Gargi Vachaknavi

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• 2020
• books
• Essay

Did Satyajit Ray and Rabindranath Tagore foretell the ‘Present’ in their fiction?

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By Gargi Vachaknavi "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-four   Doublespeak in...

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• 2019
• Interview
• Poetry
• Poets

How PEN Austria General Secretary Sarita Jenamani finds poetry to be “an act of introspection, self-realisation and a sanctuary”

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By Gargi Vachaknavi In the heydays of ABBA, there was a popular song called ‘Nina Pretty Ballerina’, which spoke of...

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• 2019
• Book Review
• history
• Non-fiction

Dara Shukoh: Would he be an Ideal Ruler? 

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Book Review by Gargi Vachaknavi   Title: Dara Shukoh, The Man Who Would Be King Author: Avik Chanda Publisher: Harper...

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• 2019
• best books
• book launch
• Singapore Writers Festival

How Stories connect Readers with Writers in The Best Asian Short Stories launched at the Singapore Writers’ Festival 2019

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By Gargi Vachaknavi The Singapore Writers’ Festival stretched to ten busy days with events glittering on the literature of Asian...

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• 2019
• India
• Movies
• screenplay
• Screenwriting
• Singapore

The Sacrifice: The Script takes a dark twist with a hooded, mysterious Shishir Sharma

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By Gargi Vachaknavi A private viewing of a film? That sounds exclusive and enticing... made one feel like a star....

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• 2019
• Awards
• Drama
• India
• Interview
• Singapore
• Theatre
• Urdu literature

‘Everything in India, including religion, is a story’: Reviving the old tradition of Dastaangoi with Mahmood Farooqui

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Mahmood Farooqui in conversation with Gargi Vachaknavi  Dastangoi is the art of Urdu storytelling that was popular all across India and...

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• 2019
• Awards
• India
• India-ASEAN
• Singapore

Singapore Film Maker Eric Khoo wins Bhupen Hazarika Award for ‘International Solidarity’

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By Gargi Vachaknavi Eric Khoo at the Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award ceremony in Singapore Eric Khoo, the...