Jean Drèze’s Preface to ‘Rumble in a Village’
At first sight, Palanpur is as dull a place as its name suggests. I’m not talking of the hill station called Palampur in Himachal Pradesh, or of the headquarters of…
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‘A Suitable Boy’ by Vikram Seth
Chapter 1 1.1 ‘You too will marry a boy I choose,’ said Mrs Rupa Mehra firmly to her younger daughter. Lata avoided the maternal imperative by looking around the great…
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