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  • Claustropolis: 1984

    “Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…

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  • The wisest Indian

    André Béteille’s writings remain of enduring relevance. Readers unfamiliar with his work should begin with a collection of his newspaper articles, Chronicles of Our Time Ramachandra Guha Published 07.09.24, 07:07 AM Andre Beteille.Sourced by the Telegraph The Indian scholar I most admire, Professor André Béteille, celebrates his ninetieth birthday on September 15. Born and raised in…

  • Should I Go Walking in the Rain?

    Answers from Woolf, Laxness and the Ronettes The Humanities Library Aug 18, 2024 As I sit here in the humanities library (ok, I’m hunched over a laptop at the foot of my bed, but sue me, I enjoy the imagery) I’m looking out of the window at a rain that has been, shall we say,…

  • Witnesses Tell What They Saw When Riots Came to Soweto

    By Michael T. Kaufman Special to The New York Times Credit…The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context fromJune 28, 1976, Page 3Buy Reprints New York Times subscribers* enjoy full access to TimesMachine—view over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. Subscribe *Does not include Crossword-only or Cooking-only subscribers. About…

  • The Soweto Uprising

    By Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu IntroductionTo explain the Soweto uprising different authors place emphasis on various factors.Some highlight structural changes in the economy and society, including politicalchanges brought about by apartheid; some stress the emergence of youth subculturesin Soweto’s secondary schools in the 1970s; some emphasise the transformative roleof Black Consciousness and its associated organisations; others…

  • Interview | ‘Quit TMC As Act of Self-Immolation; Take Corrective Action’: Jawhar Sircar

    Sravasti Dasgupta 08/Sep/2024 Sircar, who also announced his decision to step down from the Rajya Sabha in protest against the West Bengal government’s handling of the R.G. Kar rape and murder case, said to The Wire that his resignation was a ‘warning to the only party that can save Bengal from the BJP’. New Delhi: Trinamool…

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