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  • Travelogue: A hermit travels from the Garhwal Himalayas to Mount Kailash and Manas Sarovar in 1898
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    Travelogue: A hermit travels from the Garhwal Himalayas to Mount Kailash and Manas Sarovar in 1898

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    What if Dharmendra Pradhan resigns?

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    Bihar Police open fire at paper leak protesters in Jehanabad

  • Ethanol lessons for India from Brazil: Transition took decades of building trust, offering options
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    Ethanol lessons for India from Brazil: Transition took decades of building trust, offering options

  • ‘Musafir Cafe’ review: A charming show about love and life-altering choices
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    ‘Musafir Cafe’ review: A charming show about love and life-altering choices

  • ‘Fractured Communities’ by Umar Khalid: Scholarship meets commitment to marginalised lives
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    ‘Fractured Communities’ by Umar Khalid: Scholarship meets commitment to marginalised lives

  • ‘Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya’ review: A riotous,  subversive show about the state of India’s schools
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    ‘Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya’ review: A riotous, subversive show about the state of India’s schools

  • Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal moves Supreme Court against political defections through party mergers
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    Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal moves Supreme Court against political defections through party mergers

  • A new cookbook reveals the versatility of easily available grains and delicious ways to cook them
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    A new cookbook reveals the versatility of easily available grains and delicious ways to cook them

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    Activist Sonam Wangchuk ends fast after 26 days, CJP says protest to continue till Pradhan resigns

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The Miyawaki method is an afforestation technique pioneered by a Japanese botanist, whereby dense forests are created on degraded lands.

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Mumbai’s first Miyawaki forest blooms. This is at Narayan Pujari Nagar near Worli. The site has about 1800 trees with 40 varieties of plants. Former BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi who sent me this video, commissioned this last year. pic.twitter.com/I7RsqCgNke

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