Video: On World Book Day, does the roadside bookseller make a profit in the age of e-books?
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1Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
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2Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
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3‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
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4Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin
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5‘Vanishing World’: Sayaka Murata’s new novel warns readers of a world bereft of love and belonging
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Maharashtra withdraws orders to teach Hindi as third language in primary schools
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7Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride
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8What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran
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9‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
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10Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India
