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  • All we are and all we aspire to be: C Premkumar on the appeal of his fan favourite ‘Meiyazhagan’
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    All we are and all we aspire to be: C Premkumar on the appeal of his fan favourite ‘Meiyazhagan’

  • Australia cap on foreign student intake hit will Indians hard
    2

    Australia cap on foreign student intake hit will Indians hard
  • India’s food plate and palate have changed – but anxieties old and new persist
    3

    India’s food plate and palate have changed – but anxieties old and new persist
  • Interview: Who holds the cards in the Maharashtra election?
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    Interview: Who holds the cards in the Maharashtra election?
  • Crushing cycle of poverty, trafficking, domestic violence: Underbelly of Assam’s verdant tea gardens
    5

    Crushing cycle of poverty, trafficking, domestic violence: Underbelly of Assam’s verdant tea gardens
  • Interview: How the 16th-century Basilica of Bom Jesus became an icon of Goan identity
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    Interview: How the 16th-century Basilica of Bom Jesus became an icon of Goan identity
  • Buddhism’s spread from India to China started with a Han emperor’s dream
    7

    Buddhism’s spread from India to China started with a Han emperor’s dream
  • West Bengal: Prohibitory orders imposed after communal clashes erupt in Murshidabad district
    8

    West Bengal: Prohibitory orders imposed after communal clashes erupt in Murshidabad district
  • November global fiction: Welcome winter with new reads from Haruki Murakami, Jon Fosse and other
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    November global fiction: Welcome winter with new reads from Haruki Murakami, Jon Fosse and other
  • ‘A Tamilian trapped among three Punjabis’: Subhash Ghai rewinds to the ‘Taal’ soundtrack
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    ‘A Tamilian trapped among three Punjabis’: Subhash Ghai rewinds to the ‘Taal’ soundtrack
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Watch: 12-year-old Jiya Rai swims 36 km in the open sea to raise autism awareness

In a first-of-its-kind feat, Jiya Rai swam from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link to the Gateway of India, Mumbai.

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Feb 19, 2021 · 10:32 am
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Bravo! Jiya Rai, a 12 yr old daughter of naval sailor Madan Rai, created history by swimming from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India, a distance of 36 Km in 8.40 hrs. She has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and dedicated the swimming feat to raise awareness about Autism pic.twitter.com/gkYhsHLwNx

— Rajat Pandit (@rajatpTOI) February 18, 2021
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