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Durba Chattaraj

Reading ‘The Dawn of Everything’ from India: What if the past was a more enlightened place?

In their new book, David Graeber and David Wengrow imaginatively challenge the conventionally accepted arc of the progress of civilisation.

Durba Chattaraj
· Feb 12, 2022 · 05:30 pm
Author’s lament: Why Amazon closing down Westland feels like we’re living in a Mohsin Hamid novel

‘What, really, is a book worth in the world? This overnight shutdown feels more personal still.’

Durba Chattaraj
· Feb 03, 2022 · 08:30 am
‘The Non-Essential Ashis Nandy’ is essential reading for our times. Especially for the young

Clues, partial answers and starting directions to solving some of the great puzzles and questions playing out in India today.

Durba Chattaraj
· Apr 10, 2021 · 12:30 pm

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Read dead people. (Or, why John Berger matters to you who are on Instagram and Snapchat and Shots)

Also, why John Berger is important in the age of Donald Trump.

Durba Chattaraj
· Jan 14, 2017 · 06:30 pm