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  • Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
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    Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
  • How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
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    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
  • ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan
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    ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan
  • Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
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    Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
  • A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
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    A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
  • The flight of the florican: An ornithologist’s lifelong quest to save a terrestrial bird
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    The flight of the florican: An ornithologist’s lifelong quest to save a terrestrial bird

  • Court acquittal three years on is cold comfort for Muslim man rebuilding life after demolition
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    Court acquittal three years on is cold comfort for Muslim man rebuilding life after demolition
  • Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
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    Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
  • Watch: Oscars 2025 host Conan O’Brien tries to speak Hindi
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    Watch: Oscars 2025 host Conan O’Brien tries to speak Hindi
  • ‘A creative narrative based on facts’: How anthropologist Irawati Karve’s biography was written
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    ‘A creative narrative based on facts’: How anthropologist Irawati Karve’s biography was written
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Akbar Chaudry shows how it’s done.

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Feb 28, 2021 · 10:38 am
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  1. Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport

    Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
  2. How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule

    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
  3. ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan

    ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan
  4. Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?

    Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
  5. A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing

    A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
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