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Ananya Jahanara Kabir
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Family history in a wine bottle: From Vietnam to Argentina via Pondicherry and Paris
The transoceanic adventures of Nazma Asgarally and her husband Aziz Abdul, the proprietor of the El Paraiso vineyard.
Ananya Jahanara Kabir
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Writing Pondicherry: Writers Ari Gautier and Ananya Jahanara Kabir in conversation
Gautier talks about his novel Le thinnai / The Thinnai and story collection Nocturne Pondichéry to Kabir, who is an academic.
Ari Gautier & Ananya Jahanara Kabir
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The Art of Solitude: Theodor Fontane’s ‘Effi Briest’ has become only richer with time
Moral of the story: don’t allow yourself to get bored – a great message for the universal lockdown.
Ananya Jahanara Kabir
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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The Art of Resistance: In Tamil Nadu, protest kolams embody fiercely regional pride
The kolams refashion time, announcing newness through a ritualistic language embedded in seasonal agricultural activity that everybody understands.
Ananya Jahanara Kabir
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Chandrashekhar’s azadi with swag: The fabulous mystique of the Bhim Army chief
His politics is like his style: it rejects docility, mimimalism and discretion. It is not quietly elegant, but emphatically flamboyant.
Ananya Jahanara Kabir
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Five exhilarating dance moves that celebrate the traumas of modernity
An Indian academic studies the human capacity to convert pain and humiliation into happiness and exuberance.
Ananya Jahanara Kabir
Video
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song