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  • A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
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    A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch

  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family
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    ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family

  • Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare
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    Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare

  • A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym
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    A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym

  • Review: ‘Uppu Kappurambu’ finds the comedy in death and burial
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    Review: ‘Uppu Kappurambu’ finds the comedy in death and burial

  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

  • This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
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    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings

  • A Swiss court’s decision on use of a pesticide sends a hopeful message to Indian farmers
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    A Swiss court’s decision on use of a pesticide sends a hopeful message to Indian farmers

  • This book studies gender in Bengal’s nationalist policies (and the evolution of the ‘bhadramahila’)
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    This book studies gender in Bengal’s nationalist policies (and the evolution of the ‘bhadramahila’)

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Covid-19 crisis: Bengaluru crematorium workers, gravediggers work non-stop despite pending salaries

Like many other parts of the country, Bengaluru has been overwhelmed by an incremental rise in coronavirus cases and deaths.

Scroll Staff
May 10, 2021 · 07:49 pm
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Watch: Gravediggers and crematorium workers in Bengaluru are working around the clock as dead bodies keep piling up.

Space is running out as is the money owed to these workers, for several months now.

Report by @alitheasm pic.twitter.com/CEHk73RYAt

— Firstpost (@firstpost) May 10, 2021

After Susheelamma, a powrakarmika in Banaswadi, #Bengaluru passed away from COVID on Wednesday, the powrakarmika workers observed mourning for the untimely demise of Susheelamma today. @IndianExpress @DarshanDevaiahB pic.twitter.com/EYqHUUiH18

— Express Bengaluru (@IEBengaluru) May 6, 2021

WOMAN BEGS FOR BED OUTSIDE CM RESIDENCE

In #Bengaluru, a woman was seen pleading for Covid bed for her husband outside CM's residence. She says she is willing to pay if a bed is arranged. After 30 minutes,CM office arranged for a bed but patient died by then.

Sreeja MS reports! pic.twitter.com/Gb0RHpQpJP

— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) May 6, 2021
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