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Eternal youth

A brief comment on a 70-year-old Bahamas resident who says stem cell therapy is reversing his ageing, with a quip about the promised land where the rich stay young.

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Gorakh Hill for a quiet time

A travel extract on Gorakh Hill, Sindh’s highest point at 5,688 feet, praising its views and the adventurous climb, with the poster pleased to find the peak and its ancient…

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The (unsung) mutiny (1946)

A 94-year-old eyewitness’s account of the 1946 Royal Indian Navy mutiny, with the poster noting the mutineers were never employed by either the Indian or Pakistani navy.

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Thorium reactor #1 (only by 2025)

A report that India’s Advanced Heavy Water Reactor, a thorium-fuelled design from BARC, is ready, with the poster hoping the plans are meant and worrying that Kerala’s thorium reserves are…

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Caste system explained?

Extracts on Raj Chetty’s finding that US social mobility is low and steady and on Gregory Clark’s surname research, which the poster says implicitly works as a caste test.

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Islamabad

A report on a gun and suicide bomb attack at an Islamabad court complex that killed 11, with the poster saying the ceasefire is a joke.

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Desi street food in London (and beyond)

A piece on desi street food in London, from dosa and chaat to jhal muri, with the poster hoping it enters English lexicon along with yoga asanas.

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1857

An extract on the 26th Native Infantry’s 1857 mutiny at Mian Mir and the Ajnala well where the mutineers were killed, which the poster calls shared history of Hindus, Sikhs…

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Real life lesson (how to be a communication expert)

A report on a recruiter’s harsh reply to a young woman’s LinkedIn connection request, with the poster’s moral that being nice on the way up pays when you come down.

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Exotic food

A report on police raiding a Nigerian restaurant allegedly selling human flesh, with the poster’s wry remarks on food without borders.

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