The Bihari's journey into adulthood on train journey to college
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Defiance certainly is Sachin felled by a vicious bouncer from Waqar at Sialkot, bleeding profusely, feeling dazed but then disregarding medical advice and mustering his nerves and wits, he would say, 'Mai Khelega!'
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The street vendors had just begun regaining their livelihoods in the pandemic when they were hit by this eviction drive.
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Jai and Biru returned to Ramgarh because they had Gabbar to eliminate. This essay delves into what makes all kinds of migrants—people who leave, relocate—return
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The desire to move out of Gujarat is not new. Migration of Gujaratis to the US and other countries happened in three phases which began after land-holdings of the otherwise landed and rich Patidars decreased with the expansion of families; a process that had started years after the Land Ceiling Act came into force
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All said, the book feels a bit underwhelming. There are too many characters doing too many things and the nature of not all things are fully fleshed out.
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Hamid, the five-year-old protagonist of Premchand’s story, one of his best, may be a creature of the culture of poverty, but he is not the one suffering from the poverty of culture. He has his grudges against his uncouth and rich friends, but grudges don’t graduate to the level of hatred or revenge.
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Michał Witkowski’s novel ‘Eleven-Inch’ explores the impoverished, and imperfect, lives of two queer teenagers from the post-communist East European countries, who work as escorts. It’s their flaws, as well as sad and sordid existence, that endear them to the readers
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‘You think ill of me but I would think well of you and your family and friends and you would ultimately realise that in this tug of war between terror and love, there could be only one winner: love.’
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The UNWTO had declared that 100-120 million direct jobs in tourism were at risk, with smaller businesses, women, youth and informal workers being the most vulnerable categories.
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