Arun

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Pankaj Mishra: “Our public spaces have been invaded by a certain kind of noise, largely manufactured by trolls and ideologically driven fanatics, and they have made not just artistic creation, but life really difficult for a lot of people in India today.”

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/writer-pankaj-mishra-author-under-pressure-interview/article66254383.ece

The writer in India is under tremendous pressure: Pankaj Mishra

Public spaces have been invaded by noise and trolls, making artistic creation really difficult, says the author

“As book reviews disappear, so does intelligent public discussion about history, politics, and culture.”

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/12/why-we-need-book-reviews/

Why We Need Book Reviews ❧ Current Affairs

<p>Books are where the knowledge is. A flourishing democracy depends on a culture that cares about and talks about books. </p>

Current Affairs
In case Twitter dies, doing net practice for now.
What Happened to Rock and Roll After Altamont?

Fifty years ago, in December 1969, the groovy 60s came to an end, both literally and figuratively. After events like the Be-In in San Francisco in January 1967, Monterey Pop Festival in June of ’67…

Literary Hub
Apostrophe society shuts down because 'ignorance and laziness have won' | London Evening Standard

A society dedicated to preserving the correct use of the apostrophe has shut down because "ignorance has won".

Evening Standard
No major ‘Make in India’ defence project has taken off in 6 yrs

None of the major ‘Make in India projects in the defence arena, ranging from new-generation stealth submarines, minesweepers and light utility helicopters to infantry combat vehicles, transport aircraft and fighter jets, have actually taken off in the last six years. The long-pending projects are either stuck or still meandering.

The Telegraph front page this morning is something to behold...
Leonard Cohen: Thanks for the Dance review – a sublime final statement

This posthumous album finds the poet and singer on reflective, insightful, deadpan form, ‘settling accounts of the soul’

BJP MP Pragya Thakur nominated to parliamentary consultative committee on defence

Thakur had courted controversy with her remarks on a number of occasions