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Truth hits hard that’s why we don’t want it :

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If Trump doesn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize, he might attack the Nobel Committee.

Ernest Renan said nations are defined by what they choose to remember/forget. Chinese dominant historical memory is 'century of humiliation' at the hands of imperial powers, not the Manchus (Qing), who they consider Chinese. Indians are obsessed over Mughals, not colonialism.

Even Cuomo’s paid canvassers are voting for Zohran Kwame Mamdani 🫡

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To stand up for hope and empathy and win seems extraordinary in these times :

In a world rife with empty rhetoric and strategic silences, a man who will stand up and speak:

Maine socha tha Hindi to English karna hai, kaun so badi cheez hai :) Translation taught me to be patient and keep playing with language And that’s why it’s the first lesson of writing, and I also understood why Borges called translation, a more advanced stage of writing.

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Insane clarity of thought and ability to communicate with the whole being:

Emergency and Sholay Come together in this short story : Politics will Always Break Your Heart gulmohurquarterly.com/short-fiction/…

A hallmark of failed society is the presence of head fucking procedure for simplest of things, and complete absence of rules for the most outrageous things.

The gap between cultural motherhood and lived reality is rich material for women authors. Confronted with the heart-melting “Mere paas maa hai” declaration of the beloved Bollywood son, the daughter of literary fiction offers a quizzical look.

📣 Two day #UrduFest organised by ⁦The Wire⁩ is starting tomorrow. Here’s the full schedule. Entry is free, no registration required! See you there ! More details 👇

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"I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others literature, in me both." Flannery O'Connor

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