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Prison Break! Explore Notorious Penitentiaries Turned Tourist Hotspots
Free Press Journal· 1 day agoMy first such experience was at Auschwitz concentration camp. The bleak landscape, the brick walls, the small rooms, some containing relics of the prisoners like hair collected from the gas ...
What Is Government Cheese And How It Got That Name
Mashed· 2 days agoGovernment cheese was part of programs that helped dairy farmers and low-income people in times of need, but numerous issues led to these programs...
Why Bengal owes much of its food and language to the Portuguese
Indian Express· 3 days agoFather Franklin Menezes notes that, despite its 1690 origins, the Portuguese influence on the...
Alice in Wonderland Day: Here’s your guide to celebrating the Lewis Carroll classic
Mid Day· 4 days agoAlice and (left) the Red Queen in stills from Tim Burton’s 2010 film adaptation. On this day, 162...
‘Is Bangladesh secular?’ 1971 war documentary draws questions over ‘missing’ Hindu massacre
Theprint· 2 days agoReleased last year, Bay of Blood recounts Bangladesh’s bloody birth pangs in 1971 through a series...
Sanjana Thakur wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 for this new short story
Mid Day· 2 days agoSanjana Thakur’s short story Aishwarya Rai, set in Mumbai, won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize...
52nd Anniversary of Simla Agreement: Why it remains significant
Firstpost· 6 days agoToday is the 52nd anniversary of the Simla Agreement. The bilateral agreement was signed on 2 July,...
Financial, not political: How the real pressure on Joe Biden to step down is coming from donors
Firstpost· 2 days agoThe whispers about how President Joe Biden must step down before the Democratic National Convention...
International Zine Month: Dive into Mumbai’s zine-making community with this guide
Mid Day· 6 days agoJuly is International Zine Month, where the world’s zine-makers celebrate these handmade,...
Head to this new play inspired by the writings of Sartre, Tendulkar and Weir
Mid Day· 6 days agoToday, a young theatre maker from Bihar will aim to simplify Weir’s philosophy with Shunya, a...