Name: Mayank Austen Soofi
Dateline: New Delhi, India
Weblog: www.ruinedbyreading.blogspot.com
Articles: 116
First Published: Thursday, May 25, 2006
Last Published: Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Mayank Austen Soofi owns a private library and four blogs: The Delhi Walla, Pakistan Paindabad, Ruined By Reading, and Mayank Austen Soofi Photos. Contact: mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com
Currently listing articles 116-101:
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Book Review: Lonely Planet Afghanistan— Finally, a detailed travel book on one of the world’s most dangerous countries.
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Book Review - Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex Von Tunzelmann— Love in the time of massacres.
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Book Review: King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema by Anupama Chopra — Just how a middle-class Muslim man, who is rumored to be gay, became India’s biggest film star.
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Open Secrets: Gay Life in Pakistan— It's risky but easy to be a homosexual in the Islamic Republic.
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Book Review: The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown— The people’s princess – soft and scheming, shrewd and sexy, saint and sinner.
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Pakistan Tries Gagging Its Media— New media restrictions in Pakistan recall the bad old dictatorial days.
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The Pink Purdah of Pakistan— Two Pakistani women in love married each other and are now in jail.
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Pakistan’s Soul is Not for Sale— Searching and finding hope in these anxious times.
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The Joy of Indian Classical Dances— Even as everything western is considered cool, dances like Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudhi, Kathak, and Odissi still attract young Indians.
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Revealed in the Cold Light of Day: "Opening Line" Secrets of the New Yorker— Do the New Yorker editors encourage a standard opening phrase in their profiles, fiction, commentaries, reviews and special reports?
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Eating Kimchi (And Humus and Chateubriand) in the Back Streets of New Delhi— A moody, inaccessible shack serving authentic Korean cuisine in the heart of Delhi and yet unknown.
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New Dawn for Pakistan's Least-Loved Citizens?— Pakistan can't ignore its Hindu legacy.
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Photo Essay: Celebrating Easter in New Delhi— Even Easter Sunday could not bridge Delhi’s social divide.
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Satire: Desi Brokeback Mountain is Out!— Celebrated writer Annie Proulx is ready with her first Hindi language fiction.
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Satire: Pervez Musharraf – The 100 Percent Superstar— Mr. Musharraf’s passion for “percentage-analysis” makes him a unique statesman of our times.
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Should Westerners Visit Pakistan?— The country has unleashed an ambitious "Destination Pakistan 2007" tourist campaign, but is the place safe?
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