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  • A history of cheese: An ingredient that was used in recipes in ‘the oldest cookbook in the world’
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    A history of cheese: An ingredient that was used in recipes in ‘the oldest cookbook in the world’
  • UP suspends official after anti-encroachment order in Ballia mentions caste, religion
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    UP suspends official after anti-encroachment order in Ballia mentions caste, religion
  • Technology can bridge distance in love – but not without some effects
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    Technology can bridge distance in love – but not without some effects
  • Behind wave of Assam evictions, a hungry river, and a land policy loaded against Miya Muslims
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    Behind wave of Assam evictions, a hungry river, and a land policy loaded against Miya Muslims
  • J&K administration bans Arundhati Roy’s book, 24 other titles for ‘inciting secessionism’
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    J&K administration bans Arundhati Roy’s book, 24 other titles for ‘inciting secessionism’
  • Memories from 1980s: The first time conservationist Valmik Thapar saw a tigress mothering her cubs
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    Memories from 1980s: The first time conservationist Valmik Thapar saw a tigress mothering her cubs
  • ‘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
  • Trump raises India tariffs to 50% for Russian oil purchases
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    Trump raises India tariffs to 50% for Russian oil purchases
  • Pulitzer Prize for biography: ‘Every Living Thing’ charts the tension between two types of ‘genius’
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    Pulitzer Prize for biography: ‘Every Living Thing’ charts the tension between two types of ‘genius’
  • Russian oil imports: What are India’s options as US threatens further tariffs?
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    Russian oil imports: What are India’s options as US threatens further tariffs?
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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. A history of cheese: An ingredient that was used in recipes in ‘the oldest cookbook in the world’

    A history of cheese: An ingredient that was used in recipes in ‘the oldest cookbook in the world’
  2. UP suspends official after anti-encroachment order in Ballia mentions caste, religion

    UP suspends official after anti-encroachment order in Ballia mentions caste, religion
  3. Technology can bridge distance in love – but not without some effects

    Technology can bridge distance in love – but not without some effects
  4. Behind wave of Assam evictions, a hungry river, and a land policy loaded against Miya Muslims

    Behind wave of Assam evictions, a hungry river, and a land policy loaded against Miya Muslims
  5. J&K administration bans Arundhati Roy’s book, 24 other titles for ‘inciting secessionism’

    J&K administration bans Arundhati Roy’s book, 24 other titles for ‘inciting secessionism’
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