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Anjum Hasan's 'Neti Neti', 'Not this, Not this' tells the story of a girl from Shillong who comes to Bangalore in search for herself only to get further lost in life's reality. The book has been short listed for the Man Asia Literary prize.
Freedom of speech is an ideal difficult to pursue. Filmmaker Deepa Mehta realized it when she was shooting Water to expose the stranglehold of insidious widow traditions in India. And, we are all seeing the shut-ups being clamped on the Net.
Mcleodganj, the home of exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama, is a world of its own, presenting a cultural confluence that has its own distinctive flavour.