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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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An excerpt from ‘Raman and Chandrasekhar: Lighting Up the Stars’, by Arundhati Venkatesh. Illustrated by Priya Kuriyan. Arundhati Venkatesh Yesterday · 01:30 pm Read in App Vidya was crying and Sarada was whimpering. Babuji’s roaring and thundering had disturbed their afternoon naps. Chinnakka tried to soothe them back to sleep but had to give up.…
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– ஜோதிகுமார் – ஜோதிகுமார் 08 பிப்ரவரி 2025 – எழுத்தாளர் சிங்கிஸ் ஐத்மாத்தவ் – ஒரு ஓவியனின், புதிய சித்திரத்திற்கான தயாரிப்புகளுடன் சிங்கிஸ் ஐத்மாத்தவ்வின் ‘என் முதல் ஆசிரியர்‘ நாவல் ஆரம்பமாகின்றது. ஓவியன் பின்வரும் பொருள்படக் கூறுவான் : “பொழுது புலர்கின்றது… ஜன்னல்களை அகலத் திறக்கின்றேன்… கிரகிக்க முடியாத, எதிரொலிகளை உள்ளத்தில் உருவாக்கும், இந்த இளம் கோடையின், உதயம் போன்றதன், முக்கியத்துவத்தை இன்னும் நான் பெறவே இல்லை. எனது சித்திரம் வெறும் எண்ணக்குவியலாய் மாத்திரமே இருக்கின்றது. எத்தனையோ கோட்டுருவங்களை…
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By Hanna Perekhoda Published 8 February, 2025 MastodonFacebookTwitterEmail First published in Revolutionary Russia. On the centenary of Vladimir Lenin’s death, this article revisits his pre-1917 writings on the right of nations to self-determination from the perspective of his Ukrainian contemporary, Lev Yurkevych. Unlike the well-known polemic between Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg, the critique of Lenin’s views on national…
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Ghatak was born in Dhaka, then in East Bengal, in 1925. He grew up in a family of intellectuals and writers and was exposed to various forms of art and literature from an early age. He was deeply affected by the partition of India in 1947, which divided Bengal into two parts and displaced millions…
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