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Anu Majumdar

‘Word Made Flesh’: A poem by Anu Majumdar

‘A light / in which children clutch at dreams and leap with an indescribable will to live.’

Anu Majumdar
· Jan 01, 2024 · 11:00 am
Radical nationalist or progressive philosopher? How do we engage with Aurobindo’s ideas today?

The Pondy Lit Fest, which sparked off minor debates, was held in Pondicherry, on the outskirts of which is Auroville, a settlement dedicated to his ideas.

Anu Majumdar
· Aug 22, 2018 · 05:30 pm
‘Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me’: Remembering Miss Liberty in the Donald Trump era

An excerpt from an Indian novel in which a 12-year-old girl sees the statue whose promise seems ironic suddenly.

Anu Majumdar
· Feb 05, 2017 · 07:15 am

Exit Nobel Laureate Dario Fo (1926-2016), whose plays upset as many people as they delighted

The Italian playwright won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1997. The Vatican condemned it.

Anu Majumdar
· Oct 16, 2016 · 07:30 am