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Arshia Sattar
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Arshia Sattar: ‘We must bring ourselves back to beauty, compassion and solidarity...’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Arshia Sattar
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What it meant to write and publish books on the Mahabharata and the Ramayana during the pandemic
Writer Arshia Sattar worked on a children’s version of the Mahabharata and a book on ‘dharma’ in the Ramayana in this period.
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Do the characters in the Ramayana follow ‘dharma’? This book investigates their actions
An excerpt from ‘Maryada: Searching For Dharma In The Ramayana’, by Arshia Sattar.
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup preview: All you need to know about India’s campaign in Chile
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The pandemic made this writer live briefly with her younger self (and the books they share)
Arshia Sattar’s essay, excerpted with permission from ‘And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again’, edited by Ilan Stavans.
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Why the Uttara Kanda changes the way the Ramayana should be read
The final book of the Ramayana shifts the focus from free will to predestination.
Arshia Sattar
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Three translated books you must not miss
An acclaimed translator tells us about the books that have helped her gain in translation.
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Video
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers