India@75
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Ramachandra Guha: 50 books that tell the story of 75 years of Indian independence
From Granville Austin’s ‘The Indian Constitution’ to Malika Amar Shaikh’s ‘I Want to Destroy Myself’, a list of essential reading.
Ramachandra Guha
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KR Meera: Free, secular, diverse and happy, ‘I can’t imagine India in any other way’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
KR Meera
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Keshava Guha: Ours is a country made by writers – we have never needed them more
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Keshava Guha
Trending
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Ahead of Modi’s birthday, Gujarat dam delayed water release – despite heavy rain and official alerts
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Asian Games 2022: With its largest contingent, India aim for biggest medal tally in Hangzhou
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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Why Pir Panjal is now a staging ground for militant strikes, from Rajouri to Anantnag
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Ramesh Bidhuri and the descent of India
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Jerry Pinto: ‘You don’t get India unless you have Amar, Akbar and Anthony’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Jerry Pinto
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Romila Thapar: ‘The rights of citizenship have faded’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Romila Thapar
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Arshia Sattar: ‘We must bring ourselves back to beauty, compassion and solidarity...’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Arshia Sattar
Video
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Watch: Several areas in Nagpur, Maharashtra flooded after heavy rain, rescue operations underway
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Watch: Singer Justin Timberlake and his NSYNC bandmates get together to recreate old photograph
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Elephant Appreciation Day: Wildlife charity organisation hosts a fruit feast for their tuskers
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Watch: Monkey spotted fiddling with computer in West Bengal railway station enquiry office
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Caught on CCTV: Three suspects being transported for court appearance escape from police van in UP
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Suketu Mehta: ‘As goes India, so goes democracy’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Suketu Mehta
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Sujatha Gidla: ‘Indians still await that elusive freedom’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Sujatha Gidla
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Nayantara Sahgal: ‘Can the spirit of 1947, with its individual rights and freedoms, be recaptured?’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Nayantara Sahgal
The Reel
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Watch: Marathi series ‘Shantit Kranti’ gets a second season
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‘Kumari Srimathi’ trailer: In Nithya Menen-led Telugu show, a woman stakes claim to her inheritance
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‘The Great Indian Family’ review: Well-meaning but simplistic
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‘Sultan Of Delhi’ trailer: Tahir Raj Bhasin leads series about ambition in 1960s India
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Reel vs real: When undercover agents act against India’s enemies abroad
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta: ‘This is not India at 75, as much as a time for refounding’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
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Salman Rushdie: ‘A shadow lies upon the country we loved so deeply’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Salman Rushdie