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  • Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
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    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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    What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
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    Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare
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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport
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Watch: Rajasthani folk singer Dapu Khan has died. Here’s one of his performances

Dapu Khan had been entertaining visitors in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, for over two decades.

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Mar 14, 2021 · 01:09 pm
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Heartbreaking news from the Thar: Manganiyar singer Dapu Khan ji is no more. His magical voice, and the mellifluous sound of his Kamaicha, reverberated through Sonar Kila for decades. Truly, a legend. Thar grieves today. pic.twitter.com/dfK1r3Dvql

— Mahim Pratap Singh (@mayhempsingh) March 13, 2021
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