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Prerna Vij
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‘Unsealed Covers’ interprets law like a lawyer, theorises like an academic, rebels like a citizen
Gautam Bhatia’s well-researched book on the apex and lower courts proves why popular legal scholarly work need to be read widely.
Prerna Vij
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‘Colossus’: An easy-to-read academic book about the ever-expanding city (and state) of Delhi
The book uses data from a survey, both qualitative and quantitative, to understand different facets of Delhi and its people.
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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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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No plan to introduce inheritance tax, clarifies Congress after Sam Pitroda’s remarks trigger row
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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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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
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes