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Remembering Mahasweta Devi: a saga of writing on subalterns

Remembering Mahasweta Devi: a saga of writing on subalterns

by Talking Humanities | Aug 31, 2017 | Features, Human Rights, Languages & Literature

Rahul Ranjan, a PhD student at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, remembers the late Bengali writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who was known for her sharp satires of gender inequality in India. As a writer and social activist, Mahasweta Devi, who was born...
Songs on Namirembe Hill: remembering a Ugandan martyr

Songs on Namirembe Hill: remembering a Ugandan martyr

by Talking Humanities | Oct 4, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Music, Politics & Law, Public Engagement

L-R: Poland’s Maximilian Maria, South Africa’s Manche Masemola, Uganda’s Archbishop Janani Luwum. West entrance to Westminster Abbey featuring ten Twentieth Century Martyrs © Jean-Christophe Benoist via Wikimedia Commons     As part of this year’s Being...

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