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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
newDouglas 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 —...
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