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COVER | 15-year-old Nisar Ahmad from a Delhi slum is India's most promising athlete, rewriting the record books and training at the academy in Jamaica where Usain Bolt comes from.
@sahaprd
charts his story
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#COLUMN
| Shehla Rashid ticks every box on the A-list targets of the organized Twitter troll army: Woman, articulate, popular, political, Kashmiri, Muslim, Jawaharlal Nehru University graduate and, of course, anti-establishment, writes
@priyaramani
.
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They said they would boycott her film. They said they would cut off her head. They said she couldn’t act.
@deepikapadukone
has spent her career putting ‘them’ in their place, writes
@RajaSen
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How heartbreak helped top psychiatrist
@shyambhat
to self-actualize — and what you can learn from it
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Journalist
@RanaAyyub
's no-filter critique of New India makes her impossible to ignore. In a year of international honours and awards,
#PriyaRamani
catches up with her
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Habits of, and advice from, 2 best-selling writers— Twinkle Khanna (
@mrsfunnybones
) & Amish Tripathi (
@authoramish
)
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Actor
@ReallySwara
speaks to
@somakghoshal
about cultures of protest, what JNU means to her, and how to forge robust alliances
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#LouisTomlinson
has a strong fanbase in India and has hinted at making a stop in the country during his next world tour
#OneDirection
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From her hugely popular column to short fiction and now her first novel out this month,
#TwinkleKhanna
has come a long way. What keeps
@mrsfunnybones
ticking and reinventing herself? Read the cover story in Lounge tomorrow.
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Journalist
@RanaAyyub
's no-filter critique of New India makes her impossible to ignore. In a year of international honours and awards,
#PriyaRamani
catches up with her.
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#Kashmiri
photojournalist
@Masratzahra
, who was booked under
#UAPA
, received the Anja Niedringhaus Courage In Photojournalism Award, and continues to tell stories from one of the most militarized zones in the world, writes
@asmitabee
#LoungeHeroes
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#ICYMI
| Journalist
@RanaAyyub
's no-filter critique of New India make her impossible to ignore.
#PriyaRamani
catches up with her as she prepares to receive an award from the US-based Muslim Public Affairs Council next week
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In this excerpt from a new book of essays by multiple writers,
@MustafaQuraishi
recalls his experience of the anti-CAA protests in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh
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Journalist
@RanaAyyub
's no-filter critique of New India make her impossible to ignore. In a year of international honours,
#PriyaRamani
catches up with her as she prepares to receive an award from the US-based Muslim Public Affairs Council next week
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#BigStory
An excerpt from a new book on Indian cricket by
@BoriaMajumdar
and
@kushansarkar
looks at how Mohammed Siraj overcame the odds during the 2021 Australia tour to emerge a hero
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From losing her American accent to answering a question from Shah Rukh Khan at the Miss India Pageant, on
@priyankachopra
’s birthday, here's an excerpt from
@chhabs
forthcoming book on the actor.
@Rupa_Books
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Archaeological evidence on the antiquity of Tamil culture from the three excavation sites in Tamil Nadu is exciting— and goes beyond just cultural pride.
@kavithamurali
takes a look.
#Archaeology
#Tamilhistory
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It’s hard work, tenacity and a willingness to experiment with roles that has made
@mammukka
an enduring star in Malayalam cinema.
@GitaGitadan
with today's
#BigStory
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COLUMN | For her next 'The Young And The Restless',
@mehartweets
interviewed eight young politicians to explore their motivations, writes
@natashabadhwar
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Javelin champion and two-time
#Paralympics
gold medal winner
@DevJhajharia
opens up about his struggles and his love for the sport.
@deeps_30
reports
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On composer
@ShantanuMoitra
& photographer
@dhritimanimages
’ creative journey in the hills
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Milkha Singh wasn’t some manufactured brand but an unaffected, unadorned, hard-training, trauma-wearing, no-excuse champion, writes
@Rohitdbrijnath
.
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.
@MirzaSania
speaks exclusively to Lounge about her training routine for Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics.
@deeps_30
writes.
#sports
#Tennis
#TokyoOlympics
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COLUMN | During his reign, Ali Adil Shah I ushered in a golden age in the Bijapur Sultanate. Perhaps the most striking production of his eventful time is the 1570-71 ‘Nujum al-Ulum’ or Stars of the Sciences, writes
@UnamPillai
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In Mark Bennington's (
@DreamOnMark
) photo-book on Bollywood, strugglers pose and stars are captured off the cuff
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#Breaking
As the Supreme Court decides to proceed with the criminal
#contemptofcourt
case against
#KunalKamra
and
#RachitaTaneja
,
@somakghoshal
asks why the Indian state is afraid of satirists.
