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Bihar's blue wave of resistance

Dalits in West Champaran fight landlords to claim redistributed land.

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In search of the Pepper King

A withering house in Kerala and the myths about the man who built it.

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The reel life

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Sex workers: Sri Lanka's most vulnerable

The twin shocks of the economic crisis and the pandemic has forced many more to join the sex industry, where exploitation is the norm.

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Bringer of light and death

Phosphorus is indispensable to life but it is a scarce resource. Ironically, there is also too much of it around us, endangering the environment and food security.

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A million mutinies in Manipur

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The Andaman and Nicobar islands are a vague, easily dismissed presence for mainlanders, despite their importance for national security and economic potential.

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