Bugs Bunny hatin’ on women, Donald Duck riffin’ on guitar, Mickey Mouse takin’ a . . .

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All young women whom the current political junta doesn’t like–westernized, assertive, working girls with their own plans–are represented as ball-crushing fiends.

Washington DC South Asia Literary Festival Panel now on YOUTUBE

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Announcing the Tasveer South Asia Festival online…. Movies, Books and Conversations

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Announcing the Tasveer South Asia Festival online

Sleep no more

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“Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more.”