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Give A Dalit Man A Pair Of Scissors, And Hell Show You What Freedom Is
In the 13 years that weve lived in our house, our neighbours have remained just neighbours, nothing more, nothing less. For companionship, my Appa has his pigeons, hawks and crows.
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The Murder Most Unladylike Series By Robin Stevens Delightfully Subverts Detective Story Rules
These books treat children and their capacity to engage with the complexity of the world around them with respect, and have much to reward the adult reader too.
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From Hobby To Handrail To Resistance: My Life In Reading
I read books in secret, on the bus risking my vertigo, at railway stations amidst overpowering noise, in between chemistry exams, and during church sermons.
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Why Are Books Built Around Family Secrets So Gripping?
Do these stories resonate so strongly because, as readers and as human beings, we are completely terrified of and fascinated by what we may not know?
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From Escaping My Life To Wanting To Learn My Journey With Books
This journey would not have started if 'Noddy and Big Ears' and the evil goblins had not burst into my life.
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I Was Named After A Book And It Changed My Life
I found that my world continued to expand with each page I read.
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