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  • From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station
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    From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station
  • How Indian school teachers are trying to battle Bollywood’s Hindutva history deluge
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    How Indian school teachers are trying to battle Bollywood’s Hindutva history deluge
  • The secret of the Mona Lisa’s smile? She’s actually a vampire
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    The secret of the Mona Lisa’s smile? She’s actually a vampire
  • ‘Noose around my neck’: Tech professionals rethink life in US amid immigration curbs
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    ‘Noose around my neck’: Tech professionals rethink life in US amid immigration curbs
  • Why India has the worst amputation epidemic in the world
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    Why India has the worst amputation epidemic in the world
  • How the Mumbai club under attack for Kamra’s show gave stand-up comics a stage – and street cred
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    How the Mumbai club under attack for Kamra’s show gave stand-up comics a stage – and street cred
  • Hundreds of international students in US told to ‘self-deport’ for alleged ‘campus activism’: Report
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    Hundreds of international students in US told to ‘self-deport’ for alleged ‘campus activism’: Report
  • BTech placements plunge by over 10 percentage points in more than half of IITs since 2021-’22
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    BTech placements plunge by over 10 percentage points in more than half of IITs since 2021-’22
  • Business memoir: Manish Vij chronicles his entrepreneurial journey through his startup LetsBuy
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    Business memoir: Manish Vij chronicles his entrepreneurial journey through his startup LetsBuy
  • ‘The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF’ is every bit is as radical as you think
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    ‘The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF’ is every bit is as radical as you think
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Video: Who is Bharat Mata and how did she become so popular?

Modern forms of equating a nation with a mother goddess first arose in Bengal in the 1800s.

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Jun 30, 2017 · 09:00 am
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