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  • ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
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    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
  • Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
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    Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
  • From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
  • ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
  • Donald Trump says $21 million from USAID went to ‘my friend PM Modi for voter turnout’ in India
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    Donald Trump says $21 million from USAID went to ‘my friend PM Modi for voter turnout’ in India
  • World Bank cancels funding for 4 waste-to-energy plants in Gujarat after residents object
    6

    World Bank cancels funding for 4 waste-to-energy plants in Gujarat after residents object
  • The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
    7

    The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
  • ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
    8

    ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
  • The psychology of shame and envy – and how to be happy with what you have
    9

    The psychology of shame and envy – and how to be happy with what you have
  • Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
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    Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
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Watch: Saloni Gaur imitates Shashi Tharoor’s wordy ways, he tweets back

‘This is a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious misunderstanding.’

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Jun 16, 2020 · 01:37 pm
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Is Chandrachur Tharoor or Tharoor Chandrachur?Nevermind. pic.twitter.com/gUU3BeqPgu

— Saloni Gaur (Nazma Aapi) (@salonayyy) June 13, 2020

Flattered by the comedic imitation. However, I would like to believe that I am not such a garrulous sesquipedalian... Clearly the artiste on the screen does not suffer from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 13, 2020
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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
  4. ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh

    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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