Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 Goes Virtual

February 18, 2021 Imtiaz Popat 0

The Jaipur Literature Festival known as one of the biggest literary festivals is going virtual this year. The festival allows you to interact with a diverse mix of renowned writers, thinkers, leaders, entertainers and all the eminent personalities from around the world.

Book Review: A Day in the Life of Maya of Mohenjo-Daro

January 29, 2021 Vasant Dave 0

Published in 1968, A Day in the Life of Maya of Mohenjo-Daro by Mulk Raj Anand was the first ever children’s story, and the second work of Indus Valley fiction after Murdon ka Teela written by Rangeya Raghava twenty years earlier. Anand was one of the first Indian fiction writers in English to appeal to international readership. That makes one wonder why he did not set a full-scale English novel in the ancient culture, which did not happen for almost forty years thereafter.

Covid-19 Pandemic Racialized in India

January 29, 2021 The Bebaak Collective 0

While the pandemic rages and continues to take lives, the measures to control it have starkly highlighted the various inequalities existing in the country, says the Communalisation of Covid-19 report published by Bebaak Collective, an umbrella body of various women’s groups.

Canada Marks Fourth Anniversary of Quebec City Mosque Massacre

January 29, 2021 Imtiaz Popat 0

The Canadian federal government has finally designated January 29th as a Day of Action Against Islamophobia, four years after the Quebec City Most Massacre in Canada. On Jan. 29, 2017, Alexandre Bissonnette entered a mosque in Quebec City and opened fire on dozens of Muslim-Canadian while praying.