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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

  • ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
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    ‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker

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    Row erupts after Trinamool Congress MLA’s remarks about Kolkata law student gangrape case

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    In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition

  • ‘Vanishing World’: Sayaka Murata’s new novel warns readers of a world bereft of love and belonging
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    ‘Vanishing World’: Sayaka Murata’s new novel warns readers of a world bereft of love and belonging

  • ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
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    ‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves

  • Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin
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    Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin

  • Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents
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    Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents

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    Five ways you may be harming your liver

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Watch: Scenes across the country from Bharat Bandh in support of farmers’ agitations

A call for a countrywide shutdown was observed in many parts of India.

Scroll Staff
Dec 08, 2020 · 05:34 pm
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An army soldier joining the #BharatBandh took the police by surprise in Hubballi district in Karnataka. The solider is from the Signals Regiment and he was in his hometown on leave. Police said he was not detained, but he left the protest when questioned. #FarmersProtest pic.twitter.com/b1Qlb9c1P0

— Arun Dev (@ArunDev1) December 8, 2020

#आज_भारत_बंद_है Organised protest at Mulund @INCMumbai Entire Mulund assembly showed solidarity with #BharatBandh pic.twitter.com/Fz7YZcI2xw

— Charan Singh Sapra (@Charanssapra) December 8, 2020

Glimpses of #BharatBandh at ShadNagar lead by TRS Working President Shri @KTRTRS garu ... pic.twitter.com/V4B6fRls3F

— krishanKTRS (@krishanKTRS) December 8, 2020

#BharatBandh | "Rail workers, the transport union, students, intellectuals, and artists have all supported this All-India strike": Yogendra Yadav, President, Swaraj India#FarmBills2020 pic.twitter.com/WGiaKHOt4r

— NDTV (@ndtv) December 8, 2020

#BharatBandh in different parts of #Karnataka in Raichur, protestors make way for an ambulance at an intersection, before carrying on with their protest pic.twitter.com/e4fnKn8T1B

— Deepa Balakrishnan (@deepab18) December 8, 2020

#WATCH | Haryana: People protesting agianst farm laws make way for an ambulance to pass through a section of the Ambala-Hisar highway#BharatBandh pic.twitter.com/CRBXc0JU2P

— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2020
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  1. Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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