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  • A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
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    A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
  • I saw firsthand how callous prison officials and their negligence led to Stan Swamy’s death
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    I saw firsthand how callous prison officials and their negligence led to Stan Swamy’s death
  • Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
    3

    Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
  • ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
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    ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
  • ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films
    5

    ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films
  • Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species
    6

    Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species
  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  • ‘The Hyderabadis’: Displacement, broken geographies, and evolving identities in the city’s history
    8

    ‘The Hyderabadis’: Displacement, broken geographies, and evolving identities in the city’s history
  • ‘Sarzameen’ trailer: An Army family is torn between duty and love
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    ‘Sarzameen’ trailer: An Army family is torn between duty and love
  • How Jayaprakash Narayan, hero for the Sangh, pushed for ‘socialist’ to be added to the Constitution
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    How Jayaprakash Narayan, hero for the Sangh, pushed for ‘socialist’ to be added to the Constitution
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The Nepali-speaking people of West Bengal continue to demand a separate state.

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Jun 21, 2017 · 04:45 pm
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  1. A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch

    A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
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    I saw firsthand how callous prison officials and their negligence led to Stan Swamy’s death
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    Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
  4. ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama

    ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
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    ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films
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