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| In their Good books |
| Imagine bidding '20,000 for a single tome. But many such offers will come Sotheby’s way on Thursday when it auctions an impressive collection of travel writing and art of a newly colonial India. Anirban Das Mahapatra reports |
| Picture this. On a hot, humid tropical summer afternoon sometime in the late 18th century, an English ship drops anchor at the bustling port of Calcutta. Among the many who trudge out of the sea-weathered vessel is an artist, who comes to India in se... | Read.. |
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| Border song |
| My mental map of the world was made of orange peels and tracing paper. The orange peels explained the Mercator projection of ... | Read.. |
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| EYE ON CANNES |
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| Where have all the girls gone' |
| In a village somewhere in north India, a woman is in labour. Time and again she kicks her legs in agony as the midwife urges her on. Outside the hut, the unborn child's father awaits restlessly. As the first cries of the baby are heard, the men ... | Read.. |
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| Makeover horrors |
| The phrase, “No, I don’t want a colonic irrigation”, may be the most important line you must memorise before you enter a spa. Spas and I don’t get along. They don’t take to my barefoot-around-the-house, no-makeup rules and I ... | Read.. |
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