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George Orwell and an 11 yo reader

Today, my eleven-year-old daughter was introduced to George Orwell”s fabulous essay, “Confessions of a Book Reviewer”. The child cracked up with laughter upon reading Orwell’s comments
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An important Twitter thread by Prof. Sunny Singh, 8 June 2021

13 06 , 2021 No Comments

This important Twitter thread was written by Sunny Singh after Naomi Wolf was banned from the microblogging platform. Naomi Wolf had been spreading misinformation about
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Salman Rushdie’s “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020)

11 06 , 2021 No Comments

Salman Rushdie’s new book, Languages Of Truth, is a wonderful collection of essays published between 2003-2020. Once you start reading it, you don’t want to
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“The Windsor Knot: Her Majesty the Queen investigates” by S. J. Bennett

08 06 , 2021 No Comments

S. J. Bennett’s Windsor Knot ( Harper Collins India) is her first mystery novel in this newly launched series. It is also the beloved young
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“Happy Sexy Millionaire” by Steven Bartlett

07 06 , 2021 No Comments

Steven Bartlett is twenty eight years old. He is a millionaire. When he was eighteen years old, he was living in extreme poverty, scrounging for
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“The Biggest Bluff” by Maria Konnikova

07 06 , 2021 No Comments

MariaKonnikova is a journalist who works for the NewYorker. She studied military theory and history combined with psychology in college. Ultimately she did a doctorate
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Malala Yousafzai, British Vogue, June 2021

05 06 , 2021 No Comments

In the June 2021 issue of Vogue ( British edition), Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has been interviewed. It is a good interview as it puts
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“Collegiality and Other Ballads: Feminist Poems by Male and Non-Binary Allies”

04 06 , 2021 No Comments

Collegiality and Other Ballads: Feminist Poems by Male and Non-Binary Allies is a unique experiment. Inviting people who do not identify themselves as of the woman gender
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“The Others” by Sarah Blau

31 05 , 2021 No Comments

The Others by Sarah Blau is a really bizarre and very well-written thriller except that Sarah, my daughter, will not let me read it. She
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“The Braided River: A Journey Along the Brahmaputra”by Samrat Choudhury