  • ‘No matter how busy a train is, you can always find a quiet space’: Travel writer Monisha Rajesh
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    ‘No matter how busy a train is, you can always find a quiet space’: Travel writer Monisha Rajesh
  • Andy Burnham: The man who could replace Keir Starmer as UK’s new prime minister
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    Andy Burnham: The man who could replace Keir Starmer as UK’s new prime minister
  • Long before AI ‘food dramas’, there was Arabic and Persian culinary poetry
    8

    Long before AI ‘food dramas’, there was Arabic and Persian culinary poetry
  • ‘Akin to Kashmir’: Josy Joseph’s new book recounts the dramatic accession of the North East
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    ‘Akin to Kashmir’: Josy Joseph’s new book recounts the dramatic accession of the North East
  • How a geologist built a Hindustani music oasis in a steel town
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    How a geologist built a Hindustani music oasis in a steel town
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    How India is trying to use yoga diplomacy in Palestine to disguise its close ties with Israel
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