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  • Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride
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    Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride
  • 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
  • ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
    3

    ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
  • Desolate landscape to tourist hub: How China is transforming Mount Everest
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    Desolate landscape to tourist hub: How China is transforming Mount Everest
  • How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes
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    How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes
  • Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India
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    Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India
  • Why Ambedkar’s statue has been barred from the Madhya Pradesh High Court
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    Why Ambedkar’s statue has been barred from the Madhya Pradesh High Court
  • Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents
    8

    Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents
  • Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
    9

    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
  • For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse
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    For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse
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The German Chancellor and Chinese President engage in panda politics.

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  1. Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride

    Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride
  2. 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
  3. ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves

    ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
  4. Desolate landscape to tourist hub: How China is transforming Mount Everest

    Desolate landscape to tourist hub: How China is transforming Mount Everest
  5. How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes

    How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes
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