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| The Ajanta that didn’t happen |
| A 5th century Buddhist cave excites the
curiosity of a scholar
Text: Satish Nandgaonkar
Photos: Gajanan Dudhalkar |
| Sometime between the thousand misty years — no one knows for sure how many— dividing the 2nd century BC and the 8th century AD, a series of cave shrines came up in the western parts of what is now India. In these quiet grottos, priests and sculptors ... |
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| Thanks for the drink |
| It is a little after 8 pm as I make my way with a group of friends through a crowded Shibuya — Tokyo’s hippest shopping and e
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| Life is
like a
tapestry |
| This is a story with an anti-climax, warns artist-turned-author Gogi Saroj Pal right at the onset. She then pours herself a cup of black tea, puts on her reading glasses and sits back to read aloud from her book, Phulkari. The Hindi is simple,... |
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| Last
Word: Naming the parts |
| If Eve Ensler’s phenomenally successful ‘Vagina Monologues’ had been called ‘The Womb Monologues’ instead, would Chennai still have gone ahead and banned performances of the show this week?... |
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| PAINTING WORDS: The author says she draws modest, yet meaningful observations through her stories |
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