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  • Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge
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    Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge
  • Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
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    Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
  • For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe
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    For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe
  • ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation
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    ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation
  • ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories
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    ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories
  • AI is reshaping how students write – here’s how it can be used creatively
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    AI is reshaping how students write – here’s how it can be used creatively
  • ‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’
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    ‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’
  • A play shows how textile workers of Mumbai were written out of the history and mythology of the city
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    A play shows how textile workers of Mumbai were written out of the history and mythology of the city
  • ‘Why are they dying only in Kota?’: Supreme Court criticises Rajasthan over rise in student suicides
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    ‘Why are they dying only in Kota?’: Supreme Court criticises Rajasthan over rise in student suicides
  • Guided by the light: A woman writer on sisterhood and modernity in the Booker-winning ‘Heart Lamp’
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    Guided by the light: A woman writer on sisterhood and modernity in the Booker-winning ‘Heart Lamp’
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  1. Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge

    Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge
  2. Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh

    Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
  3. For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe

    For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe
  4. ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation

    ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation
  5. ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories

    ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories
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