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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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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  • A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
  • Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
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    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
  • How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
  • Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
  • This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
    7

    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
  • What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
    8

    What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
  • Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare
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    Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare
  • Are our pampered pets really living their best life?
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    Are our pampered pets really living their best life?
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  1. For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  2. A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
  3. Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world

    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
  4. How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
  5. Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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