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Large migration of Common Grass Yellow butterfly seen in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
6 months ago

Large migration of Common Grass Yellow butterfly seen in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

New Indian Express  

NILGIRIS: For the first time, the Tamil Nadu forest department staff, naturalists and butterfly enthusiasts have observed a large-scale migration of Common Grass Yellow during the three-day butterfly survey which concluded at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on June 30. The emergence of this butterfly in large numbers and migration within MTR was a unique phenomenon, and needs continuous observation of …

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Woman who shared the one regret in her life has wish fulfilled by stranger
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Woman who shared the one regret in her life has wish fulfilled by stranger

The Independent  

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New 50p collectible coin celebrating The Snowman launched by Royal Mint
1 year, 2 months ago

New 50p collectible coin celebrating The Snowman launched by Royal Mint

The Independent  

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Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change
1 year, 4 months ago

Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Atlantic puffins — clownish seabirds with colorful bills and waddling gaits — had their second consecutive rebound year for …

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Maine’s puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change
1 year, 4 months ago

Maine’s puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change

Associated Press  

EASTERN EGG ROCK, Maine — On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change. A biologist holds a healthy Atlantic puffin chick on Eastern Egg Rock, Maine, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2023. An Atlantic puffin flies with baitfish to feed its chick on Eastern Egg Rock, Maine, Sunday, Aug. …

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Read an exclusive excerpt from City of Stolen Magic by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak
1 year, 4 months ago

Read an exclusive excerpt from City of Stolen Magic by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak

Hindustan Times  

Chompa lay awake, staring at the bright white disc of the moon. Chompa smoothed her hand across her mother’s damp forehead, like Ammi did when Chompa had a fever. It seemed to calm her, and Chompa sat watching her mother’s chest rise and dip with her breath, too troubled to sleep. And do not – do not remove your taviz …

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Quentin Blake: If sensitive people had their way The Twits would not exist
1 year, 5 months ago

Quentin Blake: If sensitive people had their way The Twits would not exist

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy If “sensitive” people had “their way” then children’s author Roald Dahl …

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Roald Dahl museum condemns author for ‘undeniable and indelible racism’
1 year, 5 months ago

Roald Dahl museum condemns author for ‘undeniable and indelible racism’

The Independent  

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Book Review: ‘Lab Hopping: A Journey to find India’s women in Science’ by Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj
1 year, 7 months ago

Book Review: ‘Lab Hopping: A Journey to find India’s women in Science’ by Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 02, 2023 15:51 IST - 10 MINS READ Some weeks before their Bengaluru-based science magazine would close, the writers of Lab Hopping, Ashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj, received a lunch invite from their company HR on March 8, 2015. Lab Hopping: A Journey to find India’s women in Science Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj Penguin/Viking Pages: 302 …

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Tim Minchin says editing texts is a ‘slippery slope problem’ in wake of Roald Dahl debate
1 year, 8 months ago

Tim Minchin says editing texts is a ‘slippery slope problem’ in wake of Roald Dahl debate

The Independent  

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Words matter: Inclusion needs to be internalised
1 year, 9 months ago

Words matter: Inclusion needs to be internalised

Hindustan Times  

Think about it - who uses ‘fat’, ‘ugly’, or ‘crazy’ for people in these times? This ‘rewritten’ version will remain in circulation while the parent company, Penguin Random House will republish the unedited titles as part of ‘The Roald Dahl Classic Collection’. How does one help a child learn to accept the ‘otherhood’ of others when it comes to religion, …

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James Bond books rewritten to remove ‘offensive’ references
1 year, 10 months ago

James Bond books rewritten to remove ‘offensive’ references

The Independent  

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Rishi Sunak quotes BFG and says ‘don’t gobblefunk’ with Roald Dahl books
1 year, 10 months ago

