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  • How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
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    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
  • ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941
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    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941
  • ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
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    ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
  • In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
  • ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
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    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  • How Mumbai neglected its groundwater – only to become dependent on it
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    How Mumbai neglected its groundwater – only to become dependent on it
  • Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times
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    Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times
  • Centre withholds overseas scholarship for 66 candidates, says clearance subject to fund availability
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    Centre withholds overseas scholarship for 66 candidates, says clearance subject to fund availability
  • Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’
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    Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’
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  1. How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

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    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941
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    ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
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    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
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