Video interview: ‘The British said it would be impossible. But Indian bureaucrats made it possible’
Writer Ornit Shani uncovers the greatest experiment in India’s democratic history, the creation of universal adult franchise.
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1Why eating three meals a day became the norm in many parts of the world
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2Why Baisaran was the ideal spot to try to derail J&K’s journey to peace
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3‘Today I celebrate the presence of grass’: Writer Ruskin Bond looks at the world from his window
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4Pahalgam attack: Why the buck stops with the Modi government
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5Rajasthan’s farming sector is hitting rock bottom as groundwater dries up
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6Delhi HC refuses to expunge remarks about academic Ashok Swain’s ‘objectionable’ social media posts
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7Pakistan calls suspension of Indus Waters Treaty ‘act of war’, halts trade with India
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8From the memoir: Gopalkrishna Gandhi was three when his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated
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9Tamil Nadu firm gave Rs 125 crore to BJP, weeks after Centre okayed its semiconductor unit
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10Fiction: A retired man is forced to return to work after builders foil his attempts to buy a house
