Published : Feb 15, 2023 19:24 IST As a nine-year old, Pampa Kampana watches her mother walk unwaveringly into a bonfire of women. Victory City By Salman Rushdie Penguin Hamish Hamilton Pages: 352 Price: Rs.699 The remaining 238 years of Pampa Kampana’s life—a period that begins with the defeat of the Kampili kingdom by the armies of the Delhi sultanate, …
Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel Victory City, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city London: Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel Victory City, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies …
Setting out southwards along Main Central Road beyond Thiruvalla, a township in Pathanamthitta, a vacant plot of land with truckloads of sand comes into view. “Dumping yards for river sand, which also double up as selling points, have cropped up at least a couple of places while the ghat committees and the local bodies concerned are being consistently kept in …
The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State to take a final call on the proposal to construct a Gabion box bridge across the Njunangar river at Pampa and to commence the construction work immediately. Ajithkumar issued the directive in a matter pertaining to the urgent need to reconstruct the damaged Njunangar Bridge at Pampa during the ongoing Mandala …
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