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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Nehru delivered an Urdu version of his famous "Tryst with destiny" speech as India became independent

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fut7f7pXM_Q
Thursday, January 21, 2016

How the British victory at Plassey created the modern Durga Pujo

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As far as names go, the “Battle of Plassey” is a terrible one. It was actually fought at a place called “Pawlāshi” in modern West Bengal, “...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Dedh Ishqiya and Urdu in India Today

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In a 21 st century take on the “Muslims Social”, Dedh Ishqiya does a marvellous job of using High Urdu to amaze and enterta...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

See Salman Rushdie merge the differing Indian and Pakistani accounts of the 1965 War into a dazzling display of the art of writing

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Excerpted from Midnight's Children. “But who attacked? Who defended? On my eighteenth birthday, reality took another terrible beating...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Experience the Wagah

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Manto’s Toba Tek Singh is probably one of the most extraordinary pieces of satire ever written. Ripping into the utter mindlessness that wa...
Monday, August 10, 2015

A short history of the rasgulla

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First published on Scroll . There are many important, even vital things that Bengal claims to have contributed to India. Number-1-all-tim...

Ramzan food: Exploring iftar in one of Kolkata’s oldest neighbourhoods

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First publsihed on Scroll . Ramzan in India consists of three main ingredients: piety, politics and food. The piety bit is obvious, and...