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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · 2d
I wrote about pictures of Satyajit Ray making pictures for @apollo-magazine.com apollo-magazine.com/satyajit-ray...
Satyajit Ray: a director always ready for his close-up
The film-maker seemed almost as comfortable in front of a camera as behind it – and in Nemai Ghosh he had the ideal photographer, writes Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · 2d
I wrote about pictures of Satyajit Ray making pictures for @apollo-magazine.com apollo-magazine.com/satyajit-ray...
Satyajit Ray: a director always ready for his close-up
The film-maker seemed almost as comfortable in front of a camera as behind it – and in Nemai Ghosh he had the ideal photographer, writes Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
apollo-magazine.com
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · 5d
Here is a gift link to my piece: wapo.st/4hfYeqZ
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · 5d
Here is a gift link to my piece: wapo.st/4hfYeqZ
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · 6d
I wrote about Eimear McBride's new novel for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Review | A distinctive Irish novelist returns with ‘The City Changes Its Face’
Eimear McBride’s latest picks up a romance from one of her previous novels as it moves into a more profound phase
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · 6d
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · 6d
I wrote about Eimear McBride's new novel for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Review | A distinctive Irish novelist returns with ‘The City Changes Its Face’
Eimear McBride’s latest picks up a romance from one of her previous novels as it moves into a more profound phase
www.washingtonpost.com
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Aug 10
Some thoughts on Ayşegül Savaş for The Observer UK @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Ayşegül Savaş’s stories of women in search of themselves
The Europe-spanning collection Long Distance displays the Turkish writer’s talents as a miniaturist
observer.co.uk
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Aug 10
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Aug 10
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Aug 10
Some thoughts on Ayşegül Savaş for The Observer UK @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Ayşegül Savaş’s stories of women in search of themselves
The Europe-spanning collection Long Distance displays the Turkish writer’s talents as a miniaturist
observer.co.uk
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Jul 17
It took me almost a year to write this long essay on Manto, Bombay, the Indian Partition, Modi, the "inordinate responsibilities of history" (and me?), just published in the summer issue of
@readliberties.bsky.social . Really excited for you to read this!

libertiesjournal.com/articles/the...
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Jul 17
It took me almost a year to write this long essay on Manto, Bombay, the Indian Partition, Modi, the "inordinate responsibilities of history" (and me?), just published in the summer issue of
@readliberties.bsky.social . Really excited for you to read this!

libertiesjournal.com/articles/the...
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Jun 22
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Jun 22
I wrote about a new history of the Indian partition for this week's issue of @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...
The partitions that made modern Asia | The Observer
Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands is an imperious view of the British Raj's collapse, redeemed by its forgotten stories of independence fighters
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Jun 16
Some thoughts on Tash Aw's THE SOUTH for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Review | In Tash Aw’s ‘The South,’ a man recalls a youthful love affair
Aw’s fifth novel, about a family’s vacation, is set in Malaysia during the financial turmoil of 1997.
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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty @avrochakraborty.bsky.social · Jun 16
Some thoughts on Tash Aw's THE SOUTH for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Review | In Tash Aw’s ‘The South,’ a man recalls a youthful love affair
Aw’s fifth novel, about a family’s vacation, is set in Malaysia during the financial turmoil of 1997.
www.washingtonpost.com
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