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Prerna Vij
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Aanchal Malhotra’s ‘In the Language of Remembering’ gives voice to the pain of leaving ‘home’ behind
The author’s goal is to understand why it took so long for people to start talking about the Partition and its impact on the next generations.
Prerna Vij
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How (and why) did India’s public come to approve of state violence being built into administration?
In ‘The Law of Force’, Thomas Blom Hansen examines how violence has crossed over into the domain of political performance in India.
Prerna Vij
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How does urban violence co-opt the state? Laurent Gayer’s classic study of Karachi has some answers
‘Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for City’ maps the relationship between the citizenry and agents of violence.
Prerna Vij
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Has Modi’s Vande Bharat push come at the cost of train safety?
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How the East India Company tried to use paintings to lionise Robert Clive – and failed
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Fitness watch: How muscle memory helps you get back into shape after a break
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Even a train tragedy in India is being blamed on Muslims online
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Is it better to lose weight slowly or quickly? Here’s what researchers say
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This translation of a historical novel asks whether the writer and the translator are joint authors
Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s translation from the Urdu of Khan Mahboob Tarzi’s ‘The Break of Dawn’ is as much the translator’s mission as the writer’s story.
Prerna Vij
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Payal Dhar’s YA novel with a queer theme runs the risk of over-simplifying the complexities
In ‘It Has No Name’, the central character cannot rise to be a full-fledged protagonist.
Prerna Vij