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    Interview: Prejudice, patriarchy and poetry – adapting an American classic for the Indian stage
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    ‘The School for Bad Girls’: Rule-breakers who became trailblazers of Indian women’s liberation
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    Five of the best international nonfiction books of 2024 – according to expert readers
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    Our personalities change when we speak another language – but that’s not always a bad thing
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    2024: The year in which New India’s new normal was cemented
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    Backstory 2024: In Bengal, an echo of my family’s migration story – without the hostility
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    Looking back: Fifty years of Adil Jussawalla’s anthology ‘New Writing in India’

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    Backstory 2024: Fighting for my breath in Ladakh
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‘You’re our real gold’: Actor Nakuul Mehta recites poignant poem dedicated to wrestler Vinesh Phogat

The poem was written by Ajay Singh.

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Aug 11, 2024 · 11:29 am
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Fighter. Olympian. Champion. A poem dedicated to one of our all time greatest. The one and only Vinesh Phogat. @Phogat_Vinesh

“ख़ूब लड़ी मर्दानी”
लेखन: @ajaxsingh pic.twitter.com/dAgUQSAbDR

— Nakuul Mehta (@NakuulMehta) August 9, 2024
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