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A Line Runs through It

Madhulika Liddle

Hope and hopelessness in Kashmir during Partition

In Love and Sickness

How a few online matchmaking platforms are connecting survivors and sufferers of serious illnesses like cancer

Jerry Pinto: Mumbai on His Mind

Jerry Pinto’s new novel is about urban adolescence in the eighties. He speaks to Open about the humiliations of college and the joys of language

The Delhi Dilemma

Putin’s war presents South Asia, especially India, with difficult choices

Grief and the Limits of Rage

The story of suffering and bereavement is larger than the literature of blame

Untameable Divinity

A vivid challenge to typical narratives about women’s suffering, sacrifice and spirituality in Pakistan

The Cruelty of Images

Could the assault of self-same images of suffering make us immune to their potency?

Courage in the face of Death

Certain pleasures can make enduring suffering worthwhile. A renowned surgeon on how to cope with ageing and sickness

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