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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

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    Yiyun Li lost both her sons to suicide. Her new memoir reveals her as a very special writer

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    ‘Sarzameen’ trailer: An Army family is torn between duty and love

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Watch: IIT Bombay conducts a virtual reality convocation with digital avatars for its students

Animated personalised avatars of students received their degrees, awards, and medals from simulations of the chief guest and professors.

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Aug 24, 2020 · 12:05 pm
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LIVE from #IITBombay Virtual Convocation:

President of India's Medal for 2020 goes to Sahil Hiral Shah, https://t.co/EdUFpsUBTU in Computer Science & Engineering

Check out virtual avatar of the student receiving medal from Chief Guest and Nobel laureate Prof. @FDuncanMHaldane pic.twitter.com/XAOOXxqkNy

— PIB in Maharashtra 🇮🇳 (@PIBMumbai) August 23, 2020

Graduated, on 58th convocation of IIT Bombay.
My avatar receiving award of a degree as a DAAD scholar. We can say the future is here. We can work on a similar model for Nepalese universities for different events.@moenepal @DAADIndia @IndiaInNepal @RONBupdates pic.twitter.com/0bIr4HrM85

— Akash deo (@talk2sohan) August 24, 2020

Congratulations to Dangu Er Porag Chakma for being conferred with B. Tech (Metallurgical) from IIT Bombay today.

He is the son of Dg Kalyan Moy Chakma from Rajiv Nagar (Amsury) within Mamit district, Mizoram and is also the first Chakma graduate from the IIT Bombay. pic.twitter.com/rrsJzjhDQV

— The BorapansuryTimes (@thebpstimes) August 23, 2020
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