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  • Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
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    Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
  • How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
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    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
  • Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
    3

    Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
  • A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
    4

    A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
  • ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan
    5

    ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan
  • Court acquittal three years on is cold comfort for Muslim man rebuilding life after demolition
    6

    Court acquittal three years on is cold comfort for Muslim man rebuilding life after demolition
  • ‘A creative narrative based on facts’: How anthropologist Irawati Karve’s biography was written
    7

    ‘A creative narrative based on facts’: How anthropologist Irawati Karve’s biography was written
  • Fiction: A couple joins a working-class revolution with disaffected Sikh factory workers in London
    8

    Fiction: A couple joins a working-class revolution with disaffected Sikh factory workers in London
  • The flight of the florican: An ornithologist’s lifelong quest to save a terrestrial bird
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    The flight of the florican: An ornithologist’s lifelong quest to save a terrestrial bird

  • Rush Hour: SC lets Ranveer Allahbadia upload content, TMC doubles down on ‘EPIC scam’ claim and more
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    Rush Hour: SC lets Ranveer Allahbadia upload content, TMC doubles down on ‘EPIC scam’ claim and more
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Watch: These sand miners are risking drowning, all for India's building boom

Studies estimate illegal extraction of sand in India generates about $150 million a year with the States of Gujarat and Maharashtra being the main hotspots.

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Jul 22, 2017 · 05:40 pm
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  1. Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport

    Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
  2. How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule

    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
  3. Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?

    Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
  4. A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing

    A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
  5. ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan

    ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan
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