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Punjabi Novel in English – ‘Like they do in film’

Apr 1977, New DelhiBy Chaitanya KalbagOctober 10, 20247 Comments

It is difficult to judge Indian writing in English, saturated as it often is with the smells, sights and sounds of the ethos it springs from. Punjabi writing in English is a case in point. It carries strong overtones of the earthiness and directness of the people of that region. But if the writing is…

The New Deal in New Delhi

Apr 1977, Reportage, Trans IndiaBy Chaitanya KalbagJuly 30, 202410 Comments

There had been many signs of the anti-Congress wind in the final days of the 1977 election campaign, but its magnitude amazed the canniest political forecaster. In a hurricane sweep, it snuffed out thirty years of uninterrupted Congress rule in independent India, and sent Premier Indira Gandhi, and her feared lieutenants, into sudden oblivion. The…

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