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2 days ago
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A Stranger in Three Worlds: Tracing Aubrey Menen's search for identity
With biting wit, Menen maps the universality of exclusion Amritesh Mukherjee Listen to This Article A Stranger in Three Worlds: The Memoirs of Aubrey Menen Published by Speaking Tiger 280 pages ₹499 The soul of humanity lies in contradictions. We are as charged with kindness as beset with cruelty, as quick to judge as yearning to be heard, and as mindless in existence as reflective in every moment. Aubrey Menen, the British writer whose satirical retelling of the Ramayana, Rama Retold was banned in India in 1955, was a man who knew how to capture those contradictions. It feels fitting, then, that his two autobiographies, republished recently, have polar perspectives on identity and nationality. Or
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Business Standard
01-05-2025
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Ananda: The sacred, profane, and psychedelic journeys of cannabis
From the Himalayan hush of Himachal to the coastal dreams of Kerala, this book on cannabis journeys through India - each stop bringing a new strain, a new state of mind, and a new high Amritesh Mukherjee Listen to This Article ANANDA: An Exploration of Cannabis in India Author: Publisher: Aleph Book Company Pages: 416 Price: ₹999 The story of ganja is the story of humanity. It's a story of survival, rebellion, and reinvention. The cannabis plant has seen it all: Crossed mountains and empires, persisted across millenia, flourished in uncharted and unfamiliar terrains, both geographical and cultural. In Ananda, Karan Madhok captures this journey in all its layered glory. It's part pilgrimage, part inquiry, and part celebration — a history, a science, a lawbook, and a love letter all rolled into one. Starting in the Himalayan hush of Himachal, winding through
