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When Arab traders made a fortune in pearl trade in Bombay
In the early 20th century, when Bombay was a major hub for the pearl industry, many families from the Persian Gulf made the city their home.
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When Jawaharlal Nehru read ‘Lolita’ to decide whether an ‘obscene’ book should be allowed in India
After a consignment of Vladimir Nabokov’s famed book landed on Indian shores, a debate over its ban spanned Customs and police to the finance minister and PM.
A Google engineer mistook a powerful AI as sentient because of this human cognitive glitch
Fluent expression is not always evidence of a mind at work, but the human brain is primed to believe so.
In the story of Sindhi migration, Canary Islands played a small but important role
In the 19th century, the archipelago off the coast of Africa was the first link between India and Spain.
From the economy, investments to agriculture and jobs: The many repercussions of India’s land woes
Unclear land titles, slow-moving courts and small landholdings, make buying land in India inherently risky. Bureaucratic and legal tangles add to this.
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