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  • ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
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    ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
  • 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
  • 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
  • A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
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    A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
  • Reward yourself, forget the 21-day myth: Ways to get into a habit loop
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    Reward yourself, forget the 21-day myth: Ways to get into a habit loop
  • Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
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    Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
  • ‘Election stunt’: Anger, confusion among Maharashtra women as Ladki Bahin payments falter
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    ‘Election stunt’: Anger, confusion among Maharashtra women as Ladki Bahin payments falter
  • Rush Hour: Dhananjay Munde resigns, Samajwadi Party MLA booked for remarks about Aurangzeb and more
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    Rush Hour: Dhananjay Munde resigns, Samajwadi Party MLA booked for remarks about Aurangzeb and more
  • Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
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    Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
  • Fund our special project: India’s Great Education Betrayal
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    Fund our special project: India’s Great Education Betrayal
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Watch: Turkish journalist explains the seven steps of moving from a ‘democracy to dictatorship’

Ece Temelkuran had said that she was fired from a Turkish television channel in 2012 for being critical of the government.

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Jan 10, 2020 · 08:16 am
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How to lose a country — The seven steps from democracy to dictatorship.
People will say: “It wouldn’t happen here”
Don’t worry.
I know it can because it happened to us.
It happened to me.
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  1. ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code

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    Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
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