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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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This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history. Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the document is copyright. Permission is granted for electronic copying, distribution in print form for educational purposes…
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“MARRIAGE CAN WAIT. EDUCATION CANNOT…BECAUSE A SOCIETY HAS NO CHANCE OF SUCCESS IF ITS WOMEN ARE UNEDUCATED.” INTRODUCTION: Khaled Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, was written after Hosseini traveled back to his native Afghanistan to examine for himself the nation’s situation in the aftermath of decades of turmoil. In early 2007, Hosseini told…
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Inbox Search for all messages with label Inbox Remove label Inbox from this conversation FAS Events events@fas.org.in via agrarianstudies.org 3:16 AM (6 hours ago) to events4 Greetings from the Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS)! We are happy to announce the return of FAS Young Scholars’ Online Seminar Series (YSOSS, 2024-25). This is the third round of the acclaimed series which provides a platform for young…
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July 27, 2024 Sujit Chakraborty Maverick story teller, the author just loves turning around what… Celebrate the centenary of Badal Sircar, a revolutionary thespian whose Third Theatre transformed community theatre worldwide. Join us as the Badal Sircar Natya Charcha Kendra organizes a year-long homage One hundred years ago was born Badal Sircar, a thespian giant and…
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Sucheta Dalal 12 August 2024 Investor Interest The manner in which India’s market regulator, the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has gone about investigating the astounding rise in share prices of the Adani group has been troubling for independent observers, even before Hindenburg Research, a US-based firm that specialises in forensic financial research, released…

