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    India accuses Pakistan of violating ceasefire, Pakistani PM claims ‘victory’

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    ‘Blatant censorship at a critical time’: ‘The Wire’ says its website blocked by Centre

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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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    Why India was unable to stop IMF’s $2.4 billion assistance to Pakistan amid escalating hostilities

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    ‘Back from the trenches, more dead than alive’: A poet urges us to reconsider the true cost of war

  • TV coverage of the conflict is rage bait masquerading as news. How did India get here?
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    TV coverage of the conflict is rage bait masquerading as news. How did India get here?

  • ‘Not the time for politics’: Opposition criticises BJP for social media post on Operation Sindoor
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    ‘Not the time for politics’: Opposition criticises BJP for social media post on Operation Sindoor

  • Pakistan violated agreement to stop military action, says India’s foreign ministry
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    Pakistan violated agreement to stop military action, says India’s foreign ministry

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    When cars were still rare, two US women decided to experience India from behind the wheel

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Watch: Writers recreate ‘The Breakfast Club’ dance as part of a fundraiser for a Chicago bookstore

The writers created the video when the fundraiser reached $35,000.

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May 19, 2020 · 09:38 am
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One of Chicago's best indies, @volumesbooks, is in danger of losing their home. I coerced 27 other writers into recreating the Breakfast Club dance with me when the fundraiser reached $35k. To quote You've Got Mail, "Save [the indies] and you will save your soul." #WeAreNotAlone pic.twitter.com/1rCx26DGoN

— Rebecca Makkai (@rebeccamakkai) May 17, 2020
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