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Why protecting the sanctity of the sports field is important: Amidst the hard, inflexible tribalism of sport, you need at least a dusting of spirit on the field, writes
@rohitdbrijnath
#cricketnation
#cricketground
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BMWs for athletes are terrific. But the best gift you can offer an athlete is presence. Rohit Brijnath writes.
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COLUMN | Around 1580, Chand Bibi, the widow of Sultan Ali Adil Shah I of Bijapur, rose to prominence. She would go on to electrify not only the Deccan but also the Mughals in faraway Agra, writes
@UnamPillai
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After 18 years, Vineet Kumar Singh got his chance to play hero in a Hindi film.
@priyaramani
explores how he did it
#Mukkabaaz
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#Column
| Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal may be fierce competitors on the court, but they have the deepest respect for one another, writes
@rohitdbrijnath
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COLUMN | In the 19th century, sambandham, an informal mode of ‘marriage’ in Kerala, allowed the elites to join in mutually beneficial unions, writes
@UnamPillai
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#BookExcerpt
I Beef and other meats were consumed in Vedic times, and later too by Brahmins. Ayurveda, for instance, contradicts present-day Hindu orthodoxy in the prescription of animal flesh for medicinal purposes, writes Shylashri Shankar in a new book
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In a conversation with
@BoriaMajumdar
a few months earlier, Dhoni had revealed how haunted he was by his World Cup dismissal against New Zealand. While he was preparing for a final international comeback, the pandemic robbed him of his chance
#DhoniRetires
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.
@DanishSait
’s 1-minute videos, shared mostly on
#Twitter
and
#Instagram
, capture the absurdity of our lives during the
#covid19
pandemic with surgical precision, writes
@Shrabonti
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Nuanced comic parts for women actors in Hindi films are limited, but this doesn’t mean there haven’t been brilliant turns.
@yooday
writes about 7 recent triumphs by actors such as
@RichaChadha
,
@parvatweets
,
@yamigautam
and
@maanvigagroo
#womansday2020
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The story of Araku Valley traverses an unusual trajectory through Naxal activity, Adivasi empowerment, hot-air balloons and some of the best coffee in the world. Look out for this cover story in our issue out tomorrow.
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What makes
@bazzapower
so popular on Twitter? Lounge talks to the Canadian psychotherapist's whose Twitter threads are helping users disentangle complex
#MentalHealth
issues
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#Column
- In her 50s, Sudha Mahalingam became a fearless explorer with the stomach of a backpacking student, writes
@priyaramani
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Manjamma Jogati, the 63-year-old dancer and first trans woman to be appointed chairperson of the Karnataka Janapada Academy, has big dreams for her community and is expanding the idea of folk art, writes
@asmitabee
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COVER - We meet
@aamir_khan
the day after shooting has wrapped up on his biggest film yet, ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’. In a laid-back exchange, he looks back at 30 years in the movies—and how an early promise he made to himself guides him even today.
@jha_lata
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The head of music company T-Series talks to
@iArunJ
about their YouTube record, his instinct for music, and his song selection process
1
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An excerpt from a new book on Indian cricket by
@BoriaMajumdar
and
@kushansarkar
looks at how Mohammed Siraj overcame the odds during the 2021 Australia tour to emerge a hero
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To truly understand
@imVkohli
, you have to go back to the day his father, and hero, died.
@SpiceBoxofEarth
#worldT20
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Today is
#SavitribaiPhule
's 189th birth anniversary. From our
#archives
, a piece by
@anticastecat
on her numerous achievements, and the challenge she posed to Manuwadi culture.
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Seekh kebabs at Jama Masjid, haleem in Charminar, malpuas at Bhendi Bazaar:India’s iftar hubs
http://t.co/sK4HaJx5I5
http://t.co/Je84dDqR9Q
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COLUMN | After the death of Shivaji‘s son, Rajaram, it looked like the Maratha empire would be annexed by the Mughals. Tarabai, Rajaram’s widow, took over the reins of the kingdom, writes
@UnamPillai
.
