Author: curagator

rewrite this title Remembering Gerasim Lebedev, the Russian who Pioneered Modern Indian Theatre

Art and Culture

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags But Lebedev was no ordinary person. He gave concrete shape to the knowledge he had acquired in Bengal, far away from India. In 1801 he published Grammar of pure and mixed East Indian dialects in London. Shortly thereafter, he returned to Saint Petersburg, where he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He established a printing house equipped with Devanagari and Bengali scripts, said to be the first of its kind in Europe. He published a second book titled An unbiased reflection on Eastern India, its sacred rites and folk customs Based on…

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rewrite this title The Best Weekend Opinion Reads, Curated Just for You

Opinion

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags In this piece for The Economic TimesJournalist and author Indrajit Hazra talks about his nostalgia for the Star City Mall in Mayur Vihar. Their memories are being challenged by claims of an ancient structure beneath it, raising concerns about its possible demolition.”Now exiled from the MV, it is the entity, both in space and thought, about which I am nostalgic. Not for the city where I was born or grew up, or, for that matter, any city, but Yamnapar for this expansion – and its quarter-century-old timeless symbol, the Star City Mall,” he…

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