March 6, 2021

āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ—āĻŖāĻ¤ā§āϰ (Pratiti Ganatra)

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āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻžāϏ (Nandita Das)

My Father, My Manto

‘Once when Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi asked Manto how he understood women so insightfully, he replied, “to understand a woman, you have to become one.” This is a rare statement for a man to make.’ On men not bound by the norms of society.

āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ—āĻŖāĻ¤ā§āϰ (Pratiti Ganatra)

Girls, Power and Politics

‘Mrs America is the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and the unanticipated resistance it faced in the United States in the 1970s.’ A review of the brilliant nine-part mini series.

āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāύāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ (Malavika Banerjee)

Roger, Who Has Defeated Time

‘Federer clearly was a player who could control the court and make his opponents sweat for their points. His longevity was not yet known as he sobbed away in stark contrast to a gutted but stoic Sampras.’ A paean to perhaps the Gracefullest of All Time.

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