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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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    Drones after dusk: Is this the ‘new normal’ on India’s western front?

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

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    Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor

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    Madhya Pradesh HC orders FIR against BJP leader for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi

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    Why US court’s fine on Israeli firm operating Pegasus is an indictment of the Indian Supreme Court

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    Madhya Pradesh minister apologises for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi

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    Why workers at an Adani power plant who gave up land for jobs went on a hunger strike

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    Shortlisted for 2025 International Booker Prize: An excerpt from ‘Small Boat’ by Vincent Delecroix

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Watch: Varanasi’s streets are waterlogged after heavy rain

As the monsoon covers more of the country, urban troubles begin.

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Jun 18, 2021 · 11:29 am
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This is the condition of road in the very heart of Varanasi after a spell of heavy rains. Very close to Dashaswamegh ghat which stands host to scores of tourists, VVIPs and dignitaries across the year. Can only wonder about situation elsewhere in the city.pic.twitter.com/8iO6iPNgVw

— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) June 17, 2021
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