Michael Smith — Excerpt: There is a Chinese saying (some would say a curse): “May you live in interesting times.”
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Michael Smith — Excerpt: The city of Budapest, sometimes referred to back then as the Paris of Eastern Europe, was formed from three separate towns straddling the Danube—Buda, Pest and Obuda.
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Sayan Sarkar — Excerpt: While it is true that the beauty of the jungle is mesmerising, we feel a bit dejected as our hopes of seeing the elusive Bengal tiger seem to fade away.
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Anjana Basu — Excerpt: Revered as the founder of the Maihar Gharana and guru to greats such as Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, and Nikhil Banerjee, Allauddin Khan left behind not only a musical legacy but also a personal account of his extraordinary journey.
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Namrata — Excerpt: Gupta begins from a historical contradiction. Classical literature overflows with lush forests and sensuous rivers, yet the voices of forest communities and women are scantly inscribed in the canonical record. Her devised text steps into that absence without pretending to fill it with authenticity.
