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The Many Tongues of the Forest
Antara Raghavan
Sheela Tomy’s novel tells the stories of the land and its people. She speaks to Open about bringing the Western Ghats alive in fiction
The Come Back Cat
Seven decades after it vanished from India, the cheetah is set to return this November. Some conservationists fear it will upset the Indian ecological balance
Exile and Kingdom
Returning to the epics to find pandemic metaphors not in war but in acts of generosity and kindness
Mahua: Flower Power
Mahua, a humble tipple of the adivasis, finds its space under the liquor marketing sun
Senaka Senanayake: Life Is Beautiful
Often criticised as being purely aesthetic, Senaka Senanayake’s positive paintings are by no means emotionally inert
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