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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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DEEKSHA DWIVEDI·JANUARY 11, 2024 The stay on the bail Orders of Gautam Navlakha and Mahesh Raut, incarcerated under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, creates an unconstitutional and unjust barrier for the fulfillment of their fundamental rights, laments the author. — क़फस उदास है यारों सबा से कुछ तो कहोकहीं तो बहरे-खुदा आज ज़िक्र-ए-यार चले…
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The concert will be held at the Music Academy and will feature 13 musicians. January 09, 2024 02:05 pm | Updated January 10, 2024 01:14 pm IST LAKSHMI ANAND Friends come together on stage. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement ‘Friends in Concert’, a unique production featuring 13 well-known Carnatic musicians, was first aired digitally in…
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What is Bilkis Bano case? @MahuaMoitra sums it up to refresh our memories. Bilkis Bano was raped 22 times, her mother and two sisters were raped. 14 people in total were killed, 7 from her own family including her 3 year old child whose head was smashed and body never found. The bodies were thrown…
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The champion of ordinary-middle class Basu Chaterjee, makes common man a hero and there day to day life as exciting as a fairytale. His films have characters who have their feet on the ground, the problems they are facing are real, their triumphs are relatable and the losses feel like our own. Basu Chatterjee, along…
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Nothing that any opposition leader may have said with respect to the canny political use of Ram done by the ruling party will carry the devastating import that the denigration by the shankaracharyas inevitably does. PM Narendra Modi takes part in the bhoomi pujan for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, August 5,…
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