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  • EC replaces digital draft voter lists in Bihar with scanned images that make finding errors harder
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    EC replaces digital draft voter lists in Bihar with scanned images that make finding errors harder
  • ‘We desperately want to be customers again’: An open letter to publishers on rising prices of books
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    ‘We desperately want to be customers again’: An open letter to publishers on rising prices of books
  • Richard Eaton: India’s self-destructive war on the deep roots of the Mughal Empire
    3

    Richard Eaton: India’s self-destructive war on the deep roots of the Mughal Empire
  • Drivers fear engine damage, mileage drop as India increases ethanol in petrol to 20%
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    Drivers fear engine damage, mileage drop as India increases ethanol in petrol to 20%
  • Why Mumbai ban on feeding pigeons has pitted neighbours against each other
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    Why Mumbai ban on feeding pigeons has pitted neighbours against each other
  • The message from Trump’s tirade against India
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    The message from Trump’s tirade against India
  • Dancer Leela Samson on how Bharata Natyam adapted Indian music, literary texts, and languages
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    Dancer Leela Samson on how Bharata Natyam adapted Indian music, literary texts, and languages
  • The Indian raja who gave away his powers to the praja
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    The Indian raja who gave away his powers to the praja
  • ‘Salakaar’ review: A dumbed-down show about Pakistan’s nuclear programme
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    ‘Salakaar’ review: A dumbed-down show about Pakistan’s nuclear programme
  • ‘Mayasabha’ review: A heavily spiced fictional history of Andhra Pradesh politics
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    ‘Mayasabha’ review: A heavily spiced fictional history of Andhra Pradesh politics
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Watch: Journey of the treadmill from a prison punishment to a self-inflicted one

When Oscar Wilde was sentenced to hard labour, he was made to run on this torture device.

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Jun 25, 2017 · 07:28 pm
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  1. EC replaces digital draft voter lists in Bihar with scanned images that make finding errors harder

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    Richard Eaton: India’s self-destructive war on the deep roots of the Mughal Empire
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    Drivers fear engine damage, mileage drop as India increases ethanol in petrol to 20%
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    Why Mumbai ban on feeding pigeons has pitted neighbours against each other
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