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Funded by maharajahs, admired by moderates while also welcoming the extremist vision, in his domain, the artist manifested a nationalism of his own
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Tishani Doshi’s poems slice through recent political and social events
Christophe Jaffrelot’s argument that India has moved towards an ethnic democracy does not stand scrutiny
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