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  • 13 dead, 101 rescued after Navy speedboat crashes into Elephanta ferry off Mumbai coast
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    13 dead, 101 rescued after Navy speedboat crashes into Elephanta ferry off Mumbai coast
  • What the uproar over Atul Subhash’s death by suicide says about gender relations in India
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    What the uproar over Atul Subhash’s death by suicide says about gender relations in India
  • ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ review: A beautifully observed coming of age story
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    ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ review: A beautifully observed coming of age story

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    Five ways to supercharge your daily walk
  • Lifespan vs ‘healthspan’: The importance of muscle strength in living longer
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    Lifespan vs ‘healthspan’: The importance of muscle strength in living longer
  • Through stories of food, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee examines how economics influences culture
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    Through stories of food, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee examines how economics influences culture
  • The ugly history of Boer prisoner-of-war camps in India
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    The ugly history of Boer prisoner-of-war camps in India
  • This book proposal won Sohini Chattopadhyay a NIF fellowship for ‘The Day I Became a Runner’
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    This book proposal won Sohini Chattopadhyay a NIF fellowship for ‘The Day I Became a Runner’
  • A Tibetan writer reflects on the fight for his motherland while living in ‘exile’ in India
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    A Tibetan writer reflects on the fight for his motherland while living in ‘exile’ in India
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    What American steel baron Andrew Carnegie thought of Varanasi and the Taj
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‘Read for resilience’: Ruskin Bond, others share stories, anecdotes to survive difficult times

Writer Ruskin Bond turned 86 on May 19.

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May 19, 2020 · 07:25 pm
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