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  • A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
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    A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch

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    I saw firsthand how callous prison officials and their negligence led to Stan Swamy’s death

  • ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films
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    ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films

  • Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
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    Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests

  • ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
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    ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama

  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species
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    Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species

  • ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family
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    ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family

  • A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world
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    A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world

  • How Jayaprakash Narayan, hero for the Sangh, pushed for ‘socialist’ to be added to the Constitution
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    How Jayaprakash Narayan, hero for the Sangh, pushed for ‘socialist’ to be added to the Constitution

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Watch: A glimpse of a new Miyawaki forest near Narayan Pujari Nagar in Mumbai

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

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Jan 20, 2021 · 12:22 pm
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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

— Meenal Baghel (@writemeenal) January 19, 2021
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