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Ep. 28: Colaba: The Diamond at the Tip of Mumbai

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  • 16 January
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Colaba, the southernmost tip of Mumbai, is Mumbai’s most iconic neighbourhood. This bustling locality—with the Gateway of India, the world-famous Taj Mahal..
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Tejimola : A Story

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  • 15 January
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Tejimola is an Assamese folktale with the standard motifs of a step-mother and a troubled daughter, which was first published in 1911,..
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Our minds have a heart too: Books about mental health

  • by Payal Morankar
  • 13 January
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While we have a long way to go on talking about mental wellness and mental health, there are surely steps being taken..
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The Awasthis of Aamnagri by Shubha Sarma

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 11 January
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The Awasthis of Aamnagri by Shubha Sarma and published by Niyogi Books is a sweet, nostalgic trip to a time when joint..
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Mandu by Malathi Ramachandran

  • by Ilona Dam
  • 10 January
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The Romance of Roopmati and Baz Bahadur “The loved one gives the heart the peace it craves. But, lacking thee, Roopmati knows..
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Ep. 27: The Indian Banking Story with Madan Sabnavis

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  • 9 January
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Do you often wonder— ‘Is my money safe in banks?’ India is grappling with its worst banking crisis ever, and we are..
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The Women Who Forgot to Invent Facebook

  • by Anupama Kumar
  • 9 January
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What is Nisha Susan’s collection of short stories about? The clue is in the title – The Women Who Forgot to Invent..
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The Two Storks : A Story

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  • 8 January
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An interesting folktale, The Two Storks, prevalent in the Sindh province of Pakistan, sends a very interesting moral message. According to this..
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Exploring the literary space of Dalit writing

  • by Rupal Vyas
  • 6 January
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Although Dalit literature originated in Maharashtra from the 1950s – 1960s, the genre, that gave expression to a historically supressed community, has..
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Chakori by Chandrasekhar Kambar

  • by Swathi VK
  • 4 January
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Translated by O L Nagabhushana Swamy and Pranava Manjari Chakori by Chandrasekhar Kambar, translated from Kannada by O L Nagabhushana Swamy and..
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