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  • A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world
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    A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world

  • Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’
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    Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’

  • ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
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    ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces

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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells

  • 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

  • Palamu Tiger Reserve: Adivasi residents of village in core sanctuary area to be relocated
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    Palamu Tiger Reserve: Adivasi residents of village in core sanctuary area to be relocated

  • ‘Swimming Lessons’: A coming-of-age novel tackles the immense familial pressures on Asian children
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    ‘Swimming Lessons’: A coming-of-age novel tackles the immense familial pressures on Asian children

  • Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’
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    Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’

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    ‘Inside the Mirror’: A coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s gets women’s desire for true freedom

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    Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times

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Watch: The delightful (and mathematical) art of making soan papdi

The popular, flaky sweet is made out of a sugar, ghee and gram-flour dough which is repeatedly pulled out and folded back on itself to form layers.

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Aug 03, 2019 · 10:18 am
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The flaky delight known as Soan Papdi, begins as a ring made of sugar and ghee.

Fold it back on itself, pull it out and repeat. The number of strands becomes two, four, then eight!

So when next you enjoy one the math geek in you should give thanks to the magic of powers of two! pic.twitter.com/l9WvkYJbUU

— Mukund Thattai (@thattai) August 2, 2019
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