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#TheFameGame
is a piece of magically achieved auto-fiction about the real
@MadhuriDixit
and the women of her generation, writes
@chasingiamb
#CheapThrills
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Once out of sport, athletes get lost, for the field is home and purpose. Abhinav Bindra has emerged to search for the bigger picture, writes
@rohitdbrijnath
#GameTheory
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COLUMN | Bumrah is a send-off-free hero who is too smart to be a stereotype, too evolved to be just another swearing, pointing, glaring fast bowler, writes
@rohitdbrijnath
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“I would like to credit Bhanvari Devi for igniting the
#MeToo
movement years ago.” Raya Sarkar stands in solidarity with the
#MeToo
second wave in an interview with
@MasalaBai
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Remember the India in which the saleability of national integration was bigger than Swachh Bharat? It’s time to bring it back.
@priyaramani
writes.
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#CoverStory
| Ten years after her big screen debut,
#AliaBhatt
is bracing herself for
#Hollywood
. Could this 29-year-old actor change the rules of the game yet again?
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COLUMN | Small intimacies are safer than the big, demanding ones. Because they are barely visible to others, there is less need to guard them against envy, mockery and other accidental assaults, writes
@natashabadhwar
.
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#Cover
|
@deepikapadukone
’s appearance at JNU is a defining moment for an outraged, restless nation, writes
@RajaSen
in the
@Mint_Lounge
cover story this week.
#IStandwithDeepika
#DeepikaAtJNU
#Chappak
#DeepikaHero
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To most, of course, Kabir, icon of Bhakti is a champion of Hindu-Muslim unity, his Arabic name sitting cheerfully alongside the chant of Ram. But everything about him is immersed in myth and awe, writes
@UnamPillai
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"I have previously argued that Indian men must learn to cook for many reasons: social, economic and moral. The Indian woman can no longer be allowed to bear the burden of household work," writes
@samar11
, in his column
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COLUMN | In 1905, a Namboodiri Brahmin woman called Savitri caused an unparalleled scandal among her milieu in Kerala. Her story inspired a novel by Matampu Kunhukuttan, which is being re-issued in an English translation soon, writes
@UnamPillai
.
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A batch of recent films and shows confirms the fault lines within Indian education: rising costs, never-ending pressure and the largely unregulated growth of private players, writes
@aditya_mani_jha
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Author
@SalmanRushdie
speaks to
@saliltripathi
about his new collection of non-fiction prose, the struggle for free speech, big tech, and his love of art
#SundayLounge
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COLUMN | Mumbai-based lawyer Afroz Shah has decided that he will spend every weekend of the next five years on a river with a bad rap, writes
@priyaramani
@AfrozShah1
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#Column
| Peshwa Bajirao I’s love for the dancer Mastani resulted in Muslim sons being born into a Brahmin line, writes
@UnamPillai
.
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COLUMN | A landmark survey finds teenage girls in India have a game plan that goes beyond marriage, writes
@priyaramani
.
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The oldest mosque in Kerala is the Cheraman Juma Masjid, believed to date to 629 AD—a claim that would make it the earliest Islamic site in India itself, established in the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad.
@UnamPillai
's latest Medium Rare
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COVER: As
#Rangeela
turns 25,
@yooday
lists as many reasons to love the film, from AR Rahman's era-defining soundtrack to Aamir Khan in that yellow suit
#Rangeela25
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'Burnt Sugar' by
@AvniDoshi
, published in India as 'Girl In White Cotton', has been shortlisted for the
#BookerPrize
. With this, Doshi joins an august list of Indian-origin writers like Neel Mukherjee, Jeet Thayil and Anita Desai.
@somakghoshal
reports
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Author and translator
@ShobhaTharoor
speaks to
@somakghoshal
on her love for Raja Ravi Varma, his unique legacy, and why Indian children should get to know him
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COLUMN | Some believe Game Of Thrones will be the last show the world watches together like this, all of us bitten by the same bug, obsessively fearful of spoiler, writes
@RajaSen
on
#GamefThrones
#GoT
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74
'I don’t want to be left wing or right wing, I want to be the engine of the plane'
@chetan_bhagat
talks to
@Shrabonti
about his latest book, its resonance with the Sushant Singh Rajput case, and why he is socially distancing from both the left and right
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5
72
The theory of natural talent leaves out the possibility of becoming better at something you are not naturally good at.
@chasingiamb
writes in her column
#CheapThrills
.
