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  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
    2

    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

  • Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world
    3

    Why Zohran Mamdani’s New York win does not really hold lessons for progressives across the world

  • How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

  • Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
    6

    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

  • This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
    7

    This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings

  • What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
    8

    What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken

  • Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare
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    Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare

  • Are our pampered pets really living their best life?
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    Are our pampered pets really living their best life?

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‘There’s full participation now’: Author Meena Kandasamy’s sons gatecrash her virtual conference

‘Can mumma work, will you go now?’

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May 27, 2022 · 12:30 pm
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This happened a few weeks ago. Gender studies conference, Patna Women's College, I was doing the Q&A, my kids decided to gatecrash the Zoom meeting. :) sharing the embarrassing but entertaining video pic.twitter.com/93xnKNzvcQ

— Dr Meena Kandasamy (@meenakandasamy) May 26, 2022
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