COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 24 October 2005
Bengalis, from city and kasbah alike, are falling for the gentle tug of Urdu literacy
Remember the time Amrita Pritam cast the deciding vote for herself in a Sahitya Akademi tie for the prize?
A quiet fascinating story, unfolding in a historically turbulent time, but a bit endless
The 'kind but fairly reticent' writer opened up a bit at the suggestion that his mother/muse/mentor ex-Justice Leila Seth be included, making it a three-way conversation...
Bengalis, from city and kasbah alike, are falling for the gentle tug of Urdu literacy
Remember the time Amrita Pritam cast the deciding vote for herself in a Sahitya Akademi tie for the prize?
A quiet fascinating story, unfolding in a historically turbulent time, but a bit endless
The 'kind but fairly reticent' writer opened up a bit at the suggestion that his mother/muse/mentor ex-Justice Leila Seth be included, making it a three-way conversation...
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