Family history in a wine bottle: From Vietnam to Argentina via Pondicherry and Paris

The transoceanic adventures of Nazma Asgarally and her husband Aziz Abdul, the proprietor of the El Paraiso vineyard.

Ananya Jahanara Kabir

· Nov 06, 2022 · 11:30 am

Writing Pondicherry: Writers Ari Gautier and Ananya Jahanara Kabir in conversation

Gautier talks about his novel Le thinnai / The Thinnai and story collection Nocturne Pondichéry to Kabir, who is an academic.

Ari Gautier

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Ananya Jahanara Kabir

· Oct 16, 2021 · 12:30 pm

The Art of Solitude: Theodor Fontane’s ‘Effi Briest’ has become only richer with time

Moral of the story: don’t allow yourself to get bored – a great message for the universal lockdown.

Ananya Jahanara Kabir

· Apr 16, 2020 · 11:36 am

The Art of Resistance: In Tamil Nadu, protest kolams embody fiercely regional pride

The kolams refashion time, announcing newness through a ritualistic language embedded in seasonal agricultural activity that everybody understands.

Ananya Jahanara Kabir

· Jan 03, 2020 · 12:30 pm

Chandrashekhar’s azadi with swag: The fabulous mystique of the Bhim Army chief

His politics is like his style: it rejects docility, mimimalism and discretion. It is not quietly elegant, but emphatically flamboyant.

Ananya Jahanara Kabir

· Dec 24, 2019 · 06:30 am

Five exhilarating dance moves that celebrate the traumas of modernity

An Indian academic studies the human capacity to convert pain and humiliation into happiness and exuberance.

Ananya Jahanara Kabir

· Jan 01, 2016 · 12:05 am

Five exhilarating dance moves that celebrate the traumas of modernity

An Indian academic studies the human capacity to convert pain and humiliation into happiness and exuberance.

Ananya Jahanara Kabir

· Jan 01, 2015 · 12:15 am