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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
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    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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    Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare
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Watch: Cyclone Amphan leaves Kolkata airport waterlogged and damaged

Twenty-one people are reported to have been killed in India and Bangladesh.

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May 21, 2020 · 03:05 pm
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VIDEO | A portion of Kolkata Airport flooded in wake of Cyclone Amphan.#Cyclone #CycloneAmphan pic.twitter.com/oFC8mYl3le

— G Plus (@guwahatiplus) May 21, 2020

Kolkata airport is a sea now. Will take days to get things running after #amphan.

Video from WA. @aaikolairport pic.twitter.com/beWUEORoDF

— Subhayan Chakraborty শুভায়ন চক্রবর্তী (@Subhayan_ism) May 21, 2020
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