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Azadi: Brooding yet biting articles by Arundhati Roy (Review)

Chitra Sudarshan -
When Arundhati Roy’s first novel God Of Small Things was published in 1997, it won the Booker Prize and made her an overnight celebrity....

5 incredible Lata Mangeshkar songs – that aren’t in Hindi!

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The 'voice of the nation', India's nightingale Lata Mangeshkar turns 91 years old, and what better way to celebrate than a look back at...

Mission Bengal: How the state went from ‘Laal Salaam’ to ‘Jai Shri Ram’

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"Mission Bengal: A saffron experiment" by Snigdhendu Bhattacharya is an in-depth look at how Bengal went from 'Laal Salaam' to 'Jai Shri Ram' in...

AR Rahman’s ‘Ae ajnabi’ recreated by French DJ Feder

Indian Link -
French producer-DJ Feder has launched his new single titled Meghna, which is his version of nineties Bollywood hit, Ae ajnabi, originally composed by AR...

Aussie band The Buckleys to virtually perform debut album in India

Indian Link -
Australian sibling band, The Buckleys, are excited to perform the songs of their debut album, Daydream, for fans in India via a virtual gig. The...

It’s been a long, difficult journey: Booker longlisted author Avni Doshi

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It‘s been a "long and difficult" journey spread over seven years and eight drafts, says author Avni Doshi, whose novel Burnt Sugar, about a...

Reciting the Bhagavad Gita

Rajni Anand Luthra -
  Reading and reciting the Bhagavad Gita, a spiritual text, is a routine activity for many devout Hindus. Some read it a chapter at a...

Remembering Pandit Jasraj: the last aalap

Indian Link -
It was a long journey for the six-year-old who, on his way to school stopped the moment Begum Akhtar's ghazal 'Deewana banana hai to...

Pandit Jasraj, Indian classical music veteran, passes away

Indian Link -
Pandit Jasraj, a veteran of Indian classical music, has passed away at the age of 90. A recipient of top civilian honours including Padma...

Partition Voices: Untold British Stories (Excerpt)

Indian Link -
Poonam was the main one in her family in whom her mother confided. The stories started when Poonam was just a child; she thinks...

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company (Excerpt)

Indian Link -
One of the very first Indian words to enter the English language was the Hindustani slang for plunder: loot. According to the Oxford English...

Book Review: Into the Suburbs

Manan Luthra -
Christopher Raja’s Into the Suburbs, a biographical text detailing the author’s early life in India, upbringing and young adulthood in Melbourne, and ruminations on...
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