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    Mumbai is worried about water, but its control over mainland dams is depriving others
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    Review: In ‘Maa Behen’, the joys of misbehaving women
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    Five rejoinders: What Ramachandra Guha gets wrong about Rahul Gandhi
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    For young readers: How wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal
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