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    Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri makes X account private amid trolling after India-Pakistan ceasefire
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    What does Trump’s ceasefire announcement mean for Modi's strongman image?
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    The community that became home: Nine years of Broke Bibliophiles – Bombay Chapter book club
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    The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes: A readers’ guide to the seven winning books
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    From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with
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    Will new recycling mandate reduce construction waste in India?
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    When cars were still rare, two US women decided to experience India from behind the wheel
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    Beyond the drumbeats of war, the quiet thrum of peace activism
  • ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
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    ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
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    ‘Back from the trenches, more dead than alive’: A poet urges us to reconsider the true cost of war
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