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This government has all but actually declared a war on its own people: Teesta Setalvad
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Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala
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EVM controversy: Fresh instances of malfunction reported
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What upset the Gathbandhan’s applecart in UP: Caste quotient or something else?
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