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UP CM backs Allahabad HC judge who made anti-Muslim remarks, says he spoke the truth

Adityanath asked if it was a crime to speak about what was beneficial for the majority community.

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Why Assam’s proposed ban on beef in restaurants may be unconstitutional

On the surface, the ban has nothing to do with regulating cow slaughter in the state. It violates the right to privacy, experts say.

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Ramachandra Guha: Remembering Rajmohan Gandhi’s warning about the ‘new Hindu separatism’

In a speech he made as a Rajya Sabha MP during a debate on the Places of Worship Act in 1991, he pointed out the dangers of reopening old wounds.

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What American steel baron Andrew Carnegie thought of Varanasi and the Taj

One of the richest men of his time, Carnegie visited the Gangetic Belt after short stops in Madras and Calcutta.

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‘Government responsibility to create a free public library system’: Former librarian Emily Drabinski

‘When we read, we are sovereign over our own mind, a sovereignty that can never be abridged,’ Drabinski told Mridula Koshy of The Community Library Project.

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Sunday book pick: The sex lives of Iranian housewives in Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Embroideries’

Originally published in French as ‘Broderies’ in 2003, the book was translated into English by Anjali Singh.

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‘The Inseparables’: Simone de Beauvoir’s novella speaks of the crushing weight borne by women

The book serves as a reminder of the necessity for women to form intimate bonds of care (often in unspoken ways) despite facing restrictive systems of power.

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Eco India: Why Kolkata faces a severe air quality crisis each winter?

With the highest vehicular density in the country, Kolkata’s transport sector has been at the forefront of the city’s air quality challenge.

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Start the week with a film: In ‘Don’t Let Them Shoot the Kite’, innocence and freedom in a jail

Tunc Basaran’s acclaimed Turkish drama is available on MUBI.

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