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  • 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
  • ‘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
  • 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
  • ‘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
  • ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
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    ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
  • Karnataka: Bus conductor assaulted for not speaking Marathi in Belagavi, four arrested
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    Karnataka: Bus conductor assaulted for not speaking Marathi in Belagavi, four arrested
  • 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
  • Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
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    Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
  • The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
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    The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
  • ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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    ‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
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Watch: These jackets turn into waterproof sleeping bags for the homeless

Dutch designer Bas Timmer invented the first 'Sheltersuit' in 2014: a weather-proof, wearable sleeping bag designed to offer protection and warmth.

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Nov 15, 2020 · 09:54 am
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India has a large proportion of the world’s homeless. This should have been invented here. The cold weather in the north is upon us. Can clothing manufacturers make them here? Could a consortium of buyers (through their CSR) provide a business model? pic.twitter.com/YLxDZB3nQQ

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  1. Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans

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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
  3. From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers

    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
  4. ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism

    ‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
  5. ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language

    ‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
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