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Book Review: A High-Profile Anthology of Queer Poetry, Also Featuring Works of a State Nupi Maanbi, Resonates Openness, Joy and Quirky Humour
Here’s a new anthology of queer poetry written by South Asian writers ‘The World That Belongs To Us’. Like a funny bone it twitches and
India-China Boundary Disputes: Settling the Battle Over Lines
After several months of the standoff on the LAC, China asserted on 29th September ’20, that Beijing will abide by a Line of Actual Control
While Everyone is Free to Complain, FM’s Measures May Still be Wise and all That a Government with Responsibilities Could do in COVID Time
Carrying on with the discussion on the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcements last week on the government’s move to uplift the economy, with the onus

When MK Binodini Travelled Down Memory Lane to Her Shillong Days and Her Impression of U Tirot Sing After Reading a Newspaper Article
We are reproducing another past article by the late MK Binodini, translated from the original Manipuri by Pradip Phanjoubam. Though the title may suggest otherwise,
A Young Woman Search for a Sweet Childhood Memory of a Kashmiri Salesman, Leads Her to Self Discovery
Book Title: The Far Field Author: Madhuri Vijay Published by: Harper Collins India Category: Fiction Book summary: An elegant, epic debut from a tremendous new
In ‘My Greatest Olympic Prize’ Jesse Owen Tells of How Humanity Triumphed Over Racial Bigotry
Jesse Owens (1813-1980), a long jumper and short-distance runner is a Black American. He was born at Alabama and expired at Arizona, USA. At 1936
A Daughter Recalls the Lives and Times of Manipur’s First Doctor – Part-8
Book Title: And He Opened the Window Author: Binapani Thokchom Translated from Manipuri by the Author Gobardhon educated Thokchom Dijamani Singh, the son of
It’s Never Ending, This Rock ‘n’ Roll, and October is Time Again to Remember Music Greats Janis Joplin and John Lennon
Janis Joplin was dubbed the first queen of rock ‘n’ roll and being ahead of the times inspired countless women in rock. One of the

Does Cinema Have Independent Life or is it Destined to be “a Sycophant to literature” – Part 1
The Symphony No. 5 was inside Beethovan’s brain, when he first conceived it. A group of musicians invoke that experience, aurally, from the atmosphere every