![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Politics, caste and class issues are so inextricably intertwined that it is impossible to know where one ends and another begins. The incident in which 44 people, mostly women and children, belonging to dalit agricultural families, were burnt alive by landlords and their henchmen is more than just a class clash. But the passage of time, lack of proper documentation and multiplicity of narratives have buried the incident in mystery and uncertainty. ![]() Keezhvenmani often finds mention in the discourse of dalit atrocities as one of the earliest and most violent crimes in post-independent India. This paper is an attempt to reconstruct the Keezhvenmani dalit massacre of 1968 by placing it in the larger socio-political scenario, giving it a ‘pre-history,’ scouring the various narratives of the incident and its aftermath, the emotions and movements it spurred, and finally how it lives on – constructed and shaped by memories. ![]()
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I've been researching the 19th Century (with specific attention to the Old West, but a lot of Eastern culture got transplanted there, so inevitably I've had to learn about that too) for 35 years now, and I still find that a book can occasionally give me some information I didn't have. ![]() ![]() The guys managed to create an oasis of order among the chaos reigning around in just a few weeks that hundreds spent on Earth. The fate of hundreds of troubled teens that were involved in a cruel experiment of colonizing the Land unoccupied for many years after the environmental disaster is tensely observed by the whole world. And the hundred will struggle to survive, the only way they can – together In this rhythm, secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested. 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Through the ups and downs of 2020, I am so thankful for books and the escape that they provide from real life! And, I hope that 2021 brings us all amazing stories full of love and laughter! Without further adieu, I present the BFF Book Blog 2020 Besties! This year’s list looks a little different as it includes both nonfiction and my attempts to add more diverse voices to my library. (I’m glaring at you, Midnight Sun!) However, I think the success of my reading ventures had as much to do with my mood as with the books I started or finished. 2020 has been a roller coaster of a reading year! I read some good books, I read some ok books, I started but didn’t finish a whole lotta books. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, title characters or not they are not there often and rarely without Woland or his minions at their side in order to make things interesting. ![]() The title characters are introduced about halfway through the novel and are an attempt to create some sort of deeply affecting love story, that I don't consider all that effective given that it is pretty much the sole aspect of their personality we see is them pining for one another. ![]() Marked with numerous interesting characters, Bulgakov creates a readable if somewhat uneven tale. The core of this piece is satire, marking a path of wanton destruction through Moscow as Satan and his delightfully hooligan entourage parade from one scene to another causing chaos and watching the aftermath in the name of.well, why the hell not? 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He later advanced to the rank of Chief Petty Officer and held this grade until his retirement from the Coast Guard in 1959.Īfter his retirement from the Coast Guard, Haley began his writing career and eventually became a senior editor for Reader's Digest. ![]() Haley conducted the first Playboy Interview for Playboy magazine. The interview, with jazz legend Miles Davis, appeared in the September 1962 issue. Throughout the 1960s, Haley was responsible for some of the magazine's most notable interviews, including an interview with American Nazi Party leader, George Lincoln Rockwell and an interview with Dr. ![]() Martin Luther King, Jr., which was the longest he ever granted to any publication. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestĪ girl who loves girls going off on a mission to steal a dragon in order to save her girlfriend? YES. With time running out, can Maren survive long enough to rescue Kaia from impending death? Or could it be that Maren is destined for something greater than she could have ever imagined? Not to mention the strange dreams she’s been having about a beast deep underground… But Maren is unprepared for the dangerous secrets she uncovers: rumors of a lost prince, a brewing rebellion, and a prophecy that threatens to shatter the empire itself. If Maren is to have any hope of succeeding, she must become an apprentice to the Aromatory-the emperor’s mysterious dragon trainer. ![]() Desperate to save her, Maren hatches a plan to steal one of the emperor’s coveted dragons and storm the Aurati stronghold. Raised among the ruins of a conquered mountain nation, Maren dreams only of sharing a quiet life with her girlfriend Kaia-until the day Kaia is abducted by the Aurati, prophetic agents of the emperor, and forced to join their ranks. 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![]() Her divorce spurred her on to produce 16 novels over the next 10 years, though she was always wary of condescending reviewers who used the word "prolific". It was only when she and her husband moved to Germany for two years that she discovered the life of a writer, first as an Egyptologist and then as a novelist under the name Barbara Michaels, with the publication in 1966 of the gothic romance The Master of Blacktower. Unable to find a job in academia, she took secretarial work, which was easier to obtain if she hid the fact that she had a PhD. She was enrolled in the University of Chicago on a scholarship in 1947 and was awarded her BA, then MA and her doctorate in Egyptology in 1952. ![]() She was born Barbara Louise Gross in Astoria, Illinois, during the great depression, the daughter of a printer and a teacher, and maintained that she "fell in love with Egyptology at the age of 13" on a trip to a museum. ![]() Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters ![]() |