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An Unresolved History: A Legacy Of Partition

Urvashi Butalia is a publisher and writer based in Delhi. She is co founder of Kali for Women, India’s first feminist publishing house and now runs Zubaan, an imprint of Kali.

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8 Things that Scaachi Koul Said that Will Always Matter (Even When We are All Dead)

Sometimes you just need someone to tell you that at the end, everything will turn out to be just fine.

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“Where I sweated and wilted, Edwina was as cool as a cucumber”, ‘The Last Vicereine’ — An Excerpt

A beautiful, heart-breaking tale of love, loss and unflinching faith, Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang’s The Last Vicereine takes us through a blossoming relationship that was one of a kind, amidst the storm of Partition.

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6 Every Day struggles of an Overweight Girl

Life seems a tad tough when you are not the “ideal” weight. It seems tougher when you are 25 and single.

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6 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Pakistan

Reporting Pakistan by Meena Menon is a nuanced and wide-ranging account of a difficult yet exciting assignment which uncovers some of the hidden yet marvelous facets of the fabled “enemy”.

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The Unbearable Embarrassment of Being a Romance Writer

Sakshama Puri Dhariwal is the author of the bestselling novel The Wedding Photographer and Man of her Match.

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Foreword from Anna Chandy’s Battles in The Mind by Deepika Padukone

Actor Deepika Padukone is the chair of the Live, Laugh, Love Foundation, along with Anna Chandy.

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Art in the Time of Orthodoxy

Art is the elephant; and an artist must make space for the subsequent battles that their art lets into their life.

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Samah Visaria on Millennials, Marriage and More

India today is a phenomenally changed place from it used to be. The Millennials are constantly innovating. They are reinventing traditions if not omitting them completely.

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Raj, an Extravagant Saga about the Maharani of Balmer, Jaya Singh

Spanning nearly half a century, Raj tells the story of Maharani Jaya Singh and her coming of age as the ruler of her state.