Browsing All Posts By Imtiaz Akhtar
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Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s collection of stories ‘The Adivasi will not Dance’ is an Indictment of the Politics of Development
The Adivasi Will Not Dance (stories), Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, pp.189, Rs. 399, Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt. Ltd, 2015. According to the Anthropological Survey of India, there are about ...
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A Review of a book that does not exist
Secret Killings of Assam – The horrific story of Assam’s darkest period: Mrinal Talukdar, Utpal Borpujari and Kaushik Deka. First Edition 2008, Third Edition 2012, pp.206, Rs.200, Bhabani ...
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A for Anarchism B for Bakunin and C for Chomsky: A Book Review of ‘On Anarchism: Noam Chomsky’
A for Anarchism B for Bakunin and C for Chomsky: A Book Review of ‘On Anarchism: Noam Chomsky’, pp.168, Rs. 250, Penguin Edition, 2014. A month or two ...
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Of Occupation and Resistance: Edited by Fahad Shah, Westland and Tranquebar Press, 2013, pp. 262, Rs. 395. [A Belated Review] We helped create a movement and we discovered ...
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Politics 1
Why Preity Zinta owes an apology to the nation
Nationalism is a viral fever which has gripped the rich and those who badly desire to be rich in this country. Jingoism is after all the favorite pastime ...
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Personal Features 0
Frankly, I don’t give a damn if cooking makes me appear today as feminine
“To write in the first person is like taking your clothes off in public.” -Pedro Juan Gutierrez, Tropical Animal (a novel). I won’t make that ridiculous claim that ...
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Garcia Marquez: The Man and his Works by Gene H. Bell-Villada
Garcia Marquez: The Man and his Works by Gene H. Bell-Villada, pp. 247, 1990, The University of North Carolina Press. Gabriel Garcia Marquez (6 March 1927 – 17 ...
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The Indian Left, by and large, has neglected to hear the voice of the proverbial man, and even more, the woman: Prof Das
Professor Samantak Das, is a well-known academic and he teaches Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University. He has been one of the prominent voices both on and off the ...
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Politics 1
Good bye, Mr. Prime Minister! We actually don’t need your philosophy anymore
“Free trade: cause of stagnation of business.” Gustave Flaubert in A Dictionary of Platitudes. Poor countries have had near unbeaten record success of being ruled by corrupt and ...
