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TopicRoald dahl

Topic: roald dahl

Rewriting Roald Dahl on moral grounds won’t help children navigate history

Many are outraged at the overt censorship of Dahl’s novels, but there are several layers of covert censorship that impact the production of children’s books.

‘Sensitivity readers’ rewrite Roald Dahl stories, edit out terms like fat, crazy, boys & girls

Puffin Books & Roald Dahl Story Company have made changes to remove ‘offensive’ language in collaboration with Inclusive Minds, which works for ‘inclusion in children’s literature’.

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1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case still haunts Indian policy-making in Kashmir

The kidnapping—followed by the killing of four Indian Air Force officers soon after, and the executions of Intelligence Bureau personnel—made the triumph of jihadism seem inevitable.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.