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#ExclusiveExcerpt: Close to the Bone by Lisa Ray

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‘Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds a dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at

Martyrs’ Day: Read the Last Letter Written by Bhagat Singh to his Comrades

The last letter Bhagat Singh wrote was to his comrades on 22 March 1931, a day before his execution. Some of Bhagat Singh’s comrades thought that he could still be saved from the gallows by helping him escape from the jail. While appreciating his comrades’ concern, Bhagat Singh underlines the

#ReadWomen: Rebel with a Paintbrush by Anita Vachharajani

                  About the book: An artist? A dreamer? A rebel? Who exactly was Amrita Sher-Gil? She was a little bit of all these things, really. Amrita grew up with a great sense of mischief and adventure in two very different worlds, in

#ReadWomen: She Can, You Can by Garima Kushwaha

  About the book: An A to Z biography of iconic Indian women, one for each letter of the English alphabet. Each character is represented by an illustrative sketch and a 500-word summary. This inspirational and motivational book includes the achievements of pioneering female scientists, doctors, activists, painters, dancers, astronauts,

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    #ReadWomen: Untrue by Wednesday Martin

    Adulteress. The word is charged. It scandalizes and titillates. The adult makes it sound grown up and serious, somehow, the territory of those with enough life experience and agency to know better than to do what they are doing. The ess is all crackle and hiss, the long, low whistle

    #ReadWomen: The Secret Garland by Andal

    Classical Tamil poetry by Andal Translated by Archana Venkatesan in the Harper Perennial Volume The Secret Garland, out now in a special Harper Perennial keepsake edition.   Ōṅki Ulakaḷanta   Singing the names of the perfect one who spanned worlds with his feet and measured them   we bathe at