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Observations of an Expat: The Trial
African-American George Floyd’s murder trial has started however the identities of the 12 jurors and two alternates in the case…
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Since India collided with Asia….
Let’s not forget South Asia is a geographical notion, and as such straddles political divides as well cultural ones. The…
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The Matuas in Bengal rise again….
The rise of the Matua in less than 15 years is like a fairy tale. It is possible only in…
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Bhodrolok’s shrinking space…
Bengali bhadralok or haute bourgeoisie had always faced this unenviable test of their taste and judgment, caught in the trauma…
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Sindhis are not a caste-free society
Many scholars and writers feel that Sindhi society is a relatively caste free society. For Indian Sindhis and the Sindhi…
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This land…. of deep, spiritual luminosity!
‘Who would have thought that in Vivekananda’s, Tagore’s and Subhas Bose’s Bengal abuse, belligerence and cunning would try to spell…
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When birthplaces initiate decay….
Older residents of Dhaka, who once lived to experience its beautiful past, perhaps grieve at its seemingly inevitable decline. Gone…
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Character of Love in the Poetry of Latif
Bhittai has characterized love in a fashion of a real character guiding the human beings towards doing in impossibilities and…
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Ottomans: Looking through a different lens
There are few things more profoundly dead than an ex-empire, but around the time that the Soviet empire came apart…
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To All Loving Daughters: Good luck with your dreams…
As your well-wisher, I must remind you that every girl and every woman has the potential to make this world…
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