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  • A hidden debt crisis is silently wrecking the dreams of India’s middle class
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    A hidden debt crisis is silently wrecking the dreams of India’s middle class

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    ‘By tearing off the skin with your teeth’: The right way to eat mangoes according to Victorian women

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    India hyphen Pakistan: US rhetoric revives New Delhi’s nightmare

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    The Congolese philosopher who liberated ‘Africa’ from the chains of Western thought

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    Three Indians among 78 ‘pushed’ into Bangladesh, local police claim

  • What excess death data shows: Bihar, Gujarat undercounted Covid-19 toll by 30 times
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    What excess death data shows: Bihar, Gujarat undercounted Covid-19 toll by 30 times

  • For children: Child widow Aru’s life changes when she’s offered a job at the landlord’s house
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    For children: Child widow Aru’s life changes when she’s offered a job at the landlord’s house

  • Translated historical fiction: Shivaji and Aurangzeb’s bloody battle for the control of the Deccan
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    Translated historical fiction: Shivaji and Aurangzeb’s bloody battle for the control of the Deccan

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    I told Apple not to expand production in India, says Donald Trump

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    Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor

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Watch: Son posts video singing the same song he sang to his dying mother on the doctor’s phone

After a doctor’s tweet about the incident went viral, Soham Chatterjee posted a video singing ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’, dedicated to his mother who died of Covid.

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May 18, 2021 · 12:11 pm
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A post shared by Soham Chatterjee (@sohamsings)

He sang Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Nata Koi. I just stood there holding the phone, looking at him looking at his mother and singing. The nurses came over and stood in silence. He broke down in the middle but finished the verse. He asked her vitals, thanked me and hung up.

— Doctor (@DipshikhaGhosh) May 12, 2021

With permission, the people mentioned here are Mrs Sanghamitra Chatterjee and her son Mr Soham Chatterjee. My deepest condolences. You, your voice, your quiet dignity, are her legacy. @sohamchatt

— Doctor (@DipshikhaGhosh) May 13, 2021
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