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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • ‘Mistry’ review: New ‘Monk’ in a newish bottle
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    ‘Mistry’ review: New ‘Monk’ in a newish bottle
  • ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
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    ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
  • Bike taxis are exploding in India – but are facing government roadblocks
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    Bike taxis are exploding in India – but are facing government roadblocks
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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  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
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