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At 92, the Bard of Bollywood Is Still Writing About Love

✇NYT - World
By: Mujib Mashal
The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.

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Gulzar at his home in Mumbai in July. He maintains the wonder that has fueled his work.
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Once Home to Batman, This Faded Mansion Is Now Plagued by Real Bats

✇NYT - World
By: Leo Sands
Officials in England are alarmed at the state of Mentmore Towers, the 19th century estate that served as Wayne Manor in the 2005 film “Batman Begins.”

© Sydney O'Meara/Evening Standard, via Hulton Archive, via Getty Images

Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, in the English countryside, in 1977.
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