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  • Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

  • Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport
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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

  • Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India
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    Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India

  • ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
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    ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker

  • Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

  • For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with
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    For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with

  • Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin
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    Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin

  • What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran
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    What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran

  • Like listening at the entrance of a tunnel: Why you can’t trust online reviews
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    Like listening at the entrance of a tunnel: Why you can’t trust online reviews

  • Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform
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    Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform

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Watch: How China is using primitive methods to repair the Great Wall

Botched restoration efforts sparked widespread outrage last year, so now the authorities are being careful

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Jun 29, 2017 · 07:00 pm
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  1. Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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  4. ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker

    ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker

  5. Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

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