Aditi Patil — Excerpt: Tasked with carrying out research for Lahaul’s Forest Division, we would spot and admire the yellow-billed chough (Kiang) every day from our work spot.
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Preserving a Heritage: Sita Bhaskar’s Rukmini Aunty and the R.K. Narayan Fan Club
Anjana Basu — Excerpt: [The] mix of literary history into the present-day narrative adds charm and layers to the book. One could call it an attempt to revive the interest in Narayan with a younger generation of readers.
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On Absence of Indian Revolution: A Review of Manu Joseph’s Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us
Nisarg Patel — Excerpt: Any middle-class person in India with a bit of conscience, and sometimes assisted with general education about world history, would have asked themselves at some point in their lives the same question which Manu Joseph poses.
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How to Visit L.A. with a Young Child
Jeremy Turner — Excerpt: Capital T travel with a two-year-old turned out far from perfect; we left a failed Airbnb choice and the body of a departed soul in our wake.
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Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 5 – Vienna, Austria)
Michael Smith — Excerpt: There is a Chinese saying (some would say a curse): “May you live in interesting times.”