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Mehmood was born.
Mehmood: The Laughter That Hid the Melancholia
Mehmood made India laugh for four decades. He made it laugh with his body, with his face, with his timing, with the specific quality of physical and verbal…
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Matangini Hazra was killed while leading a protest march at Tamluk.
The Flag She Would Not Drop
Matangini Hazra was seventy-one years old when she walked to the front of a protest march in Tamluk and refused to stop walking. She had been a widow…
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