Rishi Sunak quotes BFG and says ‘don’t gobblefunk’ with Roald Dahl books

The Independent  

Rishi Sunak has criticised the decision to rewrite Roald Dahl children’s books for a modern audience – urging the publisher not to “gobblefunk” with the language. open image in gallery Roald Dahl, who died in 1990, has regularly topped the list of the nation’s favourite authors for children Ms Nossel warned that the power to rewrite books could soon be …

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An absurd censoring or a botched surgery
1 year, 10 months ago

An absurd censoring or a botched surgery

New Indian Express  

It was a great experience when we drove to Bournville’s Cadbury World near Birmingham about 15 years ago. However, the flavour of British chocolate in Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was indeed greater. Hundreds of words and parts of texts regarding weight, mental health, violence, gender, and race in Dahl’s children’s novels have been deleted …

Camilla forces U-turn in Roald Dahl censorship row
1 year, 10 months ago

Camilla forces U-turn in Roald Dahl censorship row

The Independent  

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I’m a ‘sensitivity reader’ – this is what Puffin failed to grasp on Roald Dahl
1 year, 10 months ago

I’m a ‘sensitivity reader’ – this is what Puffin failed to grasp on Roald Dahl

The Independent  

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Penguin to publish ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books after backlash
1 year, 10 months ago

Penguin to publish ‘classic’ Roald Dahl books after backlash

Associated Press  

LONDON — Publisher Penguin Random House announced Friday it will publish “classic” unexpurgated versions of Roald Dahl’s children’s novels after it received criticism for cuts and rewrites that were intended to make the books suitable for modern readers. Along with the new editions, the company said 17 of Dahl’s books would be published in their original form later this year …

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Penguin announces ‘The Roald Dahl Classic Collection’ after outrage over censorship
1 year, 10 months ago

Penguin announces ‘The Roald Dahl Classic Collection’ after outrage over censorship

LA Times  

Penguin has decided Roald Dahl’s books can remain intact after all. The decision to publish “The Roald Dahl Classic Collection” comes just days after Puffin, the children’s imprint of Penguin Random House, faced an onslaught of backlash for announcing alterations of Dahl’s texts in new editions of the 20th century books. British newspaper the Telegraph compared the original text to …

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The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin
1 year, 10 months ago

The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

The Independent  

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Salman Rushdie, Rishi Sunak condemn Roald Dahl rewrites
1 year, 10 months ago

Salman Rushdie, Rishi Sunak condemn Roald Dahl rewrites

Hindustan Times  

A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used a phrase from a Roald Dahl book to comment on the apparent censorship of Dahl's works on Monday. "When it comes to our rich and varied literary heritage, the prime minister agrees with the BFG that you shouldn't gobblefunk around with words," said a spokesman for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak …

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Rushdie, Sunak Condemn Rewriting Roald Dahl; What Is The Fuss About?
1 year, 10 months ago

Rushdie, Sunak Condemn Rewriting Roald Dahl; What Is The Fuss About?

News 18  

The literary world and the British society has spoken out against the news about Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Random House, rewriting some of Roald Dahl’s work. Roald Dahl’s publishers have made hundreds of changes to his books, claiming the language used was “offensive”.If you think this sounds like something straight out of 1984… it’s because it is. Any …

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What kind of witless weeds want ‘sensitivity rewrites’ on Roald Dahl?
1 year, 10 months ago

What kind of witless weeds want ‘sensitivity rewrites’ on Roald Dahl?

The Independent  

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New editions of Roald Dahl books, including Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, criticised by writers
1 year, 10 months ago

New editions of Roald Dahl books, including Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, criticised by writers

ABC  

Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl's children's books of censorship after it removed colourful language to make them more acceptable to modern readers. Key points: Puffin Books worked with a company that aims make children's literature more inclusive and accessible In the new editions, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Augustus Gloop is called "enormous" rather than "enormously …

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Critics reject changes to Roald Dahl books as censorship
1 year, 10 months ago

Critics reject changes to Roald Dahl books as censorship

The Independent  

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