#learning
#consistency
#weekendread
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75
The band
@tcl_collective
has been hosting virtual concerts and posting songs on social media to spread the message of equality, writes
@avantikabhuyan
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COLUMN | During the reign of Krishnadeva Raya, the Vijayanagar empire scaled great heights. The warrior king was not only an emperor unsurpassed but also a poet and patron, writes
@UnamPillai
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Garima Arora is the first Indian woman to win a Michelin star, signalling how a new generation of Indian female chefs has fought the biases of male-dominated professional kitchens to create a new order. Look out for our cover story, in the issue out tomorrow.
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#HappyBirthdayKingKhan
. Another occasion for a replug of
@RajaSen
's recent tribute to
@iamsrk
and
#Kajol
.
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62
#TheFameGame
is a piece of magically achieved auto-fiction about the real
@MadhuriDixit
and the women of her generation, writes
@chasingiamb
#CheapThrills
5
7
68
COLUMN | A million units of Saragama’s Carvaan, a digital audio player, have been sold in two years, writes
@priyaramani
5
25
64
A former chief of the Mumbai police anti-narcotics cell tells
@KhandekarOmkar
why he thinks the charges against the actor are disproportionate to the evidence found
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66
Srinivas Reddy's 'Raya: Krishnadevaraya Of Vijayanagara' is an impeccably researched and yet accessible book (which is not a hagiography), writes
@UnamPillai
@juggernautbooks
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COVER | Hindustan Park in Kolkata has transitioned from a middle class neighbourhood to an area full of hipster cafes and boutiques. The transformation, though similar to that of Hauz Khas Village, has its own charm and peculiarities, writes
@sohinichat
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63
Sushant Singh Rajput's filmography is too unforgivably short for an actor this talented and committed to the craft.
@RajaSen
writes about six performances he left behind, and where you can watch them.
#ripsushantsinghrajput
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65
#Column
- You know what I do with all these loser experiences? I process them. I separate them and lay them out carefully. I examine the anatomy of disadvantage, writes
@natashabadhwar
7
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65
‘No context’ accounts dedicated to shows and celebrities have mushroomed, operating at the intersection of online fandom, satire and current affairs.
@ShephaliBhatt
reports.
@nocontextroyco
@nocontxtSC
@nocontextpwb
@oocderrygirls
@internetsubcultures
1
7
63
#BigStory
|
#SoumitraChatterjee
was more than an actor – he wrote poetry, painted, and always had time to speak up for those without a voice, writes
@saliltripathi
8
13
63
‘I was especially galled that the government cancelled my OCI on Twitter’,
@AatishTaseer
tells
@somakghoshal
, in this interview clarifying his ties with India, relationship with Pakistan, and experience of facing online trolling.
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#Shakira
broke 14 Guinness World Records with ‘Music Sessions Vol. 53’, a scathing track about her ex
#GerardPique
. But here's why the song is problematic,
@Debarati_Chak
writes
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#NeenaGupta
has always been an outstanding performer, from 'Mandi' and 'Saans' to the recent 'Panchayat' and
#MasabaMasaba
.
@RajaSen
's latest column
#StreamOfStories
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In our first cover of the year,
@RujutaDiwekar
tells
@Jahnabee
about why we shouldn't chase weight loss in 2020 and about her 12-week fitness project.
#Reset2020
2
12
63
Chand Mohammed, leader of the ‘Namaste Gang’ in Delhi, could sweet-talk anyone into handing over their valuables.
@KhandekarOmkar
meets the conman in police custody to understand how he duped over 250 people in the past three years
4
9
60
.
@authoramish
, the best-selling writer, speaks to
@somakghoshal
about his new book 'Legend of Suheldev' and the burning questions of religion, identity and nationalism that it raises
0
5
61
In her powerful new memoir, Yashica Dutt recounts her experience of coming out as Dalit, writes
@DivyaKandukuri_
0
18
57
All opinions on food can be safely ignored. Eat what you enjoy and don’t hate on other people’s tastes—be it Schezwan ‘dosas’ or Maggi burgers, writes
@krishashok
#MasalaLab
1
18
62
Winning triangle of 'ability, attitude and passion' is crucial for success –
@BhogleAnita
,
@bhogleharsha
in new book
1
10
59
What would happen if, suddenly, the slaves stopped identifying with their master’s war machine? What could the Dalit nation look like?
@mondalsudipto
writes.
#DreamingIndia
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