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

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

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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

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    Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India

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

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

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

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    Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India

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    Like listening at the entrance of a tunnel: Why you can’t trust online reviews

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    What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran

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‘Why can’t we eat pizza?’: Protesting farmers at Singhu Border run their own pizza langar

‘Farmers grow this wheat, bajra, corn, rice. Why should we sleep hungry?’

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Jan 09, 2021 · 12:08 pm
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#GroundReport | Protesting farmers at #SinghuBorder are running their own pizza langar. When BOOM asked them, "Why pizza?" they told us, "Why not pizza? Farmers grow this wheat, bajra, corn, rice. Why will we sleep hungry?"@BoomFactsHindi #FarmersProtest #KisanAndolan pic.twitter.com/TqUZLDytRp

— BOOM Live (@boomlive_in) January 8, 2021
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