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  • For children: When the Greeks, Shakas, Parthians, and Kushanas made a pitstop in ancient India
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    For children: When the Greeks, Shakas, Parthians, and Kushanas made a pitstop in ancient India
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    How Adani bagged an energy project on India-Pak border for which defence rules were relaxed
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    After 90 years, Agra gharana has moved out of its home in Mumbai
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    A new order from Himachal’s forest department brings relief to pastoralists – but only partially
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    Modi degree case: ‘Is there any public interest?’ Delhi High Court asks RTI applicant
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    I travelled to ground zero of the cyber scams targeting India. Here is what I found
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    Soft-porn cinema and the making of Indian desire: Darshana Sreedhar Mini on her book ‘Rated A’
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    The photography expeditions of an Italian in the mighty Himalayas
  • ‘Hindi Hindu Histories’: Fascinating accounts of four 20th-century outliers who imagined new futures
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    ‘Hindi Hindu Histories’: Fascinating accounts of four 20th-century outliers who imagined new futures
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    ‘Aravallis need conservation, not zoo safari’: 37 ex-forest officials write to PM Modi
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‘Hatred isn’t between people, but governments’: Man returns to his homeland 70 years after Partition

‘I was sitting here in this park, reading, when the decision to create Pakistan was announced,’ said Krishan Kumar Khanna, 92, at a park in Lahore’s Gol Bagh.

Scroll Staff
Aug 16, 2020 · 10:30 am
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This grandfather left his homeland 13 days after partition. Now, 70 years later, he's returning to Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/6tGdyCmaUy

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