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Farooq Shah

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'We Do Not Need Linguistic Ghettos': A Conversation About Pakistan’s Sanskrit Revival, Language and Identity

Languages have no borders. They travel where armies cannot, survive empires that imagined themselves eternal and preserve memories long after kingdoms...

18.08.2026 30

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Farooq Shah

A Platinum Jubilee, a Political Speech and the Questions Facing India's First IIT

Kharagpur (West Bengal): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur held its 72nd convocation on Friday, July 4, awarding 3,936 degrees to...

09.07.2026 30

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Farooq Shah

Interview | 'There Will Be No Winners in This War, Only Losers,' Says Noted Jewish-American Political Scientist

Listen to this article: In this interview with The Wire about the ongoing United States (US)-Israeli conflict with Iran, Alon Ben-Meir, an Iraqi-born...

19.03.2026 50

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Farooq Shah

It's the Small Things | A Friendship Across Continents

28.06.2025 30

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Farooq Shah