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    Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge
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    Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
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    For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe
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    Early, intense heatwaves scorch mango crops in Konkan
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    Guided by the light: A woman writer on sisterhood and modernity in the Booker-winning ‘Heart Lamp’
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    ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories
  • Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their disappearance should be resisted
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    Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their disappearance should be resisted
  • ‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’
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    ‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’
  • AI is reshaping how students write – here’s how it can be used creatively
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    AI is reshaping how students write – here’s how it can be used creatively
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    Interview: Apple’s India move is about perception, Chinese dependency is reality
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‘What are you afraid of?’: TV show host Stephen Colbert questions ‘fellow white people’

‘Our government knows that they are powerless without the consent of the people – maybe that’s why they are afraid.’

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Jun 08, 2020 · 10:09 am
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“I just want to speak for a moment to my fellow white people. If I may. What are you afraid of?” - @StephenAtHome pic.twitter.com/xKEGtM83n1

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