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Modi’s quest to reshape India ‘for a thousand years’

Under a soot-layered single lightbulb in Pappu Chaiwala’s tea shop, Narendra Modi’s fan club is discussing what to expect if the Varanasi MP and Indian national leader wins a third term. “Reclaim Mount Kailash!” one says of the holy mountain across the border in Chinese-ruled Tibet, which is...

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Academy remembers Jewish pioneers of Hollywood after antisemitism critique

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Douglas Fairbanks, the swashbuckling king of the silent era, was on hosting duties while the list of nominees included Gloria Swanson and Janet Gaynor. Wings, a silent First World War film featuring Clara Bow, won best picture. Those inside the opulently decorated Blossom Room on Hollywood Boulevard — having paid $5 for the tickets —...