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    Caste as seen through an Orientalist lens: The ironic legacy of 18th-century Company paintings

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    Why some Hindu-Americans are opposing the first South Asian to run in New York’s mayoral poll

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    Strikes on Iran: US claims of ‘self-defence’ are illegal under international law

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    What two deaths say about ‘peninsular’ India’s insular view of the North East

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    Five crucial questions the report indicting Justice Varma does not answer

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    For children: Four friends are on a camping trip in a grand amusement park, but something is fishy

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    ‘Panchayat’ season 4 review: Easy-going charm loses the vote to an over-hyped election

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    Indian writer Nilanjana S Roy is on the 2026 judging panel for the International Booker Prize

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    J&K High Court orders government to bring back woman deported to Pakistan

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    Delhi’s street vendors aren’t ‘illegal’ – sweeping evictions violate rights, crush livelihoods

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Watch: Meet 21-year-old Arya Rajendran, India’s youngest mayor, from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

The BSc Mathematics second-year student of All Saints College was recently elected as the Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.

Scroll Staff
Jan 02, 2021 · 05:22 pm
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"I am the proud daughter of a proud worker. That is why I became part of this movement of the workers, peasants & other common people," says CPI(M)'s Arya Rajendran, all set to be the new mayor of Thiruvananthapuram. 21 year old Arya is to be the youngest mayor in India. pic.twitter.com/LwKt07JTK2

— Subin Dennis (@subindennis) December 27, 2020

21 year old Arya Rajendran takes charge as the Mayor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation winning the election with 54 votes in the 100 member council, including the votes of the independent councillors. pic.twitter.com/N31bxWP31G

— S.R.Praveen (@myopiclenses) December 28, 2020
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