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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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    Are our pampered pets really living their best life?
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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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    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
  • A Swiss court’s decision on use of a pesticide sends a hopeful message to Indian farmers
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    A Swiss court’s decision on use of a pesticide sends a hopeful message to Indian farmers
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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
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Watch: Mural of Marianne – ‘symbol of France’ – defaced with ‘tears’ during protests in Paris

Paris has been rife with protests against a new law that prohibits people from posting pictures identifying police officers on duty.

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Dec 15, 2020 · 02:45 pm
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VIDEO: Marianne "cries" in Paris as artist's mural defaced with tears.

A fresco by artist Obey depicting Marianne - the symbol of France - on a building in Paris has been defaced. Red tears were added and the motto of the Republic "liberty, equality, fraternity" was crossed out pic.twitter.com/l5RMg1aWGf

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