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The Hunt for Nationalism in the Age of Dhurandhar

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As the Hindi-language film Dhurandhar is breaking all Indian box office records, it was a strange coincidence to watch it and The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case, a Hindi-language web series, in the same week. Both pieces of media deal with monumental terrorist attacks, the related national security challenges and the maze of India’s… Continue reading The Hunt for Nationalism in the Age of Dhurandhar
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