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Retelling forgotten stories of fearless fighters

Raghu and Pushpa Palat’s latest historical biography titled Destiny’s Child (Penguin Random House) tells the story of Parukutty…

4 min readApr 6, 2024

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Retelling forgotten stories of fearless fighters

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Stanley Carvalho

Bengaluru Unboxed by Malini Goyal and Prashanth Prakash

From ‘Bangalore Through the Centuries’ to ‘Bangalore Blue’ there are at least a dozen books or more on Bangalore that dwell on the city’s…

3 min readMar 4, 2024

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Bengaluru Unboxed by Malini Goyal and Prashanth Prakash

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Stanley Carvalho

OLD ROOTS, NEW SHOOTS — A Goan’s journey of discovery in her own homeland

The title of this book and the blurb ‘A contemporary coming-home story’ grabbed my attention. A cursory flip of the pages was enough to…

3 min readJan 12, 2024

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OLD ROOTS, NEW SHOOTS — A Goan’s journey of discovery in her own homeland

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Stanley Carvalho

The rise and fall of India’s largest Edtech company

Who hasn’t heard of Byju’s, the largest Indian Edtech firm? Students, parents, educationists, investors, even ordinary folks who watch…

3 min readJan 11, 2024

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The rise and fall of India’s largest Edtech company

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A TALE OF FRIENDS AND LOVERS

‘The Way We Were’ is touted as a rom-com where two school friends, after charting their own paths, end up, surprisingly, as colleagues in a…

3 min readNov 3, 2023

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A TALE OF FRIENDS AND LOVERS

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Stanley Carvalho

A century on, Khalil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ remains an abiding influence

When the book was first published in September 1923, the initial print run of 1200 copies sold out within a few months. That was…

4 min readOct 26, 2023

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A century on, Khalil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ remains an abiding influence

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Stanley Carvalho

A classic song that became a symbol of hope turns 50

A cheerful, romantic song that came out fifty years ago has stood the test of time becoming an anthem and a symbol of hope.

3 min readFeb 28, 2023

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A classic song that became a symbol of hope turns 50

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Stanley Carvalho

BOOK REVIEW: Wake Up Ali, Wake Up Now by Sumit Sharma Sameer

Stories about south Asian immigrants in the U.S and Canada appear as regular as clockwork, largely by Indian, Pakistani, Bangla Deshi and…

5 min readJan 4, 2023

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BOOK REVIEW: Wake Up Ali, Wake Up Now by Sumit Sharma Sameer

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Stanley Carvalho

Critics must clean their stables first before singling out Qatar’s failings

The month-long FIFA 2022 ended with a spectacular closing ceremony and the unprecedented controversies and criticisms notwithstanding…

4 min readJan 2, 2023

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STRADDLING THE ART WORLD AND WRITING

For someone who began fiction writing seriously at 50, V. Sanjay Kumar has been remarkably prolific, churning out four novels in a decade…

7 min readSep 10, 2021

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STRADDLING THE ART WORLD AND WRITING

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Stanley Carvalho

Stanley Carvalho

Journalist and author/editor based in Bangalore, India. Interests vary from books, music, travel, cycling, walking, news & nostalgia and phone photography.

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