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On the choice of using Sunderban (singular) as opposed to Sunderbans as it is referred to in English, he laughingly said how hard it is to make the plural rhyme. That is what led to him adapting Sunde...

What kind of research went into the book? For me, there were clearly three aspects to it. One, it had to be entertaining and not preachy in any manner. Young kids don’t want to be told what to ...

Dante Alighieri is believed to have said that the hottest place in hell is reserved for those who refuse to take sides. But he seems to have got it all wrong. All hell broke loose recently when the Ge...

Through his search for the missing woman, Modiano’s central character, Jean, is constantly in search of his own (disjointed) self. Much like the case that he was handed over fifty years ago and ...

In public life, Mukherjee played by the rule book and continued doing so even as president. On issues where he disagreed with the government, he privately communicated his opinion but eventually acqui...

In the failure to implement humane systems of food distribution on a large scale or the seemingly indiscriminate closing of state boundaries as millions tried to find ways of reaching home, Mander det...

On the scope of young Muslim girls to break through into better education and career options Ghazala revealed that the majority of Indian Muslims are engaged in the media, performing arts, publicity,...

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Conflict wreaks destruction; but it also engenders tales of resistance. Is the world ready to listen to them though? Narratives rooted in a specific language, context and culture inaccessible to a wid...

Indeed, there is much in Bhattacharya’s book that is inventive and refreshingly insightful. His chapters on waste and industrial ruin deserve our appreciation where he creatively combines text a...