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Anjan Basu

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Tagore in Iran: A Wayfaring Poet and a Country That Made the Traveller its Own

Listen to this article: This is the second part of the two-part article Rabindranath Tagore in Iran. Read the first part here. The flight that carried...

09.05.2026 20

The Wire

Anjan Basu

Tagore in Iran: A Visit That Almost Did Not Happen

Listen to this article: This is the first part of the two-part article Rabindranath Tagore in Iran. In November, 2011, Meira Kumar, speaker of...

07.05.2026 30

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Anjan Basu

From May Day to Mayday: When Did a Day of Hope Lose Its Power?

Listen to this article: Vienna, 30 April, 1890. The soldiers are alerted, the house doors are bolted, people are laying in stocks of food at home as...

01.05.2026 20

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Anjan Basu

The Disasters of War, As Seen Through The Eyes of One of The World’s Great Painters

Listen to this article: Today, March 30, is Francisco Goya’s birth anniversary. Napoleon’s invasion of Spain in 1808 put Francisco Goya in a bind....

30.03.2026 30

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Anjan Basu

When the Media Cheerleads a Live-Streamed Genocide

02.09.2025 30

The Wire

Anjan Basu

A Moral History of Our World

22.04.2025 30

The Wire

Anjan Basu