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‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India

Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, both in India and as far afield as Canada. What explains his seemingly undimmed power? By Atul Dev. Read by Mikhail Sen. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Afric…

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  From the archive: Putin, Trump, Ukraine: how Timothy Snyder became the lea…

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  How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – n…

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  Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voti…

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  From the archive: How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakista…

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  The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism?

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  ‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student…

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  From the archive: No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the …

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  Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother

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  ‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab

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  From the archive: the impossible job: inside the world of Premier League r…

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  Inside China’s robotics revolution

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  Endo dreams of sushi: a trip around Japan with one of the world’s greatest…

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  From the archive: The high cost of living in a disabling world