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HIDDEN HISTORIES

KAVITA PURI explores lesser-known stories from our past

I WAS SHOCKED TO READ RECENTLY THAT THERE are still an estimated 114,000 bodies in unmarked mass graves in Spain. They are victims of the Spanish Civil War, fought between 1936 and 1939 between Republicans, loyal to the nation's left-leaning government, and Nationalists, led by a military junta among which Francisco Franco played a key role.

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