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    Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh

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    Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge

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    ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation

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    In Kashmir, the cost of living with predators

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    The first woman who climbed to the top of the world – and vanished

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    When war becomes a meme: Tagore’s warning against hollow nationalism

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    ‘Pune Highway’ review: A bumpy and uneven murder mystery

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    ‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’

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    A play shows how textile workers of Mumbai were written out of the history and mythology of the city

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    Jyoti Bhatt: The Gandhian whose expressive artwork is an archive of India

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Watch: The unique swinging flute emits music when it is swung in the air

‘There are tigers, cheetahs, and bears in the jungle. But if you were to swing this, they would stay away from you,’ said Maniram Mandawi, 42.

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Feb 26, 2021 · 02:14 pm
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The ingenuity of the indigenous people.

Here's Maniram Mandawi with his signature swinging bamboo flutes. What does it do? How does it work? Got a minute? Have a look. pic.twitter.com/jnonvfS4eX

— People's Archive of Rural India (@PARInetwork) February 26, 2021
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