Taranand Viyogi is a renowned Maithili author, poet, translator, biographer and cultural theorist. He spoke to Ashutosh Kumar Thakur on his journey as a writer, contemporary Maithili literature and topics such as Dalit writings in Maithili
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Tamil Nadu, a bastion of Dravidian political ideology, has always been a difficult terrain for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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Will the BJP’s desperate efforts to splinter the people along caste, religious, regional and linguistic fault lines bear fruit in Tamil Nadu’s western districts?
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Ayodhya, a city of stark contrasts, where the echoes of devotion mingle with the modern chaos of daily life
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Is it possible to detach Chamkila from his Dalit identity, his impoverished background—he made socks in a factory—and the turbulent times in Punjab when he was a rage? Now that the buzz around Chamkila is gradually subsiding, it is the right time to see Chamkila in a slightly larger context
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