Dateline: New Delhi, India
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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
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116
Book Review: Lonely Planet Afghanistan
Finally, a detailed travel book on one of the world’s most dangerous countries.
115
Book Review - Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex Von Tunzelmann
Love in the time of massacres.
114
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.
113
Open Secrets: Gay Life in Pakistan
It's risky but easy to be a homosexual in the Islamic Republic.
112
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.
109
Pakistan’s Soul is Not for Sale
Searching and finding hope in these anxious times.
108
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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