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  • Voter rolls, not just EVMs: How Opposition is coming to a new understanding on BJP’s alleged rigging
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    Voter rolls, not just EVMs: How Opposition is coming to a new understanding on BJP’s alleged rigging
  • The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge
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    The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge
  • The dark shadows of Bhutan’s Gelephu ‘mindfulness city’ project
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    The dark shadows of Bhutan’s Gelephu ‘mindfulness city’ project
  • A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
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    A new book examines urban India’s changing attitudes to marriage and the reasons for this
  • ‘Sthal’ review: A memorable exploration of a woman’s real place in society
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    ‘Sthal’ review: A memorable exploration of a woman’s real place in society
  • A new book brings the story of the roti, India’s versatile but unassuming staple food
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    A new book brings the story of the roti, India’s versatile but unassuming staple food
  • Fiction: A carpet-maker in Srinagar pursues a transcendental dream – to weave a flying carpet
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    Fiction: A carpet-maker in Srinagar pursues a transcendental dream – to weave a flying carpet
  • Freedom for the wolves, death for the sheep: The pitfalls of unbridled business deregulation
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    Freedom for the wolves, death for the sheep: The pitfalls of unbridled business deregulation
  • NAAC bribery, UGC’s diluted rules: Two controversies reflect crisis in Indian higher education
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    NAAC bribery, UGC’s diluted rules: Two controversies reflect crisis in Indian higher education
  • Is social media an ‘addiction’? This study looked at bodily responses while scrolling Instagram
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    Is social media an ‘addiction’? This study looked at bodily responses while scrolling Instagram
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Watch: Elephants enjoy relaxing baths and delicacies at this 48-day retreat in a Tamil Nadu forest

The annual retreat for captive elephants at Thekkampatti village near Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, has begun.

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Feb 14, 2021 · 10:19 am
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WATCH: Elephants from temples in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state head to their annual 48-day retreat in the forest where they will enjoy relaxing baths and their favorite delicacies 🐘 pic.twitter.com/msqQVXRMoU

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 13, 2021
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