Arundhati Roy talking with Imani Perry on YouTube; organized by Haymarket Books Yesterday morning, I disrupted my schedule to listen to Arundhati Roy’s conversation with Imani Perry, The Pandemic...
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16 Dec, 2014
no city feels like home…
16 Dec, 2014
My first afternoon in Delhi is at the IIC – the Indian International Center – at a lunch hosted by Professor Alok Bhalla and organized by writer Noor Zaheer;...
Read more09 Jul, 2014
another border…
09 Jul, 2014
I take a drive up to the Wagah border to experience the raising of flags ceremony that has been documented many times over. The afternoon is humid and hot,...
Read more15 Oct, 2009
I've been getting ready for the big…
15 Oct, 2009
I’ve been getting ready for the big production on November 7 and the blog’s been pushed to the side — temporalily. I miss it. Sometime soon, I will be...
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On January 24, women in Mangalore…
13 Feb, 2009
On January 24, women in Mangalore were attacked by Hindu extremists for drinking at a pub. The protest in response to the violence has been powerful. To read more...
Read more13 Dec, 2008
Over the last few weeks…
13 Dec, 2008
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been asked by a lot of people to write my views about the bombings in Mumbai. While I’ve felt the same anger and...
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