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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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Anand Teltumbde 20/Jul/2024 5 min read Sunil Ramanand’s ‘Cops in a Quagmire’ is a soft sketch of systemic decay. I was given this obscure novel by a senior jailor in Taloja Central Prison where I was imprisoned from April 14, 2020. I was quite impressed and decided to review it but it could not be…
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POSTED ON FRIDAY, JUL 19, 2024 6:00AM BY MARIE SNYDER by Marie Snyder Noam Chomsky was rumoured to have left us almost a month ago, but he always told us not to trust the media! It appears he’s still alive at time of writing, and recovering at home from a stroke. Both The New Statesman and Jacoben published obituaries. Yanis Varoufakis claims his article about his friend was…
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In 1838, a young Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech warning of the dangers of mob violence and the fragility of the rule of law.A statue of a young Abraham Lincoln sits in a courtyard on the campus of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Credit: Jerry Regis / Alamy Stock Photo An early speech by Abraham Lincoln…
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In this excerpt from his new book ‘Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste’, Ajaz Ashraf recounts the moments that changed the lives of three activists Ajaz Ashraf Published8 Jul 2024, 05:00 PM IST Need Quick Access to Cash with Zero Paperwork? Check Best Offers We tend to recall vividly the moment life changes tack. And so Minal…
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Ajaz Ashraf 15/Jun/2024 5 min read The national media coverage of the violence at Bhima Koregaon enhanced the historical significance of the place. Until 2018, Bhima Koregaon was not embedded in the popular consciousness outside Maharashtra. . Ambedkar and his followers at the Koregaon victory pillar on 28 December 1927. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL…
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