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  • ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
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    ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
  • ‘Sarzameen’ trailer: An Army family is torn between duty and love
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    ‘Sarzameen’ trailer: An Army family is torn between duty and love
  • Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
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    Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
  • A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
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    A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
  • Uganda, India and beyond: What Zohran Mamdani’s win reveals about the insecurities of expulsion
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    Uganda, India and beyond: What Zohran Mamdani’s win reveals about the insecurities of expulsion
  • ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films
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    ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films
  • I saw firsthand how callous prison officials and their negligence led to Stan Swamy’s death
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    I saw firsthand how callous prison officials and their negligence led to Stan Swamy’s death
  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym
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Video: This opera conductor is back in India 35 years after she was adopted by a Danish family

Maria Badstue was born in Maharashtra’s Pandharpur but had never returned since her adoption, till she was invited to conduct an opera in Mumbai.

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Aug 02, 2017 · 09:15 am
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