The Caravan — February 2018

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FEBRUARY 2018 3 Founder: Vishva Nath (1917-2002) Editor-in-Chief, Publisher & Printer: Paresh Nath VOLUME 10 • ISSUE 2 FEBRU ...

4 THE CARAVAN the bookshelf 92 showcase 94 editor’s pick 98 the lede books arts 78 Out of Focus What Raghubir Singh did not see ...

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6 THE CARAVAN contributors edited, printed & published by Paresh Nath on behalf of Delhi Press Patra Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. E-8 ...

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8 THE CARAVAN / bhanu sridharan On a windy afternoon in July, Mool- chand walked into Kibber, a village in the Spiti Valley in n ...

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10 THE CARAVAN kill these dogs.” After what appears to be some prodding by the interviewer, he also says, “It is a sin and the l ...

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the lede 12 THE CARAVAN Barren Land A saffron farmer’s take on crop failure in Kashmir / Agriculture / qazi wasif Mohammad Habib ...

the lede FEBRUARY 2018 13 mir, where saffron cultivation is the second-larg- est industry. But the last two decades have seen mo ...

the lede 14 THE CARAVAN Shifting Impressions What the preservation of a Roma identity entails / Communities / alexander hurst Mi ...

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16 THE CARAVAN later be celebrated on the soft grass, in the shadow of the scarecrow witch, circled by empty cans. At one edge o ...

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18 THE CARAVAN PERSPECTIVES Temple Run Will Karnataka’s real, devout Hindus please stand up? / Politics / narayana a On 7 Decemb ...

perspectives FEBRUARY 2018 19 held follwing a spell of governor’s rule, precipi- tated by the fall of the BJP’s coalition govern ...

20 THE CARAVAN temple run · perspectives will vote en masse for the BJP and Yeddyurappa. Meanwhile, the dissent within the party ...