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Books
Growing up Outside the Gender Binary: The Much-Needed Power of ‘Guthli Has Wings’
Books like 'Guthli Has Wings' could mean that the next child might not have to struggle for decades before realising that the only thing abnormal about their story is society’s …
On Murakami, Mistakes and Moving on
Murakami’s words make it okay to be worried, to be scared, to cry, to prod, to ask questions and to express negative emotions.
‘She Said’: #MeToo and the Makings of a Movement
The book details the steps two New York Times reporters took to unearth decades-old assault allegations.
Lolita Understood That Some Sex Is Transactional. So Did I
It is important to distinguish (sex) work from slavery, and what we do for pleasure from what we do to survive.
Why Jhumpa Lahiri Matters to Me
I did not know firsthand the feeling of living in America but I did know what it meant to feel removed from the culture of your birth.
Mixed Feelings in Tow, Daryaganj’s Famous Book Market Finds a New Address
The reopening of the market was met with a lukewarm response by customers while protests by booksellers over lapses and irregularities by the NDMC continued.