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2019 May 13. The Guardian. Literature provides shelter. That's why we need it. Arundhati Roy.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/13/arundhati-roy-literature-shelter-pen-america

2019 July 5, p. 13. Shiva’s Jewel. Hampi. Lepakshi: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting. Anna L. Dallapiccola, etc. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1089961743

2109 June 30, p. 15. Autumn of the patriarch. House of Yadu is over.

--- p. 16, Princess Bride. Parulran of the Rani Rashmoni family recalls the 1946 Great Calcutta Killings.

--- Planters’ Journal – the Shibpur botanical garden. William Roxburgh founded a herbarium inside the garden.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/a-fest-of-flora-and-fauna-in-shibpur-garden/cid/1501554

--- p. 17. In cinemas now: Survival’s Tale. Demise of the Roxy theatre and others

https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/rise-and-fall-of-dream-theatres/cid/1282868

t2 on Sunday, p. 12-14. Back to the future. Amitav Ghosh on Gun Island

https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/back-to-the-future-amitav-ghosh-on-his-new-book/cid/1693443

2109June 29, p. 16. Suitable Cast. Mira Nair scouts for actors for adaption of Vikram Seth’s Suitable.

2019 June 28, p. 15. Ganga: the Many pasts of a river by Sudipta Sen

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1076877442

--- Essays on Indian History by Kesavan Veluthat http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1040245050

--- Our Kolkata BW photographs by Jayanta Saha

http://in-street.com/book-review-our-kolkata-by-jayanta-saha/

Books on Kolkata https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/t2-browses-through-eight-photo-books-on-calcutta-that-can-rsquo-t-be-missed/cid/1310689

2019 June 21, p. 15. The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate. Arundhati Roy.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/caste-and-other-demons/cid/1692818

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/959036908

In UVa library https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u7215655

--- City and the Sea by Raj Kamal Jha. (2012 rape) (Not in UVa library

https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/nightmares-do-come-true/cid/1692824

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1105734810

--- On Modern Indian Sensibilities ed by Ishita Banerjee-Dube, etc.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/deep-impact/cid/1692832

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/102819488 (not in UVa library)

2019 June 16, p. 15. Pancham: aural, oral (80^th R. D. Burman)

https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/pancham-aural-oral-in-the-80th-anniversary-year-of-r-d-burman/cid/1692500

2019 June 15, p. 7. A woman pulls a rickshaw during rain in Jabalpur on Friday.

2019 June 14, p. 15. Kudan : Saigal’s life and music. Sharad Dutt.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/k-l-saigal-a-light-that-shines-still/cid/1692359

2019 June 8, p. 14. Why Sonia Gandhi should read Ibn Khaldun. R. Guha.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/why-sonia-gandhi-should-read-ibn-khaldun/cid/1691973

2019 June 7, p. 16. Dipesh Chakrabrty – Claiming Tagore for communal politics

https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/distorting-lenses-claiming-tagore-for-communal-politics/cid/1691911

--- p. 17. Questioning Paradigms: Romila Thapar. Ed Kumkum Roy.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/commemorating-historian-romila-thapar/cid/1691910

The book: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1088529865

--- The RSS: menace. By A. G. Nooani

https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/the-rss-challenging-the-secular-polity-of-india/cid/1691919

The book: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1097565127

 --- Brigitte Singh: Printress of the Mughal Garden. Ed Bishwadeep Moitra.