Blink issue 115 april16 2016

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CHAI PE CHARCHA The simple act of women sitting at a dhaba and sipping tea has become a loaded message aimed at reclaiming public spaces in Pakistan p2 saturday, april 16, 2016

A room to read

Under the shade of a tree, inside an ageing bus, or a room deep inside a narrow alley — no place is unbecoming for a library. Community initiatives unfolding in unlikely places around the country are taking stories to its most ardent listeners p7-11

m vedhan

MURDER BY NUMBERS Another blogger is killed in Bangladesh’s battle between free thinkers and radicals p6

PAINTING THE PARSIS Three art shows give the Capital a peek into the glorious Parsi past p14


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