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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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Aspiring autocrats keep ruining their countries’ economies. It’s another reason to fear the MAGA movement. In the 20th century, economic and political systems could be situated on a simple 2×2 grid. Economic policies ran from left to right, while political systems could be arrayed from authoritarian to democratic. Most U.S. businesses pegged themselves easily on…
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Subaltern Studies: Writings on IndianHistory and Society began in 1982 as a series of interventions in some debates specific to the writing of modern Indian history.1 Ranajit Guha (b.1923), a historian of India then teaching at the University of Sussex, wasthe inspiration behind it. Guha and eight younger scholars based in India,the United Kingdom, and…
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ARVIND NARRAIN·JANUARY 1, 2024 The Leaflet presents to you a curated list of books from 2023, perhaps for 2024. Happy reading! — Read Part 2 here. A review of books read and enjoyed in the previous year is a nod to what books can do. Broaden the imagination, help one cope with difficult circumstances with humour, provide a…
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PEOPLES DIISPATCH For Prabir: No jail can arrest the march of time towards a more just tomorrow Prabir’s ever-growing legacy continues to inspire the struggle for Indian intellectual and material self-reliance, regardless of the misguided attempts of the RSS-BJP to throttle and subjugate the masses’ aspirations for a better and more inclusive tomorrow.January 16, 2024 by Nikhil…
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The film shows the nexus among real estate magnates, bureaucracy, news media & businesses with humor that resonates to this day! Sudhir Mishra was the assistant director of JBDY. He claims that most actors on the set thought that the movie was “worst” and only changed their opinion after looking at the first cut. (and…
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