She was no longer haggard, neither gaunt. I said to myself that she looks younger than her actual age, and she is pretty.
During the 1960s and ’70s, Miss Shefali (1947-2020), born Arati Das, was Calcutta’s leading cabaret performer. Originally from Narayanganj in eastern Bengal, she was only
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In about 2017, I discovered I had become a German Jew. Now, this is not an easily inherited category, nor an easily-acquired one. It came
As you so perfectly captured in your stories, my life has turned a page. It’s with a quiet acceptance, mirroring the strength of your characters,
Why is it that Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ on Netflix is such a rage, not just in India but also abroad? Believe it or
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Living in and out of this body I always wondered What makes a house a home...
A blind man studying at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology? Is that even possible? Yes! If you and only you are willing!
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
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CREDO I am; we are A million miles or more from our nearest star. We absorb us, I absolve me, Profligate in our insensitivity. One
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