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  • ‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India
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    ‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India
  • The Carnatic world is dominated by vocalists. How can instrumentalists find larger audiences?
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    The Carnatic world is dominated by vocalists. How can instrumentalists find larger audiences?
  • Did Indian culture recognise an independent field of study called philosophy?
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    Did Indian culture recognise an independent field of study called philosophy?
  • How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
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    How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
  • Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ wins the JCB Prize for Literature
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    Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ wins the JCB Prize for Literature
  • Nepal should conduct ‘haze diplomacy’ to get India and Pakistan to cooperate on pollution control
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    Nepal should conduct ‘haze diplomacy’ to get India and Pakistan to cooperate on pollution control
  • Cash transfers, caste calculus: What was behind the Mahayuti’s sweep in Maharashtra?
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    Cash transfers, caste calculus: What was behind the Mahayuti’s sweep in Maharashtra?
  • Sugar is terrible for our health – and the environment
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    Sugar is terrible for our health – and the environment
  • ‘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
  • Gulzar on his daughter Meghna: ‘A piece of sun mingles in my blood, day and night’
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    Gulzar on his daughter Meghna: ‘A piece of sun mingles in my blood, day and night’
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Vishal Chaurasia also sanitises the currency he exchanges with his customers.

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  1. ‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India

    ‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India
  2. The Carnatic world is dominated by vocalists. How can instrumentalists find larger audiences?

    The Carnatic world is dominated by vocalists. How can instrumentalists find larger audiences?
  3. Did Indian culture recognise an independent field of study called philosophy?

    Did Indian culture recognise an independent field of study called philosophy?
  4. How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China

    How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
  5. Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ wins the JCB Prize for Literature

    Upamanyu Chatterjee’s ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ wins the JCB Prize for Literature
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