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Mahasweta Devi’s ‘The Hunt’

Mahasweta Devi’s ‘The Hunt’

‘The Hunt’ is a story of a rural tribal woman from India. Her name is Mary. She is harassed and stalked by a male logging contractor named Tehsildar who earlier came to her village to buy logging rights. He grows lustful of her. She resists his sexual advances. In an act of self-preservation later on, she turns predator and murders him. In the [...]
I Love You the Rest of My Life

I Love You the Rest of My Life

Scientists have concluded that people are, indeed, capable of loving one and the same person till their last breath, in a love that lasts a lifetime. Well, researchers at the Stony Brook University in New York peg that as around 20 years of being together. The researchers used brain scans on couples who have been such for twenty years. These couples [...]