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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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    Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
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    From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
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    How to move on from feeling stuck in life
  • ‘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
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    Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
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    Sunday book pick: ‘We Do Not Part’ by Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
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    Congress questions BJP about Trump’s USAID funds ‘for friend Modi’ claim
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    ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ director Reema Kagti: ‘A film that celebrates the magic of cinema’
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    Why is Google Maps misdirecting users in India?
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