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Review | Graphic novel ‘When We Are Strangers’ is about resistance as an act of love

The mood is carnage-fuelled in the opening pages of When We Are Strangers. It is 1946; Calcutta, glittering bastion of the British Empire, is ravaged by communal riots. Two characters emerge from the smoky atmosphere — Sita, a student of history, and Mahmud, a photographer. Together, they manage to break into the Indian Museum on Chowringhee…

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Outdoors

Why do we watch sports with strangers?

Published July 22, 2026 02:06 pm Yesterday I ran on the Manhattan Bridge, and as I came down the Brooklyn side I saw them tearing it down. The Big Watch Party sponsored by Adidas was being destroyed near the Brooklyn Bridge Park beneath the carousel. The scaffolding is coming down in sections. The banners are

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