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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
  • 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’
  • ‘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
  • 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
  • The JCB Prize for Literature has shut down. What else has ended with it?
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    The JCB Prize for Literature has shut down. What else has ended with it?
  • In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition
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    In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition
  • Why some Hindu-Americans are opposing the first South Asian to run in New York’s mayoral poll
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    Why some Hindu-Americans are opposing the first South Asian to run in New York’s mayoral poll
  • Seven books by Ugandan scholar Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
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    Seven books by Ugandan scholar Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
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    Can Zohran Mamdani’s win help the beleaguered Democratic Party find a new roadmap?
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  1. Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
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    ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
  4. Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin

    Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin
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    What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran
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