Telling Stories
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Illustrations: In the Dakhni romantic tale ‘Phulban’, love meets conspiracy and adventure
The verse was composed in 1656 by the court poet Muhammad Mazharuddin Ibn Nishati.
Sunil Sharma
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From the library shelves: The curious tale of Prophet Solomon and the Phoenix
A profusely illustrated manuscript whose style traces its origin to 18th-century Deccan, it has surprisingly eluded scholarly attention.
Saqib Baburi
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Manto created characters with great empathy, but how do you encapsulate his life story?
Setting out to make a film on the great Urdu writer, Nandita Das looks at his irrepressibility and his work.
Nandita Das
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Gandhi’s vision of a constitution was imperfect, but is India paying the price for neglecting it?
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Watch: Man dances inside Mumbai local train, railways ask commuters not to ‘perform such activities’
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How findings of the Bihar caste census push the BJP into a corner