Category Archives: Tripoli Reading Group

To those of us who have everything and those of us who have nothing

Posted on August 5, 2014 by prashant bhatt

Did one more last interview with Dr.Singh.
“Don’t say you understand situation here. No one understands the situation here,” he said, paraphrasing Abu Shafshoofa
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On our Independence Day-Part 2

Posted on August 13, 2013 by prashant bhatt

On August 22,1975, Rustom Sohrab Nagarwalla, ex Army officer twice phoned the State Bank of India, imitating voice of PM Indira Gandhi and her official aide P N Haksar, asking for 6 million rupees for Bangladesh. He was arrested a … Continue reading →

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On our Independence day-Part 1

Posted on August 11, 2013 by prashant bhatt

On the occasion of the independence of India-Pakistan, our reading group went through some works of Indian novelists who conveyed some of the historical realities which could not be conveyed in official histories. BACKGROUND One session started with Edward Said’s … Continue reading →

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