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True, it was not the only sport I played there, nor was it even the first: I had arrived in the autumn of the year, and that could only mean one thing: we started with football
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The Narrow Grain: A Cricketing Experience Of An Academician

I only managed to survive Cambridge, to be honest, because I played cricket. True, it was not the only sport I played there, nor was it even the first: I had arrived in the autumn of the year, and that could only mean one thing: we started with football. It was bitterly cold, and at the end of the first half of the first game I played, I couldn’t feel my hands. Fortunately, I had a pair of gloves in my coat, which I had left in the changing room, and thereafter, I played with gloves on.

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Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004)
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Nissim Ezekiel: A Poet of Wrestling Identities

Ezekiel’s pride in his Jewish and Indian heritage was juxtaposed with a deep sense of alienation from both, creating inner turmoil. Frequently, he grappled with the feeling of not truly belonging to either world.

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The Artist and the Critic

If Ezra Pound had mollycoddled T. S. Eliot when the latter sent his poem, “The Waste Land” to the former for his editorial suggestions, both friends together would probably have given the world “The Waste Land” that could have been a waste of time. Pound made considerable cuts to the original manuscript with his editorial poetic knife removing lines and sections that he considered superfluous or irrelevant.

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Waheeda Rehman’s Subtle Elegance and the Golden Age of Bollywood

Before stepping into Hindi films, though very new and young, Waheeda placed two conditions on the directors of her films. One, she would never wear revealing clothes “which will make me feel so uncomfortable that it will take away from my performance” and two, “I will retain my original name given to me by my parents, Waheeda Rehman and will not assume a screen name” which she stuck to right through her career.

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Durga Puja in Taunggyi
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Memories from Myanmar: Durga Puja in Taunggyi

I can not make a claim to say that my family started the Durga puja in Taunggyi but unofficially our house became the hub of all action. The feverish activity starts from Panchami when everyone joins in to get the finished Pratima (idol) to the mandap.

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Annapurna Devi
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Annapurna Devi: The Notes Forming a Myth

My interest in Annapurna Devi grew more recently when a friend brought her music to my attention and pointed it out to me as mysterious; in turn, it became my coping mechanism to survive certain crises, I never imagined I would suffer.

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Maghen David Synagogue, Kolkata
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The Synagogues of Kolkata

Of the three Jewish synagogues in Kolkata, the Beth El and the Maghen David synagogues have the distinction of being the only two synagogues in India recognized by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as Grade I monuments.

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