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Gour Hari Dastaan: The Story of a Disillusioned Freedom Fighter

Anant Mahadevan’s Gour Hari Dastaan (2015), based on a true story, moves slowly on the screen for 114 minutes. It is possible that the slow narrative is intended ...
On June 23, 2016 / By Sana Fatima
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A Wave of Women Power has hit Bollywood

Bollywood action films are well known for their strong heroes who can pack a mean punch. The classic Bollywood film has long been one where a pretty heroine ...
On June 21, 2016 / By Amrita Ghosh
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Pakistani Liberals, Congratulations from an Indian!

This article has been written in a manner that it is addressed to Pakistani liberals. There are certain positive developments in Pakistan that I wished to extend my ...
On June 17, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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Road to Sangam: The Clash Between Indian Muslims who are Staunch Indian Nationalists and Those Who Are Not

Growing up in a liberal Muslim family, seeing my father work with colleagues mostly belonging to other religions, and my spending time and playing with friends who belong ...
On June 14, 2016 / By Sana Fatima
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Spivak: If you can use the word ‘subaltern’, you are not a subaltern

On a sweaty evening on 24th May in Kolkata, iconic and iconoclast academic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak said she was tired of being asked about the subaltern. She was there in ...
On June 8, 2016 / By Adil Hossain
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Defending Sufi Islam from Malicious Narratives offered by Sections of the Hindu Right

At the outset, some clarifications would indeed be in order. Firstly, I am a Hindu who does identify with and largely appreciate Hindu lore and Hindu philosophy. Secondly, ...
On June 6, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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The Eyes That Saw the Angel: The Popularity of Pakistani Singer Taher Shah

“If music be the food of love play on…” Taher Shah rather took to heart, mind and soul, what Duke Orsino of Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night once said. ...
On May 21, 2016 / By Sana Fatima
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5 reasons I love Saudi Arabia but would never live there

First, The food. This has to be one of the top most reasons; I’m talking about the authentic Al-Baik fried chicken and shiz. Tons of people stand in ...
On May 18, 2016 / By Rabab Khursheed
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Fan: The star who experienced being his own Fan

“Hello. My name is Henry. I am a fan. Somewhere in the late 1980s I got tired of people telling me to get a life. I wrote a ...
On April 26, 2016 / By Sana Fatima
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‘Aligarh’ in Aligarh

I had been hearing about this movie named ‘Aligarh’ since long. Many people on the AMU campus seemed excited, though this was not the first time that our ...
On March 31, 2016 / By Sana Fatima