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  • ‘Chikkamma Tours Pvt Ltd’: A cosy Bangalore murder mystery with a realistic portrayal of queer lives
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    ‘Chikkamma Tours Pvt Ltd’: A cosy Bangalore murder mystery with a realistic portrayal of queer lives
  • All we are and all we aspire to be: C Premkumar on the appeal of his fan favourite ‘Meiyazhagan’
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    All we are and all we aspire to be: C Premkumar on the appeal of his fan favourite ‘Meiyazhagan’

  • India’s food plate and palate have changed – but anxieties old and new persist
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    India’s food plate and palate have changed – but anxieties old and new persist
  • Australia cap on foreign student intake hit will Indians hard
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    Australia cap on foreign student intake hit will Indians hard
  • Interview: Who holds the cards in the Maharashtra election?
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    Interview: Who holds the cards in the Maharashtra election?
  • Interview: How the 16th-century Basilica of Bom Jesus became an icon of Goan identity
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    Interview: How the 16th-century Basilica of Bom Jesus became an icon of Goan identity
  • ‘A Tamilian trapped among three Punjabis’: Subhash Ghai rewinds to the ‘Taal’ soundtrack
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    ‘A Tamilian trapped among three Punjabis’: Subhash Ghai rewinds to the ‘Taal’ soundtrack
  • In UP bye-poll, a Muslim candidate seeks the support of Hindu Rajputs
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    In UP bye-poll, a Muslim candidate seeks the support of Hindu Rajputs
  • Buddhism’s spread from India to China started with a Han emperor’s dream
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    Buddhism’s spread from India to China started with a Han emperor’s dream
  • Crushing cycle of poverty, trafficking, domestic violence: Underbelly of Assam’s verdant tea gardens
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    Crushing cycle of poverty, trafficking, domestic violence: Underbelly of Assam’s verdant tea gardens
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Writer Ruskin Bond turned 86 on May 19.

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  1. ‘Chikkamma Tours Pvt Ltd’: A cosy Bangalore murder mystery with a realistic portrayal of queer lives

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    Interview: Who holds the cards in the Maharashtra election?
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