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When a unique university on a ship sailed up to India for ‘cultural immersion’

In the 1920s, an American professor founded the Floating University to develop in its students ‘the ability to think in world terms’.

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Assam: Homes of 1,080 families bulldozed in Goalpara eviction drive

The majority of the people in the area had dismantled their homes and moved out before the eviction drive took place, said officials.

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From Bihar to Bengal, how BJP has crafted a new citizenship regime

What the state can do with ‘doubtful’ voters, we already know from the experience of Assam.

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Ramachandra Guha: Remembering Yusuf Meherally, the Muslim socialist mayor of Mumbai

The slogan ‘Quit India’ may have been misattributed to him but he did come up with ‘Simon Go Back!’

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From Mithila to the global stage: Writer Taranand Viyogi’s hope for Maithili literature’s evolution

As a Dalit writer, Viyogi is among the first to introduce Dalit discourses into Maithili literature.

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‘Dhadak 2’ director Shazia Iqbal: ‘Caste is everywhere, not just in rural India’

The Hindi adaptation of Mari Selvaraj’s Tamil film ‘Pariyerum Perumal’ stars Triptii Dimri and Siddhant Chaturvedi.

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‘A powerful urge to be useful to other women’: What Ashrafunnisa Begum’s life revealed to CM Naim

CM Naim’s translation of 19th-century reformer Ashrafunnisa Begum’s biography was published in 2021. Naim, a translator and scholar of Urdu, died o...

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What ‘Timefulness’ by Marcia Bjornerud taught writer Janice Pariat about Earth’s temporal rhythms

‘Timefulness’, for Bjornerud, is to become acutely aware of how the world is made by – indeed, made of – time.

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Eco India: How overpopulation of pigeons in Mumbai is causing a health crisis

According to civic authorities pigeon populations in Mumbai have risen by 150% in the last 5 years leading to serious health risks for those